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mreilly

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57. Yep, that's their favorite tactic...

Thu Sep 28, 2017, 06:04 AM

Sep 2017

... because they're intellectually lazy and brainwashed. It used to be if you debated them they'd post links to their opinion-based, wishful thinking sites to try to "refute" your facts.

Now they just sneer "fake news" at anything they don't like. No attempt to discredit the source. No effort to explain why. No facts to justify their position.

These peopel are beyond recovery or redemption.

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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

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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