So I Confronted A MAGA Cousin From MO On Facebook This Morning

[JimGinPA]

She posted that she was a "huge supporter" in a reply to a post by one of her sisters. My reply to her;

What do you admire most about him? That he called our men in uniform losers, or that he called those that died in battle suckers? Or maybe that he knew back in Feb. that Covid-19 was a serious airborne infectious disease but lied about it, and downplayed it, costing untold 1000's of lives? Or maybe you're a fan of the other thousands of documented lies he's told since the Russians helped him get elected. Is it the early morning bathroom tweets? No, it's gotta be the pussy grabbing! How foolish you look publicly supporting that snake oil salesman.

Crickets for an hour.

[XanaDUer2]

1. Did she respond?

Nt

[JimGinPA]

3. Nope

It's been over an hour.

[Bev54]

6. Did she unfriend you?

[JimGinPA]

37. No, But I Barely Know Her

I'm the oldest in my generation & she's the youngest. She was a baby when I went to college & moved away. She knows a couple of my sisters who stayed in the area a lot better & she really doesn't want to get on their bad side. Normally we all avoid political conversations, but she lives at the Lake of the Ozarks & I think she got some MAGA courage from the bike rally there this weekend.

[thenelm1]

44. If she happened to be an attendee, for her sake, hope she didn't catch anything else. nt

[dchill]

2. Well done.

[Cousin Dupree]

4. Thank you for speaking up!

[brush]

5. Nicely worded, succinct and to the point.

[liberalla]

16. Agreed! Well done!

[onecaliberal]

7. Boom!

[lunatica]

8. Give her time

Any minute now she’ll come back with how the Democrats are the same. Especially Hillary.

No. Worse! Hillary is worse! Bigly worse!

[MLAA]

9. Well done!

[Snake Plissken]

10. Trump's supporters know he's a lowlife piece of shit and they don't care

You won't change her mind, but that's not what's important


It's important that you stopped coddling her and the rest of his supporters, and make it perfectly clear they are lowlife pieces of shit too for supporting him.

[stopdiggin]

14. "know that he's a lowlife piece .."

that's it in a nutshell. They support him precisely because he is a middle finger thrust out at -- the entire world.

Don't try to over-think it. They certainly don't.

[radius777]

51. Agree, make them uncomfortable.

No justice no peace.

[GoneOffShore]

52. As has been said - Sometimes there's nothing virtuous about compromise

As per the attached piece https://time.com/5434381/tayari-jones-moral-middle-myth/

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

11. Your final line, instead of the one you have,

ought to be "Please enlighten me."

[KatyMan]

46. Let that sink in

[BlueDawn]

12. One of the best.....

....ripostes I have seen to date. Asking questions as you did really puts someone on the spot and requires answers, which unfortunately most Trump cultists would simply refuse to offer.

I love how you approached this. I am very curious about her response, should you receive one!

[Aerator]

13. Trump supporters

In their guts they know he’s nuts.

[RussellCattle]

21. Goldwater 1964. A classic.

[reACTIONary]

41. Heard about the Goldwater sandwich? It's...

... a bunch of baloney.

[csziggy]

47. The Trump sandwich is a little more elaborate

White bread, full of baloney, with Russian dressing and an extremely small pickle.

[reACTIONary]

59. LOL +100 sans text

[csziggy]

61. If you search for "Trump sandwich" there are a lot of images of boards

In front of shops with this delicacy. I did not invent it.

[reACTIONary]

62. Thanks for sharing!

During the campaign they proffered a variety of merchandise as the "Goldwater" this or the "Goldwater" that. My father enjoyed telling the "Goldwater sandwich" joke. One of the earliest political references I remember.

[thenelm1]

48. Surely they do, but as long as he's pwning the libs...

In too many cases, these folks world doesn't seem to extend beyond a few hundred yards beyond the space they currently inhabit. They have no concept of the world beyond their immediate sphere of occupation. The rest of the country and the world be damned as long as they get their way in that little insular bubble they live in. They assume that the rest of the country and world should have that same parochial, bumkin view of the big, wide world we live in as they do. They're scared to death of change and having to expand their horizons to encompass a greater world view beyond themselves.

[Dukkha]

17. Never have and never will try to reason with a Deplorable

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[StTimofEdenRoc]

18. You forgot bounties on our troupes.

[lindysalsagal]

19. and innocent children torn from parents, never to be reunited.

[JohnnyRingo]

20. I ask if they get embarrassed over his overt racism.

That puts them on the spot because they can't admit they're racist so they usually say "he's not racist". That leaves to door open to point out things he does that are. It's not hard.

"Name all the black people in his cabinet." "Why is there only one?"

[mantis49]

22. I have several MAGA cousins in MO.

Good response, but they won't change.

[GopherGal]

27. My MAGA Cousin is "muted" for 30 days.

After ignoring a bunch of "pro-life" stuff, it was "4 men died alone" about Benghazi that did it. Rather than type some response about thousands dying alone due to COVID, I clicked the "..." to find some other options.

[FoxNewsSucks]

23. Good for you!

[LogicFirst]

24. My older brother always responds with, "Oh, never mind."

[hauckeye]

25. They'll just say it's all fake news

My MAGA relatives say they don't like his tweeting and his personality but they like his policies ....blech

[onethatcares]

38. ask what policies they like the most.the

especially if they like the deferral of payroll taxes.

That usually gets me a "Duh, it's my money, I should get it now".

gaudammm jbwentworth assholes.

[OregonBlue]

26. Good on you.

[grantcart]

28. Yet another reason to not be on Facebook

[yaesu]

29. one of the millions of brainwashed fox news created, they are triggered every time

they see something orange.

[patphil]

30. Well said!

Sometimes you just have to take a stand.

A couple months ago in a conversation about Trump I told my brother-in-law, a strong Trump supporter and a good Lutheran, that Trump had no love in his heart.
He gave me a shocked look and feel silent.

He hasn't talked politics with me since.

[trueblue2007]

31. you are brilliant. thanks Jim !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! may i borrow your words and use it on facebook.

[JimGinPA]

32. Absolutely!

[womanofthehills]

33. Good response - I always like to include a gif of Trump mocking

the handicapped reporter. When I do that on Facebook it usually stops Republican responses although one woman told me the video was manipulated.

[pansypoo53219]

34. maybe its his shitty faux tan on his face?

[Joinfortmill]

35. Wow! Good for you!

[NoMoreRepugs]

36. RUMP says what they believe but are afraid to say out loud.

[mdbl]

39. awesome

can i steal that statement?

[JimGinPA]

40. Absolutely!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

42. 👏 👏 👏

[Cha]

43. Excellent Call Out on your Magat cuz, JGPA!

Bookmarked!

[Ferrets are Cool]

45. Applause

[VideoSteve]

49. this is very handy

I am copying this for a few of my 'pals' thanks!

[C Moon]

50. I think the most obscene thing he's done was putting children in cages.

[Sherman A1]

53. That's nice

[meow2u3]

54. K&R for displays of righteous anger

[Laelth]

55. Well done. k&r n/t

-Laelth

[NCjack]

56. Sharp pointed -- hurts the brain. Just what I need for my daily

encounters with Trumpsters. Thanks.

[orleans]

57. it's been a day. ever hear back from her? n/t

[JimGinPA]

58. Yes...

One he is NOT A POLITICIAN and he actually cares for his country. He isn’t being paid to take on the shit he was left with and has made many many many improvements...the copy and paste was to save my time. Just so ya know.

And no one knew what the Covid was going to do or that it would have the affects it has had. And according to the CDC the numbers are wrong anyway. So many reports that were wrong.

But hey if you want to vote for someone who cannot form a thought or sentence and prefers children over someone who has actually done so much for our country in just a few short years and cleaned up Obama’s and many Democrats mess then go ahead. My vote will be for Trump 100%

I replied;

No, he's not a politician, he's famous for being famous, like a Kardashian without the talent. And for failing businesses, bankruptcies & cheating investors. The tapes were released last week where he said he knew about Covid & was downplaying it. Fox News has confirmed it, & they'e not exactly a "librul" news source.

Then my sister wrote to her;

Wow, I feel a combination of pity and disdain for you right now. Sad.

That was the end of the conversation.

[andym]

60. You empirically discovered the key: prove that he doesn't care for America, but only himself

Note the defense "he cares for America" (really means he cares for MAGAs). Each of your original arguments in the OP actually makes a very strong case he does NOT care for America. Should just be repeated in that context.

[Elwood P Dowd]

63. He cares about the country?

If he cares so much about serving his country, then why was he a draft dodger during Vietnam? Why does he love dictators who are our enemies? Why did he make so many real estate and money laundering deals with Russian spies. Why were six of his campaign advisors convicted of felonies, and why did they all have close ties with Russian spies? If he cares about his country, why does he constantly lie to it's citizens? If he cares about his country, why has he taken the ACA to court to kick 25 million US citizens off their health care insurance during a health care emergency called COVID-19?

[orleans]

64. good job. and i'd write her off. she's a lost cause.

i absolutely refuse to deal with people like that--on social media and in real life.

(fuck them)