Conspiracy theory people who think the Earth is flat and shit. I do want to keep an open mind and I do believe the government is bsing us and all, but these people never offer any proof and things they say contradict one another and make no sense.
It’s like adults playing pretend, so I don’t feel like associating with them because it shows a frightening level of immaturity.

Disclaimer: these kinds of people below are specifically linked to my country’s setting.

Communist hooligans and crazed anti-communists. They seem like two contradicting entities, but they are actually two sides of the same coin. They all share the same thing: a will to do disgusting things just to prove they’re right. The communist hooligans can call Kim Young Un and ISIS God just because those two are against America. The crazed anti-communists can insult their own ancestors just to prove that my country is shit. I know everyone is entitled to their political viewpoint, but when the need to protect your viewpoint far outweights the need to be a decent person then you really need to get your sanity checked.

Communist hooligans, please take a more honest look at what your government has done wrong because no one is perfect, and crazed anti-communists, please get off your computers and actually do something to prove your patriotism like you always claim!

I don’t like to spend time with people who invest a lot of energy in convincing people of anything.

I’ll let you believe what you want, you let me believe what I want. Push me and I’ll push back – with facts – and I will get stinking annoying. I will be a terrier with my teeth in your ideological ankle.

I would like to stay away from people while they are smoking.. doesn’t mean I won’t do business with them..)

To every rule there is an exception. I expect this and allow for it. My best friend in college was pretty conservative. We’d talk about that shit and in the end agree to disagree, high five, and be fine. It’s hard to say, knowing the goodness of individuals who may of ideology I disagree with, that there’s any group I’d never, ever associate with.

But I can think of one. Social Darwinists – those few batty folks who think the “weak” in society should be allowed to die for the good of the genepool/economy…hard to imagine associating with someone who honestly thinks I am a parasite and should be left for dead. There’s disagreement, and then there’s malice – important distinction.

I don’t think having voted for Donald Trump automatically makes a person off-limits for me. Since people don’t walk around with their vote tattooed on their foreheads, in most cases I’d have no idea (plus I’m in Australia so I wouldn’t come into contact with them in person anyway). However, if a person anywhere, through their actions or speech shows themselves to be a bigot and or a racist, then I don’t want to associate with them. It’s not their voting choice, it’s their attitude and behaviour that will deter me from interacting with them.

It depends on what you mean by “associate.” I won’t hang out with neo-Nazis, but I’ll argue with them if I think there’s any chance of reasoning with them. And I guess I’ll “do business” with them insofar as my business is teaching. I’m happy to teach any neo-Nazi who ends up in one of my critical thinking classes how to be a better thinker. With luck, it will cure them.

@ibstubro – Did you write the topics wrong? None is matching what’s been discussed..)

I don’t associate with Donald Trump supporters as I’ve never met anyone who sdmits to it.

Neo Nazis and anyone with similar world views. That includes trump supporters.

Hardcore religious types, uber conservative, racist, biased and highly opinionated types. I just keep it light and keep the interactions to a minimum and have learned the taboo topics I must avoid to keep things light and fluffy. One of my challenges the last few years feeling like I can’t really be myself around several people I know and work with. That’s okay, I know what I know and have my good friend and daughter that allow me to freely be me and then there is Fluther. Thank God for Fluther. lol

I have an uncanny ability to read people and my observations are almost always spot on. It does suck though, always having to be on guard and keep the interactions neutral. The two people I am speaking of are also Trump supporters and it has taken a lot of self control listening to their bullshit in recent months. It’s hard being a liberal bohemian type in religious redneck land sometimes. haha

It’s not really anyone with a particular group but more of a thinking style that tends to push people to extremes. Highly opinionated, hateful and intolerant of any belief or position other than their own. You all know the type. It’s more excusable when people are young but past say age 30 not so much. They’re just rotten people to be around. The other personality type I don’t associate with are sociopathic or psychopathic personalities for obvious reasons.

@ARE_you_kidding_me Agreed, and…I also keep my distance from moody people. The run hot-n-cold types, the emotionally unpredictable. Same premise as your highly opinionated sharing. If you don’t have the self awareness and emotional intelligence to not just splatter your moods on others well, I don’t give a rats ass if you have mental health issues, stay the hell away from me. lol

I agree with @BellaB You do you, I’ll do me and don’t attempt to get in my way unless you are ready for the teeth and claws.

Smokers and drunks. Unless they don’t smoke or drink around me or my apartment.

Naggers and “patriots”.

People that talk all the time and refuse to stop.
They go from one subject right into another one.
I have a brother-in-law like this and bless his heart
he just does not see the error of his ways. I don’t
think he can stop and should be put on some meds.
He can’t hold a job and has never had a checking account
and he is 62 years old. His mother laughs and says the
Dr. dropped him on his head when he was born. Sounds
about right.

@MooCows Maybe he’s a genius and the rest of you just don’t appreciate his particular brand of intelligence. Being able to bounce from one topic to another with ease is the strength of an intuitive personality, able to make a lot of disparate associations that evade slower brains.
It’s not that he talks too much its that you guys can’t keep up and switch gears with ease. haha

No, I agree with @MooCows. One way conversationalists who don’t actually want to discuss anything, who just want you to listen to them for hours are some of the most annoying people, no matter how intelligent.