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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsExpecting facts and reason to persuade a MAGA Republican is akin to expecting a rabid dog
to be cured by petting it.
Both undertakings are as dangerous as they are useless.
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Expecting facts and reason to persuade a MAGA Republican is akin to expecting a rabid dog (Original Post)
Atticus
Sep 2022
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PJMcK
(22,052 posts)1. I've given up on friends, family and acquaintances if they support Trump
The stupidity and ignorance of MAGA-world is not worth my time.
On the one hand, it's sad because I've enjoyed some good times with these folks. On the other, I no longer have any respect for them.
Trump's followers have shown us who they are and it's pretty ugly.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,794 posts)2. I pity those fools.
That is all they deserve when they find out that it will be they who will be the real LOSERS.
RAB910
(3,511 posts)3. MAGA fascists didn't arrive at their positions through fact and reason
it would be foolish to believe they could be swayed from those positions with fact and reason
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)4. It is impossible in my experience to change their minds.