Posted on 06/27/2016 10:47:22 AM PDT by Talisker
Edited on 06/27/2016 11:20:01 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Wolves are high on the mountain
Coming down at night.
LOL!
I do mine in Yodaisms!
A hairy beast is Hillary! A wookie she is!
LOL, I would make it even more casually before you become a casualty. When you see her, make a cross with your fingers and walk away from her.
I have those wastrels in my family too. So much time and effort has gone into “understanding them” and “meeting them halfway”. I am done with that. Thus, a haiku:
She’s “schizophrenic,
Paranoid with delusions”
We just say “leftist”
Yes, it's a cult of personality. There's nothing rational about it.
To be fair, I've seen some of that behavior among Trump supporters, even here on FR. But, it's much less pronounced -- and in most cases it is less pro-Trump and more anti-GOPe.
While I don't think it's productive for Trump to antagonize the GOPe, I do think he should try to tap into the disgust with the "Uniparty". There is a huge bloc of people that don't vote simply because they are dissatisfied with the choices offered by the major parties, and think voting for a third party is a waste of their time. If Trump can tap into that group and bring even a small percentage to the polls in November -- especially in the battleground states -- he can sew up the election.
Very nicely played
A haiku based on your photo:
Leary of Kukris
They just look odd-shaped to me
Fear for my knuckles!
Yeah well, needless to say there won't be a repeat.
Wish you had recorded it. :)
They are very afraid and they should be. But I say if you confront someone like this call for the guys with the net and straight jacket. Have them hauled off to the nut house.
You need to make her feel embarrassed, if that is even possible for a liberal.
I do feel that these people need to be engaged though, because some of these people can be helped. I firmly believe that if Trump wins there will be suicides, and that is a tragedy because the people manipulating them don't care about them.
Someting like 60 PERCENT don't vote for exactly those reasons. And I believe a lot of them are VERY interested in The Donald. Even ten percent of them make it a blowout.
I thought Elaine was great on Seinfeld, though.
Not surprised she’s hanging around Hillary.
<:O
You’re right that such rapid fire, bombastic “debate” tactics dehumanize people, and you’re right to assess they come from a feeling of panic. Don’t fall into the same trap though.
“So don’t be fooled by the wild-eyed maniac in front of you - they’ve sat in training sessions. They’ve memorized talking points and practiced their deliveries. Yes, her. Yes, him. The mild-mannered neighbor, the casual acquaintance, the workers you know, family members - all of them. THIS is how Hillary’s money is being used: mind and behavior control.”
No. This is itself “dehumanizing”. No one is “sitting in on training sessions” learning about “mind control” techniques. Again, such beliefs only further dehumanize leftist/conservative interactions.
They are just people like the rest of us. I know it’s fashionable (on FR) to describe them in inhuman terms like “demons” and “robots” and certainly many display such traits from time to time but they aren’t less human than we are. Bottom line they use the rapid fire debate technique because it works. And that’s all they’ve ever leanrned. I’ve met plenty of “conservatives” who debate the same way too though and I’m not talking about on FR.
Lay out a slew of talking points, call you “communist” if you disagree and suggest immediate self deportation as the remedy. This is no better than the inanity you described from your leftist associate. And no one is taking courses on mind control.
The best way to counter such behavior is to do exactly what you did, attempt reasonable discourse and when/if that doesn’t work just let the loon make a fool of herself. Exactly like you did.
Just leave the conspiracy theories about their tactics on the Internet. It’s dehumanizing. And thus destructive.
Two years EDC
Can scratch my ass in the dark
Germans make good knives ;)
Pick one thing, and do it well!
Why were you wasting time like that? Oh, and that was quite an insult to bats...
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