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MindPilot

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2. I go to work in the morning knowing the RW talking points of the day

Reply to Fumesucker (Original post)

Wed Nov 20, 2013, 09:49 AM

Nov 2013

Someone starts telling me some BS they got from Faux last night, I can refute it.

I have also learned useful tools like how to quickly and consistently explain the difference between climate and weather, what really happened to the woman who spilled her coffee, and demonstrate that the media is in not liberal.

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Do you ever read facts/perspectives on the DU that allow you to dominate conversations in real life? [View all] Fumesucker Nov 2013 OP

Yes! n/t Triana Nov 2013 #1

I go to work in the morning knowing the RW talking points of the day MindPilot Nov 2013 #2

I guess I've never really thought about conversation in that way. Coyotl Nov 2013 #3

Yes, just yesterday fadedrose Nov 2013 #4

Yep, thanks to DU typically have the latest vetted information on any political topic .... Scuba Nov 2013 #5

I'm not a dominate the conversation kind of person. HappyMe Nov 2013 #6

Dominate a conversation? Marrah_G Nov 2013 #7

My answer.. Fumesucker Nov 2013 #13

I always like to read your opinions, too. It's good to find out what people LuvNewcastle Nov 2013 #8

It ain't easy being green Fumesucker Nov 2013 #12

"especially those I often disagree with" - I second that BelgianMadCow Nov 2013 #9

Like a couple pipi_k Nov 2013 #10

Perhaps I phrased that less than perfectly Fumesucker Nov 2013 #11

Again... pipi_k Nov 2013 #16

Light a candle or curse the darkness? Fumesucker Nov 2013 #17

it depends FatBuddy Nov 2013 #14

I learn a lot from DU Yo_Mama Nov 2013 #15