"If they're a Republican, they'll be offended and go away"
Or possibly they just don't like rabid partisans who are incapable of discussing any subject outside their personal political beliefs.
"not to waste time getting to know someone you'll hate"
Yep. Automatically hating anyone with a different point of view before even getting to know them is definitely the way to go. It's called "diversity", right?
"Advice Dog is a popular image macro series that that features a picture of the head of a smiling puppy on a multicolored color wheel background split into 6 colors. Usual derivatives are often accompanied by two lines of text written in a guidance / advising format with the advice given usually being very poor, unethical or deplorable."
(Addressing all parents of this comment) Don't tell people to google it, just paste it in first and avoid all the distracting chatter so we can go read other threads.
Better yet, don't make tongue-in-cheek comments or reference well-established Internet memes. Actually, try not to be funny at all. No... even better, just don't post. There. Now there's more time for everyone!
Or possibly they just don't like rabid partisans who are incapable of discussing any subject outside their personal political beliefs.
"not to waste time getting to know someone you'll hate"
Yep. Automatically hating anyone with a different point of view before even getting to know them is definitely the way to go. It's called "diversity", right?