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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 12:34 PM Original message |
Has anyone found a way to communicate with a tea bagging conservative? |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. Brilliant illlustration of what it's like to try to communicate with a teabagger! |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 01:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. When I try to talk with one I feel like a dart board with dart-shaped buzzwords being thrown at me! |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 01:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. That's very true, for many of them |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 01:36 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. The only thing you can do is listen to the string of outrageous idiocy |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 01:44 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. That is what I do |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 01:48 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. I try to treat a tea bagger encounter like I was a zoologist |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 02:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
32. They are buzzword warehouses, not buzzword factories |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 03:44 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Thanks Mitchum for the clarification! I won't use 'factories' any more... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. One would get a better response from a rotten cantaloupe. |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
4. Not really |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
5. I persuaded a birther that he was full of crap |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
39. You elitist bastard! :) LMFAO!!! |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 05:35 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. D-Con? Hmmmm...Well, it works on other vermin... |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 07:05 PM Response to Reply #45 |
53. LOL... Good grief, what have I unleashed! Poor damned tea bagging rodents. They don't have a chance! |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
6. All kinds of jokes involving 2x4s come to mind. |
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jaksavage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
7. All of us risk |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
8. Sign language? |
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one_voice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 01:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Yes..sign language... |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 08:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
58. I can't tell the difference. Can you? Hint: The smarter one needs a shave... |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 09:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
60. Hey One-Voice, I hope you don't mind me making a side by side comparison... |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
9. Gave up trying. Too much like attempting to reason with a drunk |
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Cheap_Trick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
10. First I'd need a lobotomy and an overwhelming sense of entitlement. nt |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 01:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. LOLOL! Can two brain stems communicate with each other :) |
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chillspike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
11. My brother is actually a teabagger |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
13. I tried, honestly I tried |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 01:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Next time, calmly put on your Groucho glasses and agree with him |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
14. Point and laugh |
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libodem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
17. Smith |
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stanwyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
18. The teabaggers I know don't accept facts. Seriously. |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 01:38 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Hannity saw an ice cube in his refrigerator, so that was proof to him global warming is a hoax! |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
24. My brother in law and I were discussing poltitcs over lunch the other day |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 01:51 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. I would rather of seen your encounter than a trip to Disneyworld! |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 02:23 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Anytime.... |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
27. Yes.... |
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spryszak (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
28. one to one |
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BoWanZi (502 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
29. Don't argue issues, relay ideas... (long post in) |
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ThomThom (752 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 05:18 PM Response to Reply #29 |
43. The problem is tomorrow that person will talk to a right winger |
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Mojeoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 06:18 PM Response to Reply #29 |
49. Joseph Cambell talked about the "back door" to the closed mind. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
31. Did they finally get language? |
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T Wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
33. It is impossible to discuss anything with one of them because they do not "do logic and reason." |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
34. TRAP them in their ideals by AGREEING with them on these few point and making them look hypocrital.. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
35. I think your post is a total DISCONNECT. Broadcast media is VERY proGOP. Has been for 2 decades |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:26 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Hi Bim, re-read my post in a different light. I think you'll come to a different conclusion... |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:34 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Every one that pushed Bush into the WH and worked like hell to keep him propped up. |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 06:54 PM Response to Reply #41 |
52. What's absurd is the claim that "Broadcast media is VERY proGOP" |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 02:58 PM Response to Reply #52 |
67. Well, I agree with Dan Rather that media owners NEEDED Bush propped up for the positive |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 07:39 PM Response to Reply #41 |
56. The media acted like cheerleaders rather than journalists and let the Iraq War start... |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 03:01 PM Response to Reply #56 |
68. Beyond laziness and profits...my husband worked a number of years for KnightRidder. I know |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
37. Use small words, short sentences....and pictures, if you can. |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
40. Shortwave and Pony Express punctuated with frequent "Git 'Er Done" call signs |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
42. I talked to one today. He gave me this bullshit how the republicans |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 05:48 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Watch out-- |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
44. You can't do it. It's like talking to barking dogs. nt |
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Lesleymo (225 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
46. My husband manages to do it |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
48. No. I'm afraid I don't speak Neanderthal. |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
50. yes |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
51. Yes. But only in sign language. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
54. The austronaut on the space walk CAN hear it, because the suit is filled with air. |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 08:57 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. Sorry, but sound doesn't travel through the vacuum of space, it requires a medium... |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 11:40 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. Yes, of course. Anyone with a brain knows how sound travels. |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 12:14 AM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Oh ok, innocent mistake... How about a few space stories? |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
55. I give my teagbagnut neighbor the finger every time I drive |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 07:39 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. LOL--curmudgeonly, but LOL! nt |
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Lagomorph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
61. Talk finance... |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 09:57 AM Response to Reply #61 |
65. But won't numbers confuse them too? Should I bring a calculator? A bright, shiny red one? |
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Lagomorph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 03:57 PM Response to Reply #65 |
70. They tend to think in absolutes. |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
63. No...their skulls are filled with Methane. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
66. Use the term "corporate welfare" a lot... |
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tilsammans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
69. Say something like . . . |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:31 PM Response to Reply #69 |
74. Asking them about the Constitution is like asking them about the Bible... CLUELESS! |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
71. Sure, at least with stupid emails. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
72. Rush and the KKK have. |
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LaydeeBug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-13-10 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
73. The Edith Bunker Techinique... make them think it's THEIR idea... |
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