Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

General Discussion

pa28

(6,145 posts)

4. Or roughly 20% of the population. Stephen Colbert called them the "backwash" of society.

Reply to Gravitycollapse (Original post)

Tue May 21, 2013, 03:45 PM

May 2013

The same people who had no problem with Bush lying the US into a war or ignoring warnings about 911 a month before the attacks happened. They are incorrigible hypocrites and always take a strange pride in their own ignorance.

I gave up trying to engage people like that a long time ago. The only thing you can do is nod gently and try your best to keep them away from sharp objects.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

6 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

41% of Republicans think Benghazi is the biggest scandal in US history... [View all] Gravitycollapse May 2013 OP

well...a "journalist" miss-quoting someone's paraphrased statement about an email they read jorno67 May 2013 #1

And 25% of them don't know the whereabouts of ... GeorgeGist May 2013 #2

they are so fucking stupid and they are infesting other non political sites and spewing this crap JI7 May 2013 #3

Or roughly 20% of the population. Stephen Colbert called them the "backwash" of society. pa28 May 2013 #4

Because........... defacto7 May 2013 #5

That's because they only care about winning by any means... dogknob May 2013 #6