I have a date Friday with the college student... going to a vegan restaurant for lunch and coffee Actually she may have graduated and hasn't updated her profile, I'm not sure.
There's a discussion point. Are you also vegan?
Yes, and I refuse to date people who eat meat for very similar reasons to what I have already discussed at length. If they are a vegetarian then I will go on a date with them, but they would need to become a vegan if they want a relationship.
Actually, ths is a great way of illustrating my point: meat eaters may not hate animals. They may love animals; they may have pets, they may be part of animal protection groups and their whole life could be devoted to helping animals. In fact, every meat eater even is an animal (except the Venus Flytrap and certain bacteria)! But the practical result of what they do is that they exploit and hurt other animals. This is why I can't date them, regardless of where their heart may be.
This is a very common attitude among vegetarians and vegans, by the way, so I wouldn't worry too much about having to decide whether or not to date one.
Okay, and with my deepest (and sincere) respect for your circumstances, I can't respond to this without it truly devolving into a political debate, without even the slightest nod to dating. Suffice to say, identifying the problem is three quarters of the battle of finding a solution, and if you misidentify the problem you'll likely fail to get a good solution. The Republicans are not your problem.
I agree, the Republicans are not my whole problem. They are part of my problem. So are the Democrats. So are the Libertarians. So are the Independents. So are the Greens and the Democratic Socialists, for that matter, and so are the Marxist-Leninists and the Trotskyites, but at least their hearts are in the right place.
I believe that anyone who thinks change is possible within the current system is my problem. This is why I could not date a Democrat, either. As I said very early on in this conversation, I consider the Democrats to be centrists, which is just as bad as being a conservative.
With that said, I believe that you are sincere.