Well, Josh, I would say that you either need to change friends, or reconsider your politics. Give these people a break, and either keep your politics to yourself, or find the nearest exit. Just like those token conservatives that Bill Maher has on his show, you just don’t fit in, and accomplish very little except to annoy.  I suppose there was a time when identifying as a conservative wasn’t as volatile a position as it has since become. To be able to disagree without being disagreeable is a lost art, thanks to the constant onslaught of rudeness and bad manners from the right. What you need to understand is that when your liberal friends make negative comments about conservatives, it is a counter-attack against the  constant flow of incredibly nasty attacks from the right.  Mud-slinging, name-calling, vilification, bullying, and outright lies are all hallmarks of the nattering nabobs of negativity emanating from hate-talk radio, Fox News and a number of so-called pundits. When the voices on hate/talk radio have become the voices in your head, then you need to get your head examined.           The worst of these is none other than Rush Limbaugh. Anybody who calls him a BFF and quotes him immediately compromises any credibility they might have.  He holds the prize as the all-time Worst Person in the World. You might as well quote the insanely evil Glenn Beck, or the queen of viscous vitriol, Ann Coulter. The real evil-doers are not the “Bunkers”- the well-intentioned but easily misled who have been conned into supporting policies which are clearly not in their best interests, but the “Buckleys”.  These are the effete intellectual snobs who are convinced that they are always the smartest people in the room, those supercilious, condescending self-appointed pundits who sneer at any who dare to question their wisdom.  Is this you in social situations, looking down your nose at your so-called friends?  If that’s the case, then you should cease and desist from any further discomfort you may be causing them, and find an agreeable echo chamber where you can recite your memorized talking points and brook no disagreement.