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Ohioboy

(3,222 posts)
Wed Nov 13, 2019, 03:51 PM Nov 2019

I'm sick and tired of two specific lies being told by the Trump supporters

1) That Trump's transcript of his call with Zelinski proves no quid pro quo,

and,

2) The Mueller report exonerated Trump.

Neither of these are the truth, yet the right never misses a chance to parrot these falsehoods.

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I'm sick and tired of two specific lies being told by the Trump supporters (Original Post) Ohioboy Nov 2019 OP
You can't change their minds don't doc03 Nov 2019 #1
And I am hearing it repeated ad nauseum! Pacifist Patriot Nov 2019 #2
They do it because it works intrepidity Nov 2019 #3
+100000 Celerity Nov 2019 #5
You're meant to feel exhausted and frustrated gratuitous Nov 2019 #4
Wanna watch their heads explode? Hong Kong Cavalier Nov 2019 #6
Careful - flying bits of brain can be messy. lagomorph777 Nov 2019 #7
I'd recommend slapping a thimble on their heads right before detonation. Hong Kong Cavalier Nov 2019 #9
I dunno - the shrapnel might put somebody's eye out. lagomorph777 Nov 2019 #11
Or even that the summary of the call is, in fact, not a transcript. nt woodsprite Nov 2019 #8
When they tell you to read the transcript (which isn't a transcript) tell them Vinca Nov 2019 #10

intrepidity

(7,241 posts)
3. They do it because it works
Wed Nov 13, 2019, 04:29 PM
Nov 2019

Unfortunately, it is well documented that, even knowing this to be true does not diminish its efficacy.

The repitition of lies works, full stop.

So, every repetition, even as an effort to debunk, actually is counter-productive.

A sad fact. Keep in mind as you soldier on.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
4. You're meant to feel exhausted and frustrated
Wed Nov 13, 2019, 04:31 PM
Nov 2019

I've adopted the expedient of saying "It's not a transcript; even says so on page 1" and "No it didn't; you aren't paying attention." It doesn't lead to any explication, but for now, I figure that denying their alternate reality is about as much as is possible.

Hong Kong Cavalier

(4,571 posts)
6. Wanna watch their heads explode?
Wed Nov 13, 2019, 04:36 PM
Nov 2019

Ask 'em this:

"If the Mueller Report exonerated your god, then why is Bill Barr going around and trying to discredit the investigation by asking foreign intelligence services to investigate it?"

Vinca

(50,170 posts)
10. When they tell you to read the transcript (which isn't a transcript) tell them
Wed Nov 13, 2019, 06:16 PM
Nov 2019

they should read the "transcript." Trumpers are primarily parrots of Dear Leader. They can't think for themselves.

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