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kentuck

(111,089 posts)
Sun May 9, 2021, 09:14 AM May 2021

Do Democrats need to be more confrontational with the liars and conspiracy theorists? [View all]

I would not recommend physical confrontation because I am not a violent or hateful person.

But, I do believe that we may need to be more confrontational with our verbal disagreements. They seem to be able to get a free ride with the wildest lies and conspiracy theories that can be imagined.

For example, they want people to believe that the Chinese slipped 40,000 "bamboo ballots" into the AZ election count? They want people to believe that the election was not transparent or legitimate. They want people to believe that against all evidence, Donald Trump won the last election. There were votes hidden under a table in the Georgia count.

All they do is talk crap and they never have any evidence to back it up.

They have shown that they have little respect for our democracy or the rule of law. They act like enemies of our country. And they have been getting away with it. They do not act like Americans.

They do not hesitate to lie. Most Americans are taken aback by their gall. Maybe it's time to show them a little "tough love"? Confront them at every opportunity? Otherwise, they tend to believe all the lies. They need to know that what they are being told is batshit crazy stuff.

Some will say that we are already being as confrontational as possible with this cult. I do not think that is true.

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More confrontation, immediately. (nt) Paladin May 2021 #1
I prefer ridicule TheRealNorth May 2021 #14
I like ridicule. But it's no longer an adequate response. Paladin May 2021 #15
absolutely nt Celerity May 2021 #2
Oh yes! North Shore Chicago May 2021 #3
HELL YES! RobertDevereaux May 2021 #4
Laugh in their faces and tell them they're pathetic. LastLiberal in PalmSprings May 2021 #5
I finally did snowybirdie May 2021 #6
How about firmer in expressing our own principles and beliefs? Hortensis May 2021 #7
I don't think so StarfishSaver May 2021 #8
Wish that they were gab13by13 May 2021 #9
Christofascists see not being confrontational as weakness and a win for them. Thomas Hurt May 2021 #10
my experience, it is a futile effort mnmoderatedem May 2021 #11
Agree it is a futile effort MOMFUDSKI May 2021 #18
Yes. Stupidity and ignorance grow in a vaccuum. Baitball Blogger May 2021 #12
Yes, and always in court. SmartVoter22 May 2021 #13
I like Jen Psaki's approach. Delmette2.0 May 2021 #16
I simply cannot any more. If someone believes this kind of thing, no skepticism at all, just blind Lettuce Be May 2021 #17
Does Dracula have an overbite? Atticus May 2021 #19
Yes. no_hypocrisy May 2021 #20
Unnn, more insistent the M$M focus on them IMHO. We can be more confrontational with MAGA uponit7771 May 2021 #21
Yes the weight of their lies will become heavier scarytomcat May 2021 #22
Should they have challenged Nazism and Hitler stronger in Weimar Germany? roamer65 May 2021 #23
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