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In reply to the discussion: My Encounter With A Right Wingnut [View all]Kath1
(4,309 posts)20. Be positive!
Don't be too disturbed. There is no reasoning with these people.
Back in 2008, some really nasty people used to pull up next to me in traffic and give me really dirty looks, give me the finger, etc. I can only think it was in response to my bumper stickers - OBAMA "08, War Is Not The Answer, I'm Pro-Choice And I Vote and some others. I found the best response was to give them a big smile (forced, of course) and flash them a peace sign. I really think that drove them crazy! After Obama gets re-elected they'll really go nuts!
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With a big smile on my face I look them in the eye and say very nicely: "You are adorable."
TeamPooka
Sep 2012
#15
Forgive them. They know not what they do. But: Let them spew & feed it back to them word for word.
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2012
#26
I always carry my little iPod with me when I am going to be in a waiting room....
Tikki
Sep 2012
#27
These people always think they can get away with spewing their RW filth in public
Raine
Sep 2012
#33
I had a conversation with one last night said Obama is a Muslim and a Communist.
RiffRandell
Sep 2012
#37
I think that over the years - in order to sustain the emotional high of right-wing ideology they
Douglas Carpenter
Sep 2012
#46