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CoffeeCat

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19. There's a wingnut on steroids
Fri May 18, 2012, 07:13 AM
May 2012

Last edited Fri May 18, 2012, 08:19 AM - Edit history (1)

On my Facebook. Oh boy is he on a rampage. Glenn Beck has sent out the marching orders to his army of stupid. They're supposed to save (save I tell you!!!) this country by reporting aticles from Beck's website, "The Blaze".

The latest buffet of tripe includes a rant about Obama adding comments onto the White House presidential biographies. My FB friend exclaims, "Obama is rewriting history!!!". There's an article about Jerimiah Wright snd a huge screed about how Obama is a total fake and that his personal history and narrative is all fabrication. Apparently, Obama is a secret Marxist-Socialist-Muslim who plans to use the Presidency to install radical Muslim into this nation. They believe this stuff; and they are stockpiling food and investing in gold.

Seriously...what do you say? Beck has got these fools convinced that they've got the inside scoop and that they're the only ones with the truth. He's got them amped up on fear. It's quite the circus.

I say nothing. So far, no one really responds to him. What can you say to such absurdity? I did respond once with, "So how 'bout those Cubs?".

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You don't even need to do that - just ask what news networks they watch. Initech May 2012 #1
That's where the School Teacher Treatment comes in MrScorpio May 2012 #2
They HATE this tactic.....GOP voters' idea of a Fair and Balanced Media blm May 2012 #6
Yup - like I said in another thread: Initech May 2012 #9
that's a great point greymattermom May 2012 #18
Actually, beyond greed the goal is global fascism. Poppy Bush's NWO. blm May 2012 #20
I tell them the same thing in person onethatcares May 2012 #3
If they say Obama is racist, just tell them they R... Amonester May 2012 #4
I just laugh at them...for being such gullible tools. NRaleighLiberal May 2012 #5
I tell them to just listen to themselves that they EC May 2012 #7
That's the tactic I use. Mariana May 2012 #11
I always call out racists and bigots abelenkpe May 2012 #8
Agreed. I'm just tired of listening to recycled lies. pa28 May 2012 #10
Neither of your methods is effective. randome May 2012 #12
I'm not interested in changing their minds MrScorpio May 2012 #15
There are wingnuts on the right and on the left. zappaman May 2012 #13
I'm cursed with attracting right wingers MrScorpio May 2012 #16
What an erudite approach. badtoworse May 2012 #14
to their mind, calling them stupid defeats their argument. provis99 May 2012 #17
There's a wingnut on steroids CoffeeCat May 2012 #19
Do you do that to the ones on DU too? JNelson6563 May 2012 #21
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