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benld74

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49. Buddy of mine posted on FB

Sat Feb 22, 2020, 09:20 PM

Feb 2020

Yeah I know,
Something really innocous bout tRump and
BOOM!
Began getting waylaid by our HS friends.
Those we just saw at a reunion, laughed with, drank with.
Calling logical statements stupid. Spouting rw ideas we have all heard, as fact
Couldn't reason with them
Impossible.
We were informed if we didn't like what they replied to not read them

So my buddy deleted his post.
He told me he will look at them differently from now on. I informed him I had a feeling they were like that. Just didn't think they were rabid.

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I have talked too many Trump voters, they all have this in common. [View all] shockey80 Feb 2020 OP

No critical thinking skills Faux pas Feb 2020 #1

I was just saying that this morning. It is tragic. Evolve Dammit Feb 2020 #6

+1 the dumbing down of America. bronxiteforever Feb 2020 #11

Can't say he didn't tell us..."I love the less educated".... SayItLoud Feb 2020 #36

The Dumbing Down is Real McKim Feb 2020 #65

Our parents (yours and mine) were from a different era FakeNoose Feb 2020 #71

1984 + Idiocracy equals I45 forgotmylogin Feb 2020 #75

My husband and I were talking about this just last week. redstatebluegirl Feb 2020 #82

+1 n/t area51 Feb 2020 #18

I was totally stunned freepotter Feb 2020 #31

That was my single reason for predicting tRump would win BigmanPigman Feb 2020 #34

Somewhere along the line I realized that half the voters pnwmom Feb 2020 #45

I read where he told someone BigmanPigman Feb 2020 #59

Most are older and were in school when such things were taught. paleotn Feb 2020 #41

Yes, sad but true. Joinfortmill Feb 2020 #50

Ah yes, I remember civics. Faux pas Feb 2020 #70

It goes beyond critical thinking skills pacheen Feb 2020 #63

They don't want to stray Faux pas Feb 2020 #72

The RW media has programmed these people with decades of constant, negative Dustlawyer Feb 2020 #78

There is no reaching drumpflicons, they are a lost cause. democratisphere Feb 2020 #2

Maybe not. Here in WI, we had a horrible governor in Tommy Thompson. CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #14

Time to call it "Hate media." Because that's what it sells. VOX Feb 2020 #3

"Hate media" is exactly right. Evolve Dammit Feb 2020 #7

Throw rt.com (russian state tv) sputnik (radio) into that list erronis Feb 2020 #23

the hate radio monopoly is very vulnerable - ready to push off the cliff certainot Feb 2020 #24

You can get through by showing them some of Trump's fucked up shit that is written Maraya1969 Feb 2020 #4

Useful quick & dirty search for his quick & dirty base. yonder Feb 2020 #10

also by getting dems and media to investigate russian use of talk radio, here and certainot Feb 2020 #25

#Cult45 sarcasmo Feb 2020 #5

And yes, the cults drink of choice is obviously this blue-wave Feb 2020 #9

if only dweller Feb 2020 #15

I know blue-wave Feb 2020 #19

ROFL Joinfortmill Feb 2020 #51

Here, fixed it for you. KY_EnviroGuy Feb 2020 #58

Give or take about 900 people in Guyana. CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #16

Scared of the truth lambchopp59 Feb 2020 #8

Well the truth is they're traitors rockfordfile Feb 2020 #40

Yet even with all the treason, they think they're f'n "patriots". lambchopp59 Feb 2020 #42

Notice how everything Trump says is the exact opposite of reality? CaptainTruth Feb 2020 #12

there is no bus, it's fake BunnyMcGee Feb 2020 #61

wait until bdamomma Feb 2020 #13

Plenty of mini-Rushs out there exboyfil Feb 2020 #28

Add what they might hear in church, rallies, and other places? Brainfodder Feb 2020 #17

We are going to have to expose FoxNew on a global level. Baitball Blogger Feb 2020 #20

Yep. It's frightening. nt SunSeeker Feb 2020 #21

I encountered their unique from of psychopathy cilla4progress Feb 2020 #22

Totally brainwashed Ohioboy Feb 2020 #26

Hit up some college friends the day of the pardons rufus dog Feb 2020 #27

Wonder what they'll say about Barr if he quits? oldsoftie Feb 2020 #38

Was talking to a relative certain that the "socialists" want to take away her SS and Medicare dawg day Feb 2020 #29

Wow! Richard58 Feb 2020 #80

It's not only the media. Trump has them convinced the CIA and FBI are full LastLiberal in PalmSprings Feb 2020 #30

Trump supporters are spoon fed moronic motherfuckers.......end of discussion. cstanleytech Feb 2020 #32

I have found that they will completely make up stuff on the fly ThoughtCriminal Feb 2020 #33

They are totally perverse bucolic_frolic Feb 2020 #35

They dont even believe Fox anymore; other than Hannity, Laura & Tucker. oldsoftie Feb 2020 #37

It's cognitive dissonance on a massive scale. hot2na Feb 2020 #39

I don't ignore them (these ignorant rump supporters), I tell them to their face and I'm not scared.. SWBTATTReg Feb 2020 #43

The indoctrination that being liberal is "bad/evil" began 40 years ago Ferrets are Cool Feb 2020 #44

One of my coworkers said thar Roger Stone shouldn't have been convicted TexasBushwhacker Feb 2020 #46

That's less absurd... Shermann Feb 2020 #53

I don't know what the long term solution is to this particular problem. warmfeet Feb 2020 #47

I hear you Joinfortmill Feb 2020 #48

Buddy of mine posted on FB benld74 Feb 2020 #49

Conservative news media Shermann Feb 2020 #52

Welcome to DU FakeNoose Feb 2020 #73

It's frightening and disturbing Prue Feb 2020 #54

Different experience Jakra Feb 2020 #55

They all suffer from this affliction Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2020 #56

Another thing I find is they are all racists. nt doc03 Feb 2020 #57

They all enjoy that WeakWhyte Supremacy talk. StocktonNative Feb 2020 #60

I've been peeling trump stickers off of road signs... El Mimbreno Feb 2020 #76

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2020 #62

The Trump cult includes the Bible thumpers as well.. Permanut Feb 2020 #64

Ha ha, issues Republicans campaign on and never fix, oh yeah. ooky Feb 2020 #79

We've got a bad habit of telling those who voted for Trump in 2016 summer_in_TX Feb 2020 #66

Most of them believe what they WANT to believe because it makes them feel better. Buckeye_Democrat Feb 2020 #67

You Gotta Fight for Your Right To Party! Shermann Feb 2020 #74

That's where I'm at, too Roy Rolling Feb 2020 #68

After observing tRump*, Fux and the GOP*... Raster Feb 2020 #69

I live with the idiocy every day solarjre Feb 2020 #77

This is why wingnuts drive me so crazy! Richard58 Feb 2020 #81