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pbmus

(13,141 posts) Sat May 9, 2020, 07:28 PM May 2020

Don't try to talk sense and logic with a trump supporter...

You are not a dumbfuck whisperer....

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Don't try to talk sense and logic with a trump supporter... (Original Post) pbmus May 2020 OP

tell them they are worshipping the golden calf mucifer May 2020 #1

Yes, the ethical-moral measure alone has the sharpness to cut... sanatanadharma May 2020 #7

But this was all a Chinese plot to hurt 'Merika! Glamrock May 2020 #2

I am finding this out on nearly a daily basis.online. CentralMass May 2020 #3

I used to try all these clever analogies to bring a point home Shermann May 2020 #4

Use this line to shut a TRUMPER up.... ProudMNDemocrat May 2020 #5

Find some nice soundbites to use struggle4progress May 2020 #6

mucifer

(25,729 posts)

1. tell them they are worshipping the golden calf

Reply to pbmus (Original post)

Sat May 9, 2020, 07:35 PM

May 2020

sanatanadharma

(4,090 posts)

7. Yes, the ethical-moral measure alone has the sharpness to cut...

Reply to mucifer (Reply #1)

Sat May 9, 2020, 08:44 PM

May 2020

...cut through the BS arguments and tangents and fox hunts; use the opponents' own moral compass to express disgust in their ethical hypocrisy and their trashing their own theology.

One won't win, but one will be right. The righteous are wrong.

Glamrock

(12,003 posts)

2. But this was all a Chinese plot to hurt 'Merika!

Reply to pbmus (Original post)

Sat May 9, 2020, 07:35 PM

May 2020

CentralMass

(16,994 posts)

3. I am finding this out on nearly a daily basis.online.

Reply to pbmus (Original post)

Sat May 9, 2020, 07:42 PM

May 2020

Shermann

(9,072 posts)

4. I used to try all these clever analogies to bring a point home

Reply to pbmus (Original post)

Sat May 9, 2020, 08:08 PM

May 2020

But if they were capable of the abstract thinking skills required to apply knowledge gained from one situation to a similar one while minding any differences, they wouldn't be conservatives in the first place.

They do understand memes though, many are full-blown "memeists". So I just him them with those now.

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,982 posts)

5. Use this line to shut a TRUMPER up....

Reply to pbmus (Original post)

Sat May 9, 2020, 08:29 PM

May 2020

In a slow manner with a calm voice....."Somewhere out there, there is a tree working tirelessly to produce enough oxygen so that you can breathe. I believe you owe it an apology."

I used that line on FB in a discussion and the person blew up after she realized I had insulted her. To which I replied, "Like you, I was expressing
an opinion based on alternative facts." Then others started piling on her when she blew up spouting garbage a la Kellyanne Conway.

struggle4progress

(126,683 posts)

6. Find some nice soundbites to use

Reply to pbmus (Original post)

Sat May 9, 2020, 08:38 PM

May 2020

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