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watoos

(7,142 posts)
1. I don't argue, I use snarky remarks,
Sat May 4, 2019, 07:35 AM
May 2019

I tell them, who can vote for a person who looks at a 10 year old girl with sexual thoughts, who says he will be dating her in 10 years. Only a pedophile does that.

dlk

(11,606 posts)
2. What Would They Have Instead, a Monarchy, a Dictatorship?
Sat May 4, 2019, 07:53 AM
May 2019

Decades of right-wing propaganda have done serious damage. What too many people don’t understand is how much worse life would be for them under those systems. They could be locked up indefinitely and all of their property seized, and they would have no recourse whatsoever.

Girard442

(6,088 posts)
3. That was the premise of the 2004 book "What's the Matter With Kansas?"
Sat May 4, 2019, 07:57 AM
May 2019

The state was (and still is) suffering the consequences of extreme rightwing politics but that never seems to change anyone's mind.

 

watoos

(7,142 posts)
4. One cannot carry on an intelligent conversation with a zombie.
Sat May 4, 2019, 08:00 AM
May 2019

Just use snark. One Trumper called me a Socialist so I asked him if it was right for Trump to give soy bean farmers 12 billion taxpayer dollars because they lost their markets due to Trump's tariffs? I about shit, he admitted it was wrong.

Ohiogal

(32,213 posts)
5. They care not one whit about his character.
Sat May 4, 2019, 08:41 AM
May 2019

They just care that he implements their wishes to stick it to the right people. (immigrants, the poor, people of color, uppity women, non "Christians&quot .

 

watoos

(7,142 posts)
6. I notice that the M$M,
Sat May 4, 2019, 09:06 AM
May 2019

gave little coverage of the pope giving 500k to help the immigrants at our southern border. I always give to Peter's Pence, where the money came from. I live in central Pa. among the Trumpers, I will be curious if the donations to Peter's Pence drops off this year. It must be hard being a Christian and a Trumper?

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