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In reply to the discussion: My Encounter With A Right Wingnut [View all]The Doctor.
(17,266 posts)35. "Would you bet your life?"
I haven't used this one yet, but it's the ultimate 'get them to stop and think' interjection. I'm pretty sure that I will if the circumstances are exactly right, it's just a matter of how real I'm going to make it to them.
I've done "Wanna Bet?" many times after some wingnut moron spouts some RW talking point I know is bullshit (just like your 'lady' did). I've won a little cash, but most of them never pay up.
One day, I'm pretty sure it's going to happen, I'm going to respond to some wingnuts pronouncement with, "Would you bet your life?"
Pin them to ONE piece of bullshit by stopping them in their tracks. I won't threaten, I won't insinuate they're in danger. I'll just stop them on that one item and ask them if they'd bet their life.
I'll offer to meet them at a coffee shop with the facts. If they're wrong, they're buying. But I'll add: "But you're a Republican and therefore a coward, so you won't show up."
One way or another, I WILL pin someone down on their bullshit with that response. I doubt it will take long.
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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