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Qutzupalotl

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48. Great points. Rs used to respond to calling something wrong

Thu Jan 20, 2022, 01:44 PM

Jan 2022

in a moral sense. They still do it with their view on abortion, even if half-informed or ill-considered.

(I wonder whether they have tuned out the word “wrong” in a factual sense, now that they have accepted so many false beliefs about elections, Covid, Russia, you name it.)

Still, if they have any conscience left, stating your view that something is morally wrong will linger in the backs of their minds and nag at them for consideration.

I think the effect on them is stronger if we allow ourselves to be genuinely outraged and show it. They understand raw emotion and it seems to speak to them better than simple facts stated rationally.

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Here is an example of the Trump voters mass madness. [View all] fightforfreedom Jan 2022 OP

They think the one who yells louder wins the argument. What they say doesn't actually matter Walleye Jan 2022 #1

Their brains ARE sick; seems we should take every opportunity to EXPLAIN, elleng Jan 2022 #2

Have you ever once tried it? Leith Jan 2022 #37

Never inthewind21 Jan 2022 #46

Biden also has nothing to do with any of that, Capitalism does obamanut2012 Jan 2022 #3

I always try Busterscruggs Jan 2022 #7

The reason they can't answer is simple FakeNoose Jan 2022 #4

Yes, the conservative mind begs for someone in power to tell them what to do. No free thinking... machoneman Jan 2022 #49

You are not wrong my friend FakeNoose Jan 2022 #51

When we debate our civil war, you rarely hear people talk about this. fightforfreedom Jan 2022 #5

Ask them questions for which there are no pre-approved responses jmbar2 Jan 2022 #6

Ask her how Joe Biden overnight became a Predatory Capitalist? Emile Jan 2022 #8

We should stop trying to fight them bucolic_frolic Jan 2022 #9

That's a classic tactic with them. To short circuit them redirect them 3 times and watch them freak. TheBlackAdder Jan 2022 #10

Been doing that with magaloons when they start the whataboutisms KS Toronado Jan 2022 #16

Thanks for the tip! lagomorph777 Jan 2022 #25

Way off topic, but one of my pet peeves is that even formal debates aren't actually debates Mr. Ected Jan 2022 #11

Yes, I've noticed the very same thing Quakerfriend Jan 2022 #12

The wost kind of groupthink... 2naSalit Jan 2022 #13

Death by COVID. lagomorph777 Jan 2022 #26

:) But what'd you expect her to say? That she's enjoying being Hortensis Jan 2022 #14

Great points. Rs used to respond to calling something wrong Qutzupalotl Jan 2022 #48

:) That last might do something for people gifted at performance Hortensis Jan 2022 #50

I didn't mean anger directed at them. Qutzupalotl Jan 2022 #52

Oh, I see. Sure. Again, establishing commonality. Hortensis Jan 2022 #53

Cult keithbvadu2 Jan 2022 #15

My response TlalocW Jan 2022 #17

That's a good idea too! lagomorph777 Jan 2022 #28

"WHAAAAAAAAAAATABOUT" Dirty Socialist Jan 2022 #18

MAGA Zombies who ate their own brains. Discussion, not possible. kairos12 Jan 2022 #19

They are programmed......seriously DENVERPOPS Jan 2022 #20

I don't have conversations with them JustAnotherGen Jan 2022 #21

First Time ? Gilbert Moore Jan 2022 #22

I have 6 beanies I_UndergroundPanther Jan 2022 #42

Or inthewind21 Jan 2022 #47

Gas prices do not equate to destruction of democracy anyway. She chose money over freedom. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2022 #23

Trump voters... retiredgeek Jan 2022 #24

Welcome to DU BumRushDaShow Jan 2022 #30

Wow that hamster I_UndergroundPanther Jan 2022 #43

Welcome to DU aggiesal Jan 2022 #41

welcome to DU gopiscrap Jan 2022 #45

MAGAt won't get the 4 free home test kits because "Gates and Soros are behind those." SunSeeker Jan 2022 #27

When I got the same BS from Trump humpers with the "what about..." and naming a Dem or a Liberal.. Scottie Mom Jan 2022 #29

TY Slammer Jan 2022 #36

Yeah, Because Biden PERSONALLY Raised Gas Prices... GB_RN Jan 2022 #31

firdt time in out lifetimes and on this scale is 100% correct. Rationality is gone. It's a cult. Evolve Dammit Jan 2022 #32

gotta use spellcheck, gotta use spellcheck.... Evolve Dammit Jan 2022 #33

What I do sometimes CrackityJones75 Jan 2022 #34

Mass madness is not unique to history. "It's just the first time we have seen it in our lifetimes" ItsjustMe Jan 2022 #35

Jim Jones Slammer Jan 2022 #38

We read about it happening in Germany, but couldn't understand how it could happen. Irish_Dem Jan 2022 #39

I think the problem is that we compare with only the previous year ... aggiesal Jan 2022 #40

Don't forget the name calling, it is always stupid so and so or that fat hog so and so. L. Coyote Jan 2022 #44