"Owning the Libs"

[geardaddy]

[niyad]

1. Or, as I have told any number of them, "In order for me to be offended by what you are

saying/doing, I would actually have to respect your opinion. That situation does not obtain."

[geardaddy]

3. Excellent riposte!

[niyad]

10. Thank you. I know there were too many big words there, but one can only dumb down

so far without sounding completely incoherent.

[The Magistrate]

20. A Buckley Line I've Liked For Years, Ma'am

"I'd like to take you seriously, but that would insult your intelligence."

[niyad]

22. Ahhh, thank you for the reminder.

[onecaliberal]

9. This is the perfect response.

[niyad]

11. Thank you.

[OneGrassRoot]

15. PERFECT!!! n/t

[niyad]

42. Thank you!

[Aristus]

17. ...

[niyad]

43. Thank you.

[SergeStorms]

25. Pertain, rather than obtain?

Just a suggestion. The gist of the statement is spot on though.

[niyad]

44. It is a very old expression that I picked up in my reading.

[Beartracks]

60. That you obtained in your reading?

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[niyad]

62. . . .

[Beartracks]

69. I'll show myself out!

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[niyad]

71. This way to the egress. .

[A HERETIC I AM]

68. I admit I had to look up that usage.

It is elegant, if nothing else;

From Merriam-Webster;

intransitive verb
1 : to be generally recognized or established : PREVAIL
Those ideas no longer obtain for our generation.

a greater degree of free expression than usually obtains in film production
— Roger Manvell

[niyad]

70. Thank you.

[Moostache]

40. My 16 year old daughter takes to an even more guttural level...

She had one of her friend group start parroting MAGA nonsense at a cheerleading get-together / party.
She stopped her mid-sentence, looked her dead in the eyes while telling her:

"I'm so disappointed in you. I thought you were smarter than that."

Love that kid more than I can ever express!

[niyad]

46. Your daughter's works for people one knows. Mine is mostly for the annoying

strangers who think it appropriate to inflict their unsolicited opinions upon oneself.

Several times, with people with whom I am acquainted, I have simply said, "You cannot POSSIBLY believe that crap," and then walked away, shaking my head.

[mac56]

58. "You're too smart to believe that."

[plimsoll]

61. That makes you gullible.

They are just smart enough to believe that.

[Initech]

47. I'm going to have to steal that one!

[niyad]

50. No stealing needed. I share!

[Skittles]

2. damn straight

these deplorables have long embarrassed America but now they are actively harming her

[geardaddy]

4. Exactly!

[Initech]

49. Yup, Fox News is increasingly becoming an inherent danger to this country.

They are getting dangerous and scary with their rhetoric. And they are steering this country in a very dark and dangerous direction that is eroding human rights and embracing fascism and authoritarianism. If they're not stopped, America will become a fascist country in a few election cycles.

[Peacetrain]

5. How much room do we take up in their heads.. if they run around shouting about owning the libs

[geardaddy]

6. And rent free, at that!

[niyad]

7. Other than us, there is nothing there.

[geardaddy]

8. LOL

[Bayard]

12. Scarecrows

Nothing but straw in their heads, and they don't scare the crows.

[geardaddy]

13. This!

[budkin]

14. It's about inflicting as much pain as possible on our lives

Because we evolved from 1950s America.

[Moostache]

41. They want to go back waaaaaaay further than 1950...

More like 1050 in many cases...the hate and misogyny and racism run deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep in their rotted souls.

[rurallib]

16. That is a classic

stealing to pass around

[geardaddy]

19. Thanks!

[Initech]

18. I keep saying "if you are trying to own the libs, ultimately it is you who will get owned."

What goes around comes around!

[Brainfodder]

21. I am offended by their tripling down on stupidity?

Our laws should have been cut and dried and simple, two much $ is involved now that it isn't.

The complexity is just a tool to weasel out, fucking obvious as hell.

Our "standards"? Nah some long dead old white man standards, we need a whole retooling, and until there is, this country will stay uncivil and nasty.

Didn't even need a lot of words.

[cloudboy07]

23. The last time I check'd it was United States ! what a crock !

[geardaddy]

26. I don't know what you mean.

[cloudboy07]

32. all this crap -right,left,middle,progressives,lib's -------

still nothing get's done for the people!

[geardaddy]

64. Ah, ok.

Nothing gets done for the people, because of the GOP. I believe you completely missed the point of this OP.

[Meadowoak]

37. Not very united are we?

[PurgedVoter]

24. Owning the libs means they want slavery

Trust an old southerner, when they say it and it resonates with them, it is what it is. They want to own the libs. The secessionists in Texas talk about taking away the libs property and rights. Don't think for a moment, they don't really mean it, they are just waiting to make sure they can get away with it.

If they say it and it can be twisted or plain interpreted as horrid, expect it is what they want. If they point and blame expect it is what they are secretly doing. Somewhere there is a conservative owned pizza place with a basement. Their level of creativity is either slapping their name on it if they think it will be popular or branding an enemy with it if they think it's not. For real creativity, they hire lawyers.

[sop]

33. +1

[FailureToCommunicate]

51. Oh, actually "own" the Libs. As in slavery. Now that

actually makes sense!

[orangecrush]

27. KICK...

[usonian]

28. How about something shorter to reply to them?

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I can't forget the saying attributed to Confucius, no doubt wrongly:

"Great wind come from empty cave."

[niyad]

48. Snicker.

[Catherine Vincent]

29. Yeah, it is ridiculous

And they think we get upset everytime they post that picture of that Hillary supporter screaming after the 2016 election.

I wonder if the lady knows her pic is being used by Trump humpers?

[Botany]

30. Owning the libs means 14 million dead from a virus..

... that would have been stopped in China because President Obama had left in place the personal, the protocols, and the materials that a President Hillary Clinton would have used to stop the pandemic.

I have old friends that now buy into the ideas of both sides do it and owning the liberals is a good thing.

[SheltieLover]

31. K&R!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

34. TFG's supporters are very stupid people

These idiots are too stupid to own anyone. I enjoy laughing at the posts of the idiots who used to post on Discussionist

[Martin Eden]

35. That meme OWNED the MAGAts

But they're too dense to be offended.

[IronLionZion]

36. They're mostly owning themselves

I don't know any liberals who feel owned

[H2O Man]

38. Recommended.

I like this. Very much.

To me, they are the kids we couldn't stand in school.

[Roc2020]

39. I always thought it was a dumb

moniker anyways. Own what? the GOP does not have the house the WH or the senate. DEMS/LIBS own that. silly rabbit.

[Upthevibe]

45. Kick. N/T

[SunImp]

52. They are Trolls

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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-13/trolls-understand-what-hurts-people-but-they-simply-dont-care/8701424

What do we know about trolls?
Psychological studies show trolls tend to be male, show higher levels of psychopathy traits — low levels of empathy, guilt and responsibility for their actions — and higher levels of sadism traits, the enjoyment of causing others physical and psychological pain.

Trolls are also motivated by what psychologists call "atypical social rewards".

[Blue Owl]

53. K&R

[samplegirl]

55. This is great

[Hotler]

56. They're the fuckers that had to run home from school everyday just to...

keep from getting the shit beat out of them for being dicks.

[keithbvadu2]

57. A few years ago, some right wingers were saying 'democrates'.

A few years ago, some right wingers were saying 'democrates'.

I asked why that was supposed to be an insult with that extra 'e' but they could not answer.

It appears they just could not spell and did not know what they were talking about.

[EnergizedLib]

59. It's astounding

That’s what they care about the end of the day. It matters not what shape this country is in or the damage that’s done. All that matters is the libs that are owned.

[Oneironaut]

63. I hate these people. They're like 12-year-olds, and, are addicted to outrage.

They know fuck-all about politics or the world, but, are addicted to the dopamine flood that social media brings them.

They pretend to be knowledgable, but, just repeat what Fox News hosts say, like parrots.

Arguing with them is a waste of time. They instantly start insulting you “for the lulz,” or some shit, because any emotional maturity they had left has been stripped away by internet addiction and outrage addiction.

These clueless zombies are useful idiots to Fascism. They’re clueless dumbshits that refuse to educate themselves, but, they blindly support MAGA.


“Ahahahaha! Triggered!” - The intellectual level of modern American politics. It’s becoming like a WWE match now.

[Evolve Dammit]

65. Good analogy

[Magoo48]

66. Yup.

[lunatica]

67. Their headstones will say

Owned the Libs!