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TXCritter

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71. In other words you'll be doing nothing.

Fri Dec 30, 2016, 02:21 PM

Dec 2016

"It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.
--Ghandi

Or, at least, you'll be doing nothing effective.

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"The place where I come from is a small town..." [View all] Different Drummer Dec 2016 OP

Bigotry at its best. nt LWolf Dec 2016 #1

heard another song recently that made me think of toxic trump: unblock Dec 2016 #2

"The jaded underworld was riding high." Squinch Dec 2016 #3

Yes, ridiculing the people we should be trying to understand ... Binkie The Clown Dec 2016 #4

They don't want to be understood. they want to be TOLD. LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #6

Keep tallying up the ways in which "they" are inferior to "us" Binkie The Clown Dec 2016 #8

They aren't *inferior8, they are just *different* and they don't want logic and reason LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #9

if they do not want, or refuse to use, logic or reason, they ARE, a priori, inferior Grey Lemercier Dec 2016 #20

Such clearly inferior people belong in concentrtation camps, right? Binkie The Clown Dec 2016 #23

no, they need to be (the ones who actually wilfully refuse to accept logic and reason) politically Grey Lemercier Dec 2016 #24

Gracious. You certainly did a leap there didn't you? Others are talking about Squinch Dec 2016 #28

I met a traveler from an antique land, who said, two vast and trunkless legs of straw . . . . hatrack Dec 2016 #39

Is a racist a priori inferior as well? Or no? LanternWaste Dec 2016 #57

A racist is an inferior human. Yes. Grey Lemercier Dec 2016 #58

How in the hell do you get through to these people? I see madinmaryland Dec 2016 #14

LISTEN to them TXCritter Dec 2016 #19

there's no way to walk back someone whose entire set of arguments are based off wilful Grey Lemercier Dec 2016 #21

Then kill them TXCritter Dec 2016 #22

No, they need to be politically neutered, and their way of thinking so ridiculed and made so Grey Lemercier Dec 2016 #25

Ridicule doesn't work well Amishman Dec 2016 #70

Historically, that is the most common solution dumbcat Dec 2016 #27

Even as just a sophomoric argument this is a sick thing to say. You are the Squinch Dec 2016 #62

In other words you'll be doing nothing. TXCritter Dec 2016 #71

If you need to project about doing nothing, have at it. I don't have time for such crap any more. Squinch Dec 2016 #72

You clearly haven't listened to the actual people themselves Amishman Dec 2016 #69

Oh, bullshit. Here's the answer: walk away from the sexist, bigoted Trump voter and let them Squinch Dec 2016 #29

Yes! OnionPatch Dec 2016 #55

Listen to them? What if what they say they want is impossible? LonePirate Dec 2016 #31

Then help them understand WHY it is impossible and help them see new solutions TXCritter Dec 2016 #32

Clinton tried to explain her solutions and why their solution was impossible but the message was ... LonePirate Dec 2016 #33

Talking to crowds is different than talking to individuals TXCritter Dec 2016 #54

Refusing to learn is wholly different than refusing to teach. LanternWaste Dec 2016 #59

Historically, most popular movements of revolt began w/disdain, belittling, refusal to communicate. OrwellwasRight Dec 2016 #40

You actually think we can win over bigots by talking to them? LonePirate Dec 2016 #44

Not all who voted for Trump are bigots. OrwellwasRight Dec 2016 #46

You failed to read my post. I clearly distinguished the bigots from those we needed to go after. LonePirate Dec 2016 #47

No, I read it. OrwellwasRight Dec 2016 #48

Your interpretation of my post is wrong. LonePirate Dec 2016 #49

It may not be what you meant, but it is what you said OrwellwasRight Dec 2016 #50

but bigotry was clearly not a deal breaker. . . n/t annabanana Dec 2016 #56

I think this is the fundamental disagreement here. In my mind, if bigotry and Squinch Dec 2016 #60

No question. OrwellwasRight Dec 2016 #67

You are not going to get through to those people dumbcat Dec 2016 #30

I agree. There is no getting through to these people. It is going to take something madinmaryland Dec 2016 #34

Yes, people fail to realize treestar Dec 2016 #52

These people appreciate gut level knee jerking. LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #53

I just like the song/video, always have. eShirl Dec 2016 #11

I understand them. hamsterjill Dec 2016 #18

So your solution is to procreate? OrwellwasRight Dec 2016 #41

Nope. hamsterjill Dec 2016 #51

Maybe all rural areas aren't the same. OnionPatch Dec 2016 #63

Maybe they are not all the same. But the one I speak of IS, as are many. hamsterjill Dec 2016 #64

Debunking their stereotypes isn't my first concern OnionPatch Dec 2016 #65

Your disagreement is duly noted. hamsterjill Dec 2016 #66

Happy New Year to you, too. OnionPatch Dec 2016 #68

You think they want to "understand" you? Cosmocat Dec 2016 #26

They don't want to be won over. They don't want to change. tenderfoot Dec 2016 #35

"I don't see you reaching out to them either." So you've been following me around? Binkie The Clown Dec 2016 #37

LOL! tenderfoot Dec 2016 #38

Anyone stupid and hateful enough to have voted for cheato deserves ridcule and scorn. libtodeath Dec 2016 #61

"But not me. I'm smarter than that" nt LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #5

for those who don't already know... 0rganism Dec 2016 #7

"... and my Heaven will be a big Heaven, and I will walk through the front door." eShirl Dec 2016 #10

And my heaven will be a big hell. And i will walk through the front door Maru Kitteh Dec 2016 #12

You do realize the point of this song is to ridicule those who would look down on small towns Maru Kitteh Dec 2016 #13

Sounds like Trump to me. yardwork Dec 2016 #15

I agree it sounds like Trump. But the graphic seems to deride rural places Maru Kitteh Dec 2016 #16

I read the OP as a reference to Trump. yardwork Dec 2016 #17

It also sounds like Trump voters. BlueStater Dec 2016 #45

absolutely eShirl Dec 2016 #36

Thank you. n/t sl8 Dec 2016 #73

Now that is simply silly. "Stronger Together" isn't exactly sesquipedalian. WinkyDink Dec 2016 #42

Except nothing the orange tumor has ever uttered has had any more substance than BlueStater Dec 2016 #43

Point taken! He's going to be President Twit! WinkyDink Jan 2017 #74