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24. I am just sooo done with these kooks! Time is precious i refuse to waste it

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Fri Apr 16, 2021, 09:53 AM

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"Conservatives" are getting worse [View all] Cary Apr 2021 OP

You've given me a good idea. Croney Apr 2021 #1

Excellent - So I'm adopting this tactic. I'll use it with my other go to: 'Nope. Wrong. Try again.' GoneOffShore Apr 2021 #3

Yes it actually affected these two Cary Apr 2021 #6

Agree with pointing out that they're maybe a quarter at most. Hortensis Apr 2021 #9

Whatever "facts" they give you aren't really "facts" FakeNoose Apr 2021 #34

Right. And trying to refute is like playing chess with a pigeon. Hortensis Apr 2021 #37

Fight fallacy with fallacy? No, I prefer valid arguments even if my opponent can't comprehend them. Towlie Apr 2021 #12

It's much quicker to laugh out loud and ask, "Where do you get that shit?" hunter Apr 2021 #29

They are indeed violent, radical extremists... OneGrassRoot Apr 2021 #2

Another idea: Call this subtype "RWNJs" and "seditionists" and remove "conservative" Hortensis Apr 2021 #4

Good idea Cary Apr 2021 #7

Don't leave out the good old-fashioned term, "ranting cranks". n/t JHB Apr 2021 #13

Oh, right. That one's indispensable. We know several. :) Hortensis Apr 2021 #15

I always use the scare quotes to mean that they aren't conservative Cary Apr 2021 #30

Oh, right. But around here "conservative" is often used as hate language. Hortensis Apr 2021 #36

I don't always conform to the norms here. Cary Apr 2021 #39

Well, shoot. Turns out we can't agree. Didn't expect that. Hortensis Apr 2021 #40

We don't disagree as to substance though Cary Apr 2021 #41

Not quite sure. I'm a "live and let live" person, Cary, Hortensis Apr 2021 #43

Hortensis I am not understanding where you think we disagree Cary Apr 2021 #46

We seem to diverge around the issues of conservatism as Hortensis Apr 2021 #48

I don't think that we do disagree Cary Apr 2021 #49

Can't disagree, though they do have many fears. Racism is more Hortensis Apr 2021 #52

Have you read "Reaganland?" Cary Apr 2021 #53

:) No, I haven't, though I guess I really should. I've read others Hortensis Apr 2021 #55

And please understand that at this moment I am in a bad way Cary Apr 2021 #42

You got it, Cary. Hortensis Apr 2021 #44

as Tony Soprano often said, "they're all dead to me" NewHendoLib Apr 2021 #5

Exactly right - a waste of time. I had to tell a friend that if he NoMoreRepugs Apr 2021 #8

Waste of time. Anyone who can't see the difference between Biophilic Apr 2021 #10

All roads with them lead to racism Cary Apr 2021 #11

You're right. They'll keep on trying to poison the country, even if it kills them too. erronis Apr 2021 #20

My late history professorz Nunzio Pernicone, Cary Apr 2021 #21

Repubs have expelled pretty much all of the moderates from their ranks... Wounded Bear Apr 2021 #14

Notice how they never bring up Ronald Reagan anymore? Prof. Toru Tanaka Apr 2021 #22

Unfortunately, that was always going to be the case. Caliman73 Apr 2021 #32

All of that thanks to Jerry2144 Apr 2021 #16

Possibly, but they don't really need Russian money. Caliman73 Apr 2021 #35

i also should have included influence Jerry2144 Apr 2021 #38

I stopped calling Republicans conservatives years ago. gab13by13 Apr 2021 #17

I stopped doing it. Waste of time IMO Ferrets are Cool Apr 2021 #18

I get the "Something is wrong with me" whenever I engage with them. jalan48 Apr 2021 #19

My Dad was a conservative.. Permanut Apr 2021 #23

I am just sooo done with these kooks! Time is precious i refuse to waste it PortTack Apr 2021 #24

When ever one of my Republican friends goes off on a rant cutroot Apr 2021 #25

Lol! BoringUsername Apr 2021 #27

They can be hard to deal with some times BoringUsername Apr 2021 #26

Can't we just "woke" and then "cancel" them? Cyrano Apr 2021 #28

The problem is that they remain a real threat Cary Apr 2021 #31

Fear and anger are great motivators. Until they are treated in-kind, they will continue. joetheman Apr 2021 #33

I act interested, then politely ask questions. You can tie them in mental knots pretty easily. Midnight Writer Apr 2021 #45

I can kick them in the head. Cary Apr 2021 #47

My uncle blamed George Soros for some random nonsense a couple Politicub Apr 2021 #50

No. Trump freed them to come out of the closet. Dawson Leery Apr 2021 #51

And as a demagogue he brought out their authoritarian traits Cary Apr 2021 #54