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Atticus

(15,124 posts)
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 05:16 PM Nov 2017

If you are still football lineman, you don't try to "reason with" the snarling 275 pound hulk

across from you.

If you are an infantryman facing a bayonet charge by enemy soldiers, you don't try to "reason with" them before you fire your weapon.

We also don't try "reasoning with" mad dogs, charging bulls, grizzlies with cubs or fenceposts.

Why should we try to reason with anyone who STILL supports Trump?

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If you are still football lineman, you don't try to "reason with" the snarling 275 pound hulk (Original Post) Atticus Nov 2017 OP
I cant imagine anyone wanting to reason with someone... NCTraveler Nov 2017 #1
We shouldn't. We should focus on the undecided, and JustABozoOnThisBus Nov 2017 #2

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,343 posts)
2. We shouldn't. We should focus on the undecided, and
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 06:17 PM
Nov 2017

the democratic-leaning folks who need convincing (or rides) to get to the polling places.

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