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mreilly

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12. I've shown many of these to loyal Trump supporters...
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 09:44 AM
Mar 2016

... of course they immediately dismiss it as "liberal BS" per their programming. Every once in a while I have some fun arguing with these creeps online - not because I think they would ever be capable of changing their minds, but to see the knots they will tie themselves in.

For instance, Trumpbot starts screaming that Hillary is a liar, Hillary always lies, nothing Hillary says is ever true, how can you people support someone so dishonest, and so forth. I show the facts provided by Politifact and without even reading or researching them the Trumbot just starts sputtering "Nope, nope, not true, all a big liberal fantasy. Stop drinking the Kool-Aid. You're a sheep. Think for yourself," etc. etc. Same old playbook these complete and utter turds use every time.

Then they post easily-debunked nonsense and run from the debate, sneering: "Well, you're too STUPID for me to bother with anymore." And of course the next day they're right out there spouting the same garbage about how everyone else lies, everyone else is dishonest, Trump tells the truth 1000% of the time and if you can't handle that you need to wake up and blah blah blah...

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I've shown many of these to loyal Trump supporters... mreilly Mar 2016 #12
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