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45. It is a waste of time. They are brainwashed

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Wed Sep 27, 2017, 09:47 PM

Sep 2017

by Fox News they think anything else is fake news.

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Do you even bother trying to persuade the other side anymore? DO YOU EVEN TRY??? [View all] True Dough Sep 2017 OP

No. Not even on forums. I don't have the patience, also ecstatic Sep 2017 #1

Not only that, I avoid them. I can't stand them. SharonAnn Sep 2017 #26

Me neither Sucha NastyWoman Sep 2017 #53

Only the ones I care about. Cracklin Charlie Sep 2017 #2

Nope. dhol82 Sep 2017 #3

Go after Fox: "Fox lies to help Murdoch and GOP billionaires" sharedvalues Sep 2017 #34

Yep, that's their favorite tactic... mreilly Sep 2017 #57

It worked once Eko Sep 2017 #4

Like most Democrats, he was able to learn new things sharedvalues Sep 2017 #33

Nope Eko Sep 2017 #35

ed sharedvalues Sep 2017 #37

If they don't know by now tavernier Sep 2017 #5

Trying to reason with someone lacking reason jrthin Sep 2017 #6

No. I cut them out of my life and never speak to them again. LuckyCharms Sep 2017 #7

Used to try when I was younger. Now? Never. But I also do bluepen Sep 2017 #8

It's not partisan bullshit... LuckyCharms Sep 2017 #15

Okay bluepen Sep 2017 #46

I no longer have any desire to win them over. Voting for Trump has to be the ultimate litmus test. LuvLoogie Sep 2017 #9

You took the words right off my keyboard... DonViejo Sep 2017 #16

Yes! This is so insane! I cut loose a friend I'd known since childhood... VOX Sep 2017 #54

No Ccarmona Sep 2017 #10

Yes I try, you never when you will succeed or wish you tried harder marylandblue Sep 2017 #11

Does he regret it now? My husband has a co-worker who voted Trump femmedem Sep 2017 #55

Not sure, he keeps.saying he didn't like Hillary marylandblue Sep 2017 #59

It is hard to reach into the mind of a cult member - the teflon around their belief system is NRaleighLiberal Sep 2017 #12

I won't argue with them. If they still support Trump, I just refuse to Arkansas Granny Sep 2017 #13

I won someone over in 2012. She was a life... LAS14 Sep 2017 #14

Up until 2016, I really believed many people had given up racist thinking. Girard442 Sep 2017 #17

I was pretty surprised about racism coming back out in the open The Genealogist Sep 2017 #21

Not very often The Genealogist Sep 2017 #18

Do they watch Fox News? Listen to Limbaugh? sharedvalues Sep 2017 #32

Both. Religiously. The Genealogist Sep 2017 #43

Don't talk politics. Talk about Limbaugh and Fox sharedvalues Sep 2017 #44

I try, but I'm not good at it. Cartoonist Sep 2017 #19

But only in person - not online. TomSlick Sep 2017 #20

It's true True Dough Sep 2017 #23

As I was thumbing through a news magazine today I noticed there was an BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #22

Nope. All it accomplishes is raising my anxiety and BP. Not worth it. MerryBlooms Sep 2017 #24

The Only Time I Do RobinA Sep 2017 #25

I've tried, either they love trump or when cornered say they didn't vote for him Afromania Sep 2017 #27

Why? machoneman Sep 2017 #28

Not going to happen. Lifelong Protester Sep 2017 #29

Yes: "Fox News Lies" sharedvalues Sep 2017 #30

I don't always try to reason with someone on the other side... Girard442 Sep 2017 #31

Are you talking about Hillary or Bernie supporters? Kaleva Sep 2017 #36

Yeah, I've done a lot of those juries too True Dough Sep 2017 #40

As for Trump supporters, I don't try. Kaleva Sep 2017 #42

Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2017 #38

No. They are too far gone. Glimmer of Hope Sep 2017 #39

Absolutely not, I do not try to persuade or argue. No, I don't cast my pearls before swine. n/t Lil Missy Sep 2017 #41

It is a waste of time. They are brainwashed doc03 Sep 2017 #45

Nope. Especially here lol nt riderinthestorm Sep 2017 #47

Oh, thought you meant anti-Bernie versus pro-Bernie left-of-center2012 Sep 2017 #48

Yes, I do. And I recently had a young woman reach out to me on FB, pnwmom Sep 2017 #49

Seldom. You can't fix stupid RainCaster Sep 2017 #50

I have been able to make them believe radical noodle Sep 2017 #51

Don't do it Sucha NastyWoman Sep 2017 #52

This message was self-deleted by its author JonLP24 Sep 2017 #56

NO HAB911 Sep 2017 #58