We had this issue at our wedding. We wanted everyone to be relaxed and enjoy the wedding, so we reminded the guests "please no politics at the reception." Period. No talk of "war-mongering corporate masters" or "slave laborers"; no politics means no politics.

Given that this was a same-sex wedding, we'd already had our fill of people politicizing our relationship.

Good stuff, although I'll bet this column was actually ghost-written by that Phillip Locker guy.

OMG, I'm in love.

f'real tho

It looks like you're mocking Kshawma Savant.

Is this a new kind of humor called parofacts?

@5 - Unthinkable! There can be no humor associated with leftism. None whatsoever.

I'm sorry, saying "Democrats and Republicans are the same, both whores to their corporate taskmasters" is some hard-core effed-up Naderist bullshit. It's like when my right-wing uncle says, "aw, I'm tired of this political fighting, let's just agree that both sides are a buncha assholes and go back to being friends". Nope, not gonna. "Both sides are assholes" IS a political argument, and it's a violently mistaken one. Exhibit A: the ACA.

That's my serious response. My other response is, this is hilarious parody.

This can't be real...I mean...no, this HAS to be a parody.

That's hilarious, well done! Savant should feel honored to be the object of such smart satire. She can show how big she is and help defuse the overly self-righteous demeanor she's created by going with this instead of fighting back. Besides, this one trick "Savant gives the worst possible personal advice in deference to her politics" shtick is limited to just a couple more columns before it gets tired and predictable. In the meantime, why not let the Stranger help with a bit of the self-deprecation that would serve her image so well right now? After all, she'll never find a more friendly partner in this effort to help make her look as big and cool as she wants to be.

Sigh. Really?

… I see mine's not the only comment that turned Sawant into Savant by auto correct.

Kshama

Maybe their "joy" is an illusion as well...

Can there really be such a thing as a "far-left democrat"? Not sensible to me.

realistically, Sawant would have ripped into the "destination wedding" BS. I would have.

@14, yes, because he turns literally every single conversation immediately to politics. He literally has two subjects and two subjects only: how much "simpler" life was in the 1930s when he was a child, and right-wing politics. If you ask him how the Giants are doing he gives you forty-five minutes about Herman Cain. THERE IS NOTHING ELSE.

How was your trip to Ireland? "Well, it was just great, because they're still a Christian nation, like we were before the Democrats got in and ruined everything with the New Deal. You're too young to know about this, but Roosevelt was a Communist who reported directly to Stalin. That's where it all went wrong. Now, Herman Cain's not going to stand for any of that nonsense, believe you me. He's a businessman. That's what we need in this country: good business."

Do you miss living in California? "Well, I'll tell you, I do, but not the California of today, and I'll tell you why: it's this uncontrolled immigration that's destroying this country. Did you know that there are 200 million Mexicans in this country now? And they won't assimilate. Why, even the phone book is in Spanish now. And the supermarket in my old neighborhood, which was vacant for twenty years, is now filled with some kinda bodega, where they sell illegal drugs, I believe. Now, Herman Cain's going to put a stop to all that, and send all those people back where they come from."

How was your wedding anniversary? "Well, it was just great, because we have something special that you wouldn't know about -- the joy of sharing the presence of Jesus together in our life, and we're able to do it without any of those pesky homosexuals and abortionists around, because we had it in church. You should come to our church and see. This Sunday we're having a training session for our new Christian pregnancy counseling center where we take the girls after we block them from going to Planned Parenthood. We've learned how most birth control methods are just abortion, and cause irreparable harm to the private parts of these poor young ladies -- why, did you know that if you use an IUD you can never become pregnant again later? That's why we need Herman Cain, to put a stop to all this nonsense, and get this country back on a Christian footing again."

On and on and on. His specialty, in fact, is the tearful, passive-aggressive plea to put all that stuff behind us and just talk about the things that really matter, like family, and not talk about dirty politics, which is a dirty business no matter which side you're on, especially that Barack Obama, who's trying to put in those death panels and destroy our economy with this "global warming" bullshit. It's enough to drive anyone up the wall.

I was gonna ask, how long after taking office will you reveal you're yet another mask for the Downtown Syndicate.

But you already answered.

1 month.

Bottom line. When The Stranger asks for a State Of The Union rebuttal - from you in particular - they expect more than your boiler plate campaign speech. They still love you, but I think they just filed a grievance.

Oh please do continue Slog.

Was this piece lifted straight from The Onion?

@ 22, did you know the The Onion and The Stranger were both founded by the same individual? It's true.

@8 Kshama never said they were the same...stop misquoting people and using fallacies as argument.

It may be parody, but I wish it was real. I too find her "dour hectoring" delightful.

I actually pretty much agree with Sawant's political perspective, or the parody of it--" 'the differences' between Republicans and Democrats is obliterated by both parties identical enslavement to war-mongering corporate masters whose power is derived from the blood of enslaved workers," but I doubt telling your relatives that will get them to sit down, shut up, and behave.

They might rise up in solidarity against you for pricking their consensus reality bubble.