Had an encounter with a small group of Trumpers, and am left utterly flabbergasted!

[Orange Free State]

33. Just do what they do...

Change the subject and start screaming. They don’t know how to deal with that, and they don’t know what to say if they have to go off Fox script.

A RW guy I know was grumping about Obamacare, calling it socialized medicine. I said “I don’t like it either, I prefer a single payer socialized medicine system, like the armed forces have.” He started to sputter and I thought he would have a stroke on the spot. I knew he was retired Army and had had socialized medicine for decades and would for the rest of his life. He was out of ammo on that one.

Another RW, an older woman, also was yelling about Obamacare. I said calmly, “I think we should get rid of ALL socialized medicine, ESPECIALLY that damn Medicare! We spend too much for the medical care of older people, it’s dragging the country down and. we should just let God take them!” She was stunned and speechless, because she was of an age where she was going to be next. The best she could come up with was “But but but....Medicare isn’t socialized medicine!” It was so absurd a statement that people were laughing at her.

Don’t try to take them head on, use mental judo on them. Maybe you can make them think, you never know.