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imanamerican63

(13,763 posts)
Mon Oct 23, 2017, 08:42 PM Oct 2017

Once again! We have those who have no clue!!!!

There was two guys talking at the truck stop I was in earlier tonight. They said that Trump should never be held responsible for the 4 soldiers killed. Then they both agreed that the GOP has not gone far enough to find proof to bring Hillary up on charges for Benghazi. I was not only shocked to hear this! There was older man sitting close to them and must have over heard them talking too? He got up and went to their table and asked if they really knew what they were talking about or were they just idiots? He told them if they would have been educated about the these events, they would have know that these bad things happens all to often and that known the facts would help them understand that the president is the one who is responsible for these issues no matter what! He said Obama was the president when Benghazi happened and Trump was the president when Niger happened. He went on to say when 9-11 happened, Bush was the president so on and so on! He ended the statement with, if you want to blame Hillary for something, maybe you should have voted for her and not the over blown self-righteous idiot that is president now! Then he walked away, but turned back when one said "who the hell are you"? He answered "I am the uncle of one of the soldiers who was killed in Iraq in 2006"! And then he walked away saying "that is who hell I am"!

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Once again! We have those who have no clue!!!! (Original Post) imanamerican63 Oct 2017 OP
Wow! dhol82 Oct 2017 #1
A big fat K&R! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2017 #2
The vast majority of deplorables who harp about Benghazi have zero knowledge of the events. LonePirate Oct 2017 #3
The vast majority of deplorables who harp about anything... PJMcK Oct 2017 #4
It's Fox News - totally devoid of facts and information FakeNoose Oct 2017 #6
Faux panders not informs not fooled Oct 2017 #23
Or they learned it from Michael Bay Saviolo Oct 2017 #24
Oh, to have been a fly on the wall at that place! KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2017 #5
It seems that to often I am that fly! imanamerican63 Oct 2017 #7
Feels pretty damn good to have truth and the facts on our side. KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2017 #10
The sad thing is that luvtheGWN Oct 2017 #13
Funny, I was thinking of this Paul Simon lyric yesterday : nocalflea Oct 2017 #17
Great. Now it will be popping into my head a lot. LisaM Oct 2017 #27
Boom! Good on that uncle.. mountain grammy Oct 2017 #8
Wish we could have all been there to applaud. TNNurse Oct 2017 #9
Kudos to that uncle. 3catwoman3 Oct 2017 #11
I find this entire narrative to be dubious. It smacks of the kind of story that ends with... Hekate Oct 2017 #12
You had to be there! imanamerican63 Oct 2017 #14
It's the part about him being the uncle. progressoid Oct 2017 #20
Good smackdown!!!!! bdamomma Oct 2017 #15
Fox News does not allow for any critical thinking. Initech Oct 2017 #16
Awesome! nt Honeycombe8 Oct 2017 #18
Who's Holding dolt45 Responsible for the Deaths in Niger? Leith Oct 2017 #19
I think it was in a general term, this happen under his command? imanamerican63 Oct 2017 #21
He was right the first time, they were just idiots TeamPooka Oct 2017 #22
Hi Imanamerican63 syringis Oct 2017 #25
Awesome madokie Oct 2017 #26

LonePirate

(13,413 posts)
3. The vast majority of deplorables who harp about Benghazi have zero knowledge of the events.
Mon Oct 23, 2017, 08:57 PM
Oct 2017

They couldn't tell you anything about what happened except to say some people died (not always a given, though). In short, they know as much about Benghazi as 45 does (which is practically nothing).

PJMcK

(22,023 posts)
4. The vast majority of deplorables who harp about anything...
Mon Oct 23, 2017, 09:08 PM
Oct 2017

...have zero knowledge of anything they are talking about. The profound ignorance of far too many Americans is the greatest danger our nation has ever faced. The Founders of our Republic knew that an informed and educated populace was necessary for a successful Democracy. Unfortunately, our people have become stupid and believe that their ignorance is equal to our education.

FakeNoose

(32,613 posts)
6. It's Fox News - totally devoid of facts and information
Mon Oct 23, 2017, 09:41 PM
Oct 2017

Fox News makes no effort to educate their audience to what's going, here's what happened, these are the facts.
Therefore the people who watch only Fox News and nothing else are completely stupid.

They don't even realize how uninformed they are.

Saviolo

(3,280 posts)
24. Or they learned it from Michael Bay
Tue Oct 24, 2017, 05:21 PM
Oct 2017

It's either the non-information from Fox News or the ridiculous jingoistic nationalistic 13 Hours movie directed by Michael Bay that they learned to blame people who were not responsible.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,489 posts)
5. Oh, to have been a fly on the wall at that place!
Mon Oct 23, 2017, 09:40 PM
Oct 2017

Then, hand them a brochure that tells them the TRUTH about Benghazi.

imanamerican63

(13,763 posts)
7. It seems that to often I am that fly!
Mon Oct 23, 2017, 09:43 PM
Oct 2017

It is amazing that every time, these people have nothing to say after they get a lesson of the facts!

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,489 posts)
10. Feels pretty damn good to have truth and the facts on our side.
Mon Oct 23, 2017, 09:54 PM
Oct 2017

That helps relieve my depression from all this crap sometimes. Maybe if we find ways to plant the seeds of truth, reason and factual information, it might start to stick a little bit. Just enough to make some of them stay home for the next election!

I'm actually glad I'm retired and not working many of the job sites I used to visit, 'cause I know I would be hearing it every day. I never liked to feel bitter against people I worked with and relied on. These are sad days.

luvtheGWN

(1,336 posts)
13. The sad thing is that
Mon Oct 23, 2017, 10:01 PM
Oct 2017

we progressive-minded folk are of the illusion that when we tell the ignorant the facts, we'll convince them. Instead, they all too often dig in their heels, get mad at us, and become even more adamant that their particular "truth" is the real truth. I don't know how to fight this, but I've noted that the same thing holds true for those folks who take the Bible literally. You could argue with them until the day you die, and you'll never be able to convince them otherwise. People believe what they WANT to believe. Just the same way that white supremacists choose to believe they are superior to everyone else. And CINOs believe that homosexuality is a sin*. Perhaps no one knows that better than Dolt45. Gawd help us all.

*Frankly, whenever I hear CINO pastors and politicians condemning the LGBTQ, I strongly suspect they are projecting....and you all know what I mean by that....

nocalflea

(1,387 posts)
17. Funny, I was thinking of this Paul Simon lyric yesterday :
Mon Oct 23, 2017, 10:54 PM
Oct 2017

"All lies and jest
Still, a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest."

This lyric has been popping into my head a lot lately.

LisaM

(27,800 posts)
27. Great. Now it will be popping into my head a lot.
Tue Oct 24, 2017, 08:18 PM
Oct 2017

Well, I guess something needs to replace the endless loop of Tom Petty singing in the Travelling Willburys.

Hekate

(90,617 posts)
12. I find this entire narrative to be dubious. It smacks of the kind of story that ends with...
Mon Oct 23, 2017, 09:59 PM
Oct 2017

"And then the entire group of passengers on the airplane stood up and applauded the brave soldier! And took up a collection for his ticket home!"

It's just too pat.

imanamerican63

(13,763 posts)
14. You had to be there!
Mon Oct 23, 2017, 10:03 PM
Oct 2017

I was and it did happen! If you need to troll someone, find someone else? I have no reason to not tell the truth! So move on, please!

progressoid

(49,961 posts)
20. It's the part about him being the uncle.
Tue Oct 24, 2017, 12:52 AM
Oct 2017

He may have been an uncle, but it seems a little too contrived. Maybe he just said it in the hope that it would embarrass them.

Initech

(100,054 posts)
16. Fox News does not allow for any critical thinking.
Mon Oct 23, 2017, 10:32 PM
Oct 2017

Benghazi and Niger? Same fucking thing!! Only difference is we have a party drunk with power and the other side happened to be in charge when Benghazi happened.

Leith

(7,808 posts)
19. Who's Holding dolt45 Responsible for the Deaths in Niger?
Mon Oct 23, 2017, 11:49 PM
Oct 2017

I read a lot of threads about the current sad news and I've never read any post here saying that. I haven't heard anyone in real life say that.

Where did those guys get that idea?

As if I didn't know. rethug propaganda.

imanamerican63

(13,763 posts)
21. I think it was in a general term, this happen under his command?
Tue Oct 24, 2017, 07:21 AM
Oct 2017

Like they tried to hold Hillary responsible for Benghazi.

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