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10. Ran into a variant of this on Facebook yesterday

Fri Sep 29, 2017, 02:34 PM

Sep 2017

Some knucklehead (friend of a friend) said, in effect, that even though President Trump may be a son of a bitch, he's our president, and if people got behind him, maybe he could achieve some good things.

Using the recent health care reform fiasco as an example, about how NOBODY thought the Senate Republicans' proposal was worth a damn, I asked what "good things" he thought Trump might accomplish if everyone just played nice with him.

The reply was along the lines of "I don't want to get into an argument." I left it at that, but internally I thought, "Really? Then why are you posting such asinine stupidity?"

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"I'm not a politically correct guy" [View all] Coventina Sep 2017 OP

Good comeback NastyRiffraff Sep 2017 #1

Isn't it great? yallerdawg Sep 2017 #2

"Times are changing and I don't want them to." HughBeaumont Sep 2017 #3

"too lazy to think, eh????"-- one would be tempted to retort. niyad Sep 2017 #4

I recently went off on someone who said that... pamela Sep 2017 #5

Yup! It Used to Be Called "Good Manners" Leith Sep 2017 #17

Last time someone said that to me I reminded him his gut was hanging over his belt. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2017 #6

Superb, HBS! ProfessorGAC Sep 2017 #12

Yup - he gave you license to crush him. Nice work! nt Lucky Luciano Sep 2017 #13

I usually reply with... Adrahil Sep 2017 #7

Exactly RedSpartan Sep 2017 #11

That is code for "I'm a racist" Joe941 Sep 2017 #8

Translation: "I don't respect people who are different than me" CousinIT Sep 2017 #9

Ran into a variant of this on Facebook yesterday gratuitous Sep 2017 #10

What makes me grind my teeth: The Mouth Sep 2017 #14

Up there with "I'm not racist, but...." Bradical79 Sep 2017 #15

What is wrong with doing the right thing? How about being "correct" and the Golden Rule? Boomerproud Sep 2017 #16

the kind of people who want to fire / shoot anthem dissenters Skittles Sep 2017 #18

There is no such thing as "Politically Correct" HopeAgain Sep 2017 #19