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onethatcares

(16,168 posts)
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 10:22 AM Oct 2020

I finally had an encounter with a trumpanzee [View all]

After moving into a new neighborhood a year and a half ago my wife and I have been slow to join the neighbors but there is a guy that lives across the street who we'd talk to occassionally. Well, it was more like listen to him cause he never shuts up for us to get a word in edgewise, but I digress.

three weeks ago a t 2020 sign got planted in his yard (it's a 5 plex section 8 building) I assumed it was someone else in the building and a week ago I asked him if it was his. He mumbled, yeah, I can't stand Democrats blah blah blah. I let it drop.

Today he came over to ask if he could borrow $20.00 til his check comes in this week. Must be on SSDI cause he's not old enough for SS but I don't know for sure. Anyway, I asked again, did you plant this sign and he said "Yes, I can't stand Democrats and the liberals are going to turn us into a communist country".

Beep: Wrong answer. I said, "Here we are, you're asking a Democratic,Liberal, Communist, Marxist,Socialist, rule abiding American Veteran for a $20.00 loan knowing the guy you're supporting wants to take away every piece of social safety net YOU rely on"
He went into the gun confiscation shit, the religion crap, and a few other talking points. By then I was pissed off and told him, "Go to the rnc at the Villages and borrow from them. See if they'll help ya out" The bile was rising in my throat and I left him standing next to the sign. As far as the $20, I don't care if he has to prostitute himself to get it.

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Good for you! Well done! Aristus Oct 2020 #1
They need to know that their behavior has consequences. roamer65 Oct 2020 #2
Amen n/t shrike3 Oct 2020 #4
Yes, the party of 'personal accountability - I'm not responsible ' MLAA Oct 2020 #14
Some therapists might call it "tough love." calimary Oct 2020 #32
Sounds like a major leech. Don't let him borrow anything from your house. dalton99a Oct 2020 #3
Live your vote XanaDUer2 Oct 2020 #5
Great answer! Butterflylady Oct 2020 #6
If he supports Trump's business philosophy as well DFW Oct 2020 #7
It's like they have the key in their back wound too tight! StaunchDemocrat1957 Oct 2020 #28
Same for Red States modrepub Oct 2020 #8
tell him to go sell his blood. mopinko Oct 2020 #9
You have to disease free and probably can't pass the test that leaves out lot of Repubuks. olegramps Oct 2020 #69
How cathartic! cyndensco Oct 2020 #10
Good for you! Freedomofspeech Oct 2020 #11
important to point out their blatant hypocricy... NRaleighLiberal Oct 2020 #12
way to go marieo1 Oct 2020 #13
way to go marieo1 Oct 2020 #15
I would have told him to go pawn one of his precious guns. yankeepants Oct 2020 #16
I would have told him to start pulling on his bootstraps Hotler Oct 2020 #17
This. fierywoman Oct 2020 #44
Takers! JDC Oct 2020 #18
My response gratuitous Oct 2020 #19
That's wasting both your time and money. plimsoll Oct 2020 #31
Hindsight is usually 20/20... N_E_1 for Tennis Oct 2020 #20
Ah, haunted by esprit de escalier TexasProgresive Oct 2020 #68
These wacky republicans cut off their nose to spite their face!... Illumination Oct 2020 #21
I would have given him the twenty. Tell him to pay I back Nov 3. LakeArenal Oct 2020 #22
Spend his massive tax cut. JohnnyRingo Oct 2020 #23
he'd been waiting for onethatcares Oct 2020 #26
If you ever want this shit to end station agent Oct 2020 #24
I did my rant softly onethatcares Oct 2020 #27
You did fine. Mariana Oct 2020 #55
Persuade? ProfessorGAC Oct 2020 #57
Never attempt persuasion when deprogramming is required. LuckyCharms Oct 2020 #59
There you go. The next phrase to embroider on a pillow. nt Ilsa Oct 2020 #65
Nonsense NorthOf270 Oct 2020 #62
I admire and envy your ability to think on your feet. 3catwoman3 Oct 2020 #25
If I had it, I'd have given him the money. nolabear Oct 2020 #29
Bravo Sir! Richard58 Oct 2020 #30
He's a deluded fool pandr32 Oct 2020 #33
They go to Dems DENVERPOPS Oct 2020 #34
I would have told him I'd give him $20 if he put up a Biden sign Major Nikon Oct 2020 #35
Bravo - love it. nt iluvtennis Oct 2020 #36
oh, we have a ton of them here, on ssd or working part time barely squeaking by and yet they love yaesu Oct 2020 #37
I'd have cut him off at the religion pass Warpy Oct 2020 #38
Good for you! smirkymonkey Oct 2020 #39
Well done. Good manners and subtlety are wasted on these assholes. Paladin Oct 2020 #40
I'll give you two bucks for each tRump yard sign you bring me. snort Oct 2020 #41
You can also add to your dismissal of his political "philosophy" lunatica Oct 2020 #42
Give him the $20 with Biden Harris written on it Demovictory9 Oct 2020 #43
Stupid Republican and Fux Newz viewing assholes don't even know what they are talking about... WyattKansas Oct 2020 #45
Good lord, of all the places I've lived, never had a neighbor ask me for a loan. cwydro Oct 2020 #46
Applause Ferrets are Cool Oct 2020 #47
Another brainwashed fReak making no sense not realizing... Lock him up. Oct 2020 #48
Boom! Niagara Oct 2020 #49
Good for you. Ironically enough, he spent over $20 on that sign of his, what an idiot, especially SWBTATTReg Oct 2020 #50
When smart people are in need, they know to demonstrate humility, not arrogance. KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2020 #51
More powerful response swift93 Oct 2020 #52
Too stupid to know better, about covers it? Brainfodder Oct 2020 #53
Well done. They hate Black people, Latinx, etc. Eliot Rosewater Oct 2020 #54
I always help a neighbor. And, I say to the RWer "I'm a liberal DEM-- a hard worker who has retired NCjack Oct 2020 #56
Confiscating guns huh? Just tell him to pawn one of his, flamin lib Oct 2020 #58
Two people I went to school with are disabled Trump followers. It was three, but the one brewens Oct 2020 #60
Good NorthOf270 Oct 2020 #61
Count your lucky stars pecosbob Oct 2020 #63
Even tRump's base is broke Blue Owl Oct 2020 #64
As a friend once advised me ... Straw Man Oct 2020 #66
Well Played Sherman A1 Oct 2020 #67
Thank you for all the replies. onethatcares Oct 2020 #70
I did too Snoopy 7 Oct 2020 #71
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