Got called an "idiot" twice today.

We had 2 more stops to make and, well, Aunt is 91 and bathroom needs are frequent.

LeTaz , don't get discouraged . we live in AZ , in a heavily republican retirement community . On the back of our car , we have 4 Obama magnets . We have gotten a few fingers , but we have also gotten some positive responses . Today , after we had left the grocery store , some e had left a little card on our windshield : you are not alone ! Also in the store , someone pointed to my Obama button and said : I like that . Made our day .
I just wish more people here would have the courage to display some Obama signs , to counter all the Romney ones . There is strength in numbers !

manager's manager probably gave the OK. (I don't Caremark--I mean care much for CVS.)

Trash to the outside of the cvs so the old RW bastard will be blamed for it.

He's just a pushy asshole, much like his candidate.

The Espoused One's mouth he'd be needing emergency dental work. Thank the goddess that's not something he would ever say.

"Can't vote for a non-christian!" " He thinks Joseph Smith, not Jesus, was Gods last word on earth!" See how that played.


Anyway it wasn't just propaganda. It was lies. or Bullcrap, to be less delicate about it.

for voting for him?

so she didn't catch most of it.

because you were calm. They can't handle calm.

That was your local republican bread and butter right there. Sad.

Fucking old fart. You were a lot nicer than I would have been.

to learn to NOT do stuff like that. As I get older I'm trying to mellow my reactionary ass out.

Ashamed as I am to admit it, I'm not making phone calls for Obama right now because of my reactionary ass. Plus the rest of me is reactionary as well.

I wanted so much to be able to make calls but... AND I OWN THIS...I regard Romney supporters with such utter disdain that I am unable to mask it. I am not speaking to most of my family till after the election for exactly this reason. Its not an attractive trait and I am not proud of it.

1) You have a choice as to what your reaction will be. Choose calm.
2) Not only is a calm response better for your blood pressure it has the added benefit of pissing off your opponent at which point he/she will generally engage in the give-me-enough-rope ritual. Besides, it's amusing as hell.

in lots of situations, especially when someone who is waiting on me (store clerk, DMV person, you get the idea) is being rude. It's amazingly effective I've learned. I often thank someone profusely when they are simply doing their job.

But when it comes to political stuff, I am totally intolerant and I quickly get incoherent with rage. I very much admire people who can calmly refute the bullshit.

Its fun.. you don't have to get mad. Its like checkers, knocking down their b.s. But, then we go to discussion groups for kicks.
. I even like taking them on in their blogs. Aren't we about discussion .? I find when you take them on in say, their "Daily Caller," you soon will be denied access . get me around those people, it turns into a sport. I become like a bull dog and don't back down. Sort of like an amateur fact checker.. You don't have to get mad about it. But, likely they will.

At my work I am pretty much surrounded by Obama supporters except one new hire who is waffling towards voting for Romney. Oh my, the entire office jumped at her when she mentioned that she might vote for Romney! I tried to discuss issues with her but she kept bringing up Benghazi and other Faux talking points and I finally could not take it anymore! I had to leave before saying something that I would regret!

Let me just say----you never give up, and you never get angry. Never treat them like the idiots you might think they are.

She said Friday she had decided to vote for Romney. I calmly asked her why she had decided that was the right way to go, we had a lot of discussion, I sympathized with her concerns, and I gave her factual information. Today, she told me that she had changed her mind and will be re-electing Obama so he can finish the work he has started....and is succeeding with.

You have to show her the truth about those talking points.

I find it so difficult to remain calm when someone repeats the nonsense from Faux. I do know that by me getting upset I would just turn her off.

Right now I'm imagining what kinds of sassy remarks I'd make in my local paper if Obama wins. If things go awry and the unmentionable happens, I'll probably never read it again. Let's just say that the local paper exhibits a strong right tilt.

"Ashamed as I am to admit it, I'm not making phone calls for Obama right now because of my reactionary ass. Plus the rest of me is reactionary as well."

Me too! Hey, we should hang out!

Tanks.

articles where Repubs talk about 'stupid', 'ignorant' liberals. Nothing could be further from the truth. Instead, most of the REPUBLICANS I know are misinformed, rely on sound bites, radio 'personalities' who aren't experts in anything, Faux News, ad infinitum, rather than reading any factual material on real issues.

They are so light on facts and figures to support their silly and uninformed notions. But the sad thing is that if you try to tell them otherwise, they believe YOU are the one that is deluded or misled. Unfortunately, all that birther crap and "he's not one of us" fed into a belief system they had and wanted someone to verify it. Their racism is lurking just below the surfact....just far enough away from their conscious mind that they will DENY, DENY, DENY that they are racist, even a little bit.

They are ripe for the picking by the likes of Hannity and others on Fox. No critical thinking skills, few facts and a desire for their prejudice to be reinforced. They are like sitting ducks. And they vote based on all that crap they are fed.

A really sad thing that is not mentioned here very often is that many of these people get their opinions from their church. I find that to be one of the most appalling and sad things I ever heard, but it is true. Many churches have abandoned the stuff I learned when I was growing up in the Methodist Church. I have since abandoned a LOT of that stuff, too, but NOT the part about being thy brother's keeper. Or taking care of the sick, the elderly and children. And how about just loving thy neighbor as thyself. A simple but effective rule for making the world a better place. All gone for many of them. Sad.....because they think this is how is it supposed to be. Dog eat dog....I got mine, you need to get your own. What an awful way to see the world.

but that CVS manager should also be notified about harassment on his store's premises! And the police should be called.

that's three now.

What's the record? You should go for it

I think we've set it. 'Course "idiot" is probably the least used of all the pejoratives that have been ascribed to me.

Yes the Repuke Owners are getting pathetically desperate - I see it in their literature right now going around on the WWW.

They are losers that know they are backing a mega-loser. And yet the sad Foxnews Zombies just will never 'get it'. They will stand outside and scream for 'more brains'!

I know I should not laugh - but I've given up on vitriol so humor is all I have left for these kinds of people.

"fuck you, you crazy old bastard"

I'm not sure I could be civil in the face of that behavior--Not EVEN in front of my mother. I'm thinking my response would have ended with "...AND the horse you rode in on!"

And my mom is NOT hard of hearing either!





Laura

Big old world and all too often I don't get to see everybody I'd like to!





Laura

Get thee behind me, CatWoman! Get thee behind me I say!

They get this crap from Faux and OxyRush and all the other RW Media Hatemongers. They are spoon fed all that RW propaganda drivel and take it as fact because they don't ever go to any other sources for reliable info. It must really hurt to be that stupid.

Good job, i would like to think i would have done the samething, however i really don't like people calling me names or pushing their fucked up veiws on me

he is a dupe, and wrong.

I had some people "volunteering" for a republican in my district knock on my door Saturday afternoon, before they got 3 words into their spiel, I pointed to my "I voted" sticker, she smiled and said thanks, to which I replied, straight Dem ticket.
Needless to say, the smile vanished rather quickly.
Not as cool as your story, and perhaps unnecessarily mean on my part. But ya know what? Fuck them!
It made me feel good.
I've grown weary of listening to their BS. Now it's time for them to have to STFU and listen to reason.

You are freakin' awesome, Taz! I always admire people who try to reasonably engage such loons and don't take their bait. My hot Italian temper sometimes gets the best of me and I think talking to this old fart would have probably set me off.

But one day I hope to be an imbecile.

You'll get there. I've been an idiot for a really long time - but I'm in college now. After five or six years I may finally become an imbecile. My Professors are hopeful.

I know you are but what am I!!

Seriously though... well done!

And then said "I recycle--I'll go home and use these to wipe my ass!"

Yeah, I know...mean. But I'm sick of these assholes!

(often with good reason).

you're a well educated voter. Oh, and thank you for that.

when they start yelling "you're an idiot" you know you've won. what i hate is when that's the only damn thing i can think of to say to them! i just don't think on my feet that well.

Since my trash can has a lot of empty space !!

Then I challenge them to a contest of FACTS.

Along the way I'll pause and say, "Would you like to continue or have been humiliated enough?"

OTC in that pharmacy, though...

Facts are to republicans what kryptonite is to Superman.

4 killed in Benghazi, Obama cover up, vote him out blah blah blah

At least you got to talk talk to your ding a ling, I couldn't even ask if they were this upset for the 12 attacks under Bush

I just laughed. Seriously, if you knew the person who called me this, YOU would be laughing, too.

She's a right wing evangelical who says that God keeps anyone from messing with HER because she's a chosen one.

She is a former neighbor who used to routinely yell at her young children so loudly that neighbors three doors down could hear her. She and her husband used to have fights that were even louder. He had a mistress; she looked the other way.

She kicked one cat out on the street because he was black and "freaky". I got him vetted and found him a home.

They had four dogs, two on chains for several years and all exposed to the elements whether hot, cold, rain or shine. Animal control down here doesn't do much. Several neighbors called.

A couple of years ago, just before they moved to a lush, new subdivision, she finally relinquished ownership of the dogs to me. One dog had run away (or they had done something with her; we only know she was no longer around) before this happened. So, I was left with three, sick and starving dogs with their bones sticking out. One died literally upon arrival at the vet's office. Luckily, I have a great vet who I have an established relationship with, and she knew I'd been trying to help these dogs for some time.

The second dog was actually pretty healthy because she was the alpha and ate all of the sparse amounts of food that they were given. This one was adopted by a vet tech's relative and is doing great in her new home. I got her spayed and vetted before her adoption.

The last one was so frail that if she ate more than a bite of anything, she would throw it up. We spent three days and nights giving her about an inch worth of grilled chicken every 30 minutes - anything more and she lost it all. Slowly but surely, she improved. Finally, she was improved enough to go through heartworm treatment. It was successful.

Today, she is a healthy, happy, goofy little girl who lives with me. She will never be cold or hungry again, and she will never, ever be on a chain again.

So...if I'm a "demon-crat", that's fine with me. As long as I am the complete and utter OPPOSITE of what this woman is, I'm fine with that label.

These types literally make my skin crawl. They are too stupid to even know they are stupid.

Thanks for taking care of those dogs. I cant' understand how anyone can treat people and animals like that and yet they consider themselves to be Christians. Someone shot one of my Mom's dogs 2 nights ago. She figured out where it had happened. Well, it was in the area of the ditch between her Obama signs and the road. Were they shooting at the signs or the dog? I don't know but 10 to 1 they were a winger. Bloodhound/lab mix will be ok per big vet bill.

Yes, we know that we live by love and that should overcome any names that they can come up with- just like Taz Knows Taz is by no means an idiot. Peace and love

Glad the dog will survive, and I hope the assholes who did it get bit big time by karma. The wingers are the worst as far as I am concerned. They have no empathy for human beings, much less four legged creatures.

Oh, and the neighbor which I referred to just posted on Facebook about how she was in line to vote this morning with a t-shirt on that reads "Vote the Bible", and she was getting "dirty looks".

I guess it takes all kinds to make the world go 'round, but I sure could do without the ones with attitudes like this!

Makes my skin crawl too....and feel like I could seriously go ballistic. My god... thank Dog you were there

You are my new hero.

And for your efforts with these animals.

The modern evangelical churches are full of these people today. Its because of this slow but unchecked slide from believing that everyone and every creature are God's creations and are equally valuable. Its now changed to - he who has the most $ is the most blessed by God. This shift has meant that the church is now available as a sanctuary not for the dispossessed, but for the vile sociopaths and mean spirited people who have trampled others on their way up the ladder and now the church not only does not condemn their behavior, but welcomes them in and praises it...as long as they are "blessed" with success. They go to get their reprehensible behavior sanctioned by God, and with this new attitude in the modern day Christian church...that's what happens. So they feel righteous and justified in their cruelty.

Give you sheets of their propaganda, take them and shred them. Just like when Barbra Streisand took those flyers and dumped them in the trash around the corner near the end of The Way We Were.

And we know you aren't an idiot.

to tell someone to eat shit and bark at the Moon.

Person kept trying to push literature on me. I took it, thanked him and then stood there while I made a paper airplane out of it. I then threw it (flew pretty far!) and then walked away. The "idiot" didn't say a word to me!!

I've seen it in the comment sections of non-DU web sites, as well as on Repub/Conservative protest signs. If I'm an idiot for not believing in right wing propaganda, then maybe 'idiot' doesn't mean what I think it means. Maybe it means "guy who is so smart it's scary"?

Solidarity, Le Taz Hot!

I always ask them if they are still cashing those checks and going to the Dr and getting their scripts filled using their medicare card. Then I point out that they're part of the 47% that their boy has nothing but contempt for and ask them when they're going to get off their lazy asses and do something for themselves?

today in Frankenmuth, Mi. A republican (plutocrat) stronghold. I was wearing my Obama 2012 pin and the dudes serving got somewhat upset with it. I just told them it was a done deal. (Obama is in) They replied I wouldn't bet on it, wait till Ohio votes are counted.
Before leaving I went to their area and asked if they would be working Wednesday, told them I would be back to rub their noses in it. Had to leave then as my wife was getting upset with my behavior.

Then march directly to the nearest trash can and throw them away. It works best if the trash can is right in front of them.

Now days I play along and ask if I can have 2 or 3 dozen of their handouts so that I can pass them out at a neighborhood meeting. Yep, I trash them too, after I get home. My strategy is that the more of that garbage I can dispose of the less likely they can contaminate some unknowing persons with it.

You're being way too generous. He came up in an age where manners were taught.

A gentleman would not have accosted you with your elderly lady-aunt by your side... he would not have called you out of your name, but said, "I thank you for your time" and moved on.

He's a loser--and losers are desperate.

about how only Romney could save the economy. And I mean, he was ranting. I hung up.

I don't have to put up with that sort of thing at election time

One thing election-related here that was kind of cute, though-- I showed my absentee ballot to some of my students. One little girl, about 11 or 12 years old, asked where Obama's name was. I showed her, and then she marked a little "X" with her finger in the space by his name.

Individuals Disciplined In Ordinary Truth.

Le Taz Hot

You know you are onto something - when the opponent have to resolve into telling you that you is a idiot... From my part of the world, I just cross the fingers - and hope for the best outcome... (If you are unsure, it is for the President, not for Romney)

Diclotican

I proudly wore my kicking donkey pin at the Swamp Buggy Races yesterday. The few who spoke to me about it were disarmed quickly with a simple remark, I voted for the good of the people.
I also have an Obama/Biden bumpersticker on one side of my motorcycles tank, a big Liberal sticker on the other. I am also a straight ally. It doesn't end there either.

Like I said, I proudly wore my kicking donkey pin!

First, thank you for being the one to get me to stop lurking and join in. Second, for being someone who can remain calm when dealing with a rightwinger. Your post started a thread that made me not only laugh and cry but gave me some good advice from those of you in this community who are wise enough to not let your emotions feed into the conversation when your dealing with someone who has been brainwashed (yes, I said it-brainwashed).

My brothers have been brainwashed and they are educated men. My half sis and step sis have been brainwashed by the church and foxentertainment. I cannot even have a conversation with them anymore because they argue they way mitt debates. They ignore whatever fact you have given them and go off on a tirade of lies and propaganda - so much that you can't possibly refute it all -to the point of getting flustered. ( a reason I've stay away from politics on facebook for the most part) I can understand why President Obama was thrown off somewhat in that first debate(still think he won it)It's overwhelming sometimes and I tend to lean toward being a little hot-headed so I refrain mostly.Thank you DU community for giving me a place to find-SANITY peace and love

let me say welcome to DU, riverSdawn! I'm looking forward to your future posts!

I figure it's a waste of their money.

Figure it keeps that crap out of the hands of someone who may believe the lies.

I would have been. I probably would have kicked his butt and left him lying on the ground. I've gotten so sick of RNC calling us day after day. I told one person who called that I would never vote for a republican...and don't ever call me again.

Ha! You're voting for Romney and you're calling ME an idiot???

by a FB friend. "Obviously you are a stupid idiot. GOODBYE" and then she deleted me. Witch lol.

...but Wednesday morning you're going to be a happy idiot! Good for you!

Awesome responses! Way to take the high road! I always think of the choice things to say after I've left the scene! LOL

I was noticing this when W was ruining our country from the White House for eight years.....rove and his thugs have managed to turn things totally upside down and backwards. "Support the Troops" means let them die for nothing...maybe oil? "A traitor" means you have three Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star...some folks might call "a hero". "Enhanced Interrogation"...or what is commonly known to the rest of the civilized and uncivilized world as "torture".

These despicable thugs have managed to play "word games" with us. "You're a great American"....often spoke by sean vannity and his callers, back and forth to each other, as though it really means something; when in fact sean vannity is probably the most seditious of ALL the reich wing talk show hosts today, and he should be brought up and tried for treason as such. I don't mind someone having a differing opinion; but I do mind someone lying out right, beating the drums of hate and ignorance to the point that his whole 3 hrs daily on the radio and 1 hr daily on fox-propaganda network is to tear this country apart.

We are suffering from a cancer in this country...and rove and fox and the stooges that run the repukkke neocon/fascist party today are dragging this country into near civil war again. There are going to be a LOT of angry and upset people, no matter who gets elected tomorrow. If Obama were to lose...we all KNOW it will be because of cheating.

People throw around words and terms and have NO clue about their seriousness or meaning. The cavalier use of "treason" is a perfect example.

I posted here a few weeks ago that one morning when I was out for a run I saw a sign that said "Prosecute Hussein Obama for high treason."

Never thought I'd see a sign like that. Ever. I still see it when I'm out and it sickens and disgusts me.

(And of course, we all know what that "high treason" is: Being the first African-American president of the United States.)

If Romney wins, we are headed for some very, very dark days because a lot of people will see his win as a validation of all the hate that's been percolating under the surface for a very long time now toward those who are seen as being "less American" than the rabid right (which is practically all of us).

Take the propaganda and tear it up in front of him as you yell at him.

they had been born of the Holy Spirit they would know immediately that Obama has the Spirit of the anti-Christ. In his mind - one of the signs of having been truly redeemed is that one would know by an inner light that Obama was evil. It's kind of hard to reason with someone who thinks like that.

It was a Holy Roller camp in Missouri where everyone was encouraged to start speaking in tongues at vespers. That was supposed to show that we were in direct communication with the Almighty

Then walked away. If he gave me a flyer, I would have blown my nose on it and handed it back, saying "It snot for me."

But getting called an "idiot" twice by the same person only counts for 1.5 (because he already thought your were an idiot, and simply said it again). A friend and former co-worker was called a fascist and then a communist by separate observers in the same day, I would count this as 2. Of course, he just chuckled and said "they were both wrong, actually I am an anarchist".

Congrats, you did the right thing

Whether I'm in the US or here in Korea. We have lots of churches who set up tables and try to hand out stuff. Last week I got into a quasi-argument with a woman in the park near where I live who spoke English. I flat out told her I disagree with people who push religion. I sat there and argued with her until she got sick of me and gave up.

When the Democrats Abroad were doing voter registration in 2008 we had foreigners who supported the Libertarian candidate come and throw their literature on our table. We turned around and threw it in the garbage.

You should get bonus points for getting called an idiot twice in the same day by the same person.

What a way to win hearts and minds.



Good job! You've given me encouragement because I may have to smack down a few of these -- ahem -- idiots myself today.

so, I guess, that makes me an idiot too. If so, I'm proud to be an idiot because I voted for someone I know will do everything in his power to help the middle class.

But what do I know, I'm an idiot.

thus it's propaganda.

it is writing intended to convince, thus it is propaganda.

A wingnut calls you an idiot? I'd wear that as a badge of honor!

I’ve been hoping for a confrontation, but so far, no one has accosted me because of my ‘Romney Sucks’ bumper sticker on my car!!! Maybe even they agree with it?!

only see propaganda from one side becasue they drink the foxnews koolaid and listen to limbaugh. I laugh at them.....

maybe i should not have said what i said this morning. i yelled the same thing out my car window as I drove past some romney people on the corner.

i guess rodney king said it best - can't we all get along?

so i apologize. i was not trying to be mean and i dont like it when people say that to me.

He said, "But he's created millions of jobs" at which point I answered, "Yeah, in China! But we need jobs here." That was the first "You're an idiot"

Conservatives bitch and moan to no end that liberals don't argue, they just call names in response to rational argument.
Take your own damn medicine, Republican Party!
They're hysterical. They're hopeless.
And then they call it an "enthusiasm edge."

But this is the problem with THEM. They don't listen to FACTS

You've got to be one of the most ingenious idiots that I've ever encountered. Keep up the good work.