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smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
4. Easier said than done.
Sat Aug 16, 2014, 06:54 AM
Aug 2014

Trying to speak reason to a pack of rabid Obama haters gets you absolutely nowhere. Sometimes walking away is the sane thing to do.

I have tried with republican members of my family. It doesn't work. They don't want a discussion, they just want to hate.

Take care, DI!

I am so angry right now I want to cry. [View all] Drunken Irishman Aug 2014 OP
I experienced similar at the dog park from old gentleman with whom I'd previously had many good hlthe2b Aug 2014 #1
The guy probably is feeling ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2014 #16
+1 lunasun Aug 2014 #69
Why didn't you simply present your point of view nookworld Aug 2014 #2
Maybe because DI felt bad enough with one person Ilsa Aug 2014 #3
Easier said than done. smirkymonkey Aug 2014 #4
Living in Texas this, unfortunately, all too common for me. People assume I am a tea nut like Dustlawyer Aug 2014 #21
Bravo! for the Socratic Method! VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #42
Some people are incapable of critical thinking. smirkymonkey Aug 2014 #83
Every once in awhile, though, when they are mindlessly repeating the VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #84
Exactly... awoke_in_2003 Aug 2014 #55
I can only imagine, DIrish.. If I were surrounded by people like that Cha Aug 2014 #5
It get the most awful feeling around people like that, they're zombies. freshwest Aug 2014 #6
I know.. it's a whole nother zombie world, fresh. Unfortunately, it Cha Aug 2014 #8
Sorry, DI. It's a like a waking nightmare. freshwest Aug 2014 #7
like a pack of rabid wild dogs rurallib Aug 2014 #9
RW media, radio and television heaven05 Aug 2014 #10
Well stated, 95% agreed Cosmocat Aug 2014 #18
couldn't agree more!! mehrrh Aug 2014 #25
well stated. I really didn't think it could get much bbgrunt Aug 2014 #51
No disagreement from me heaven05 Aug 2014 #64
Very eloquently expressed. nikto Aug 2014 #75
"What the fuck is wrong with America?" handmade34 Aug 2014 #11
Sorry Irish, but HipChick Aug 2014 #12
I often wish the same, but then Ineeda Aug 2014 #14
That's why every week one of our protest signs always said 'Impeach Cheney First!' freshwest Aug 2014 #81
I hate situations like that get the red out Aug 2014 #13
What is the basis of their hatred for Obama? Martin Eden Aug 2014 #15
Obama's trouble mehrrh Aug 2014 #17
Fox yellowwoodII Aug 2014 #19
I completely understand. betsuni Aug 2014 #20
I have learned not to argue with their "Facts" DesertFaux Aug 2014 #22
What's wrong DI, ReRe Aug 2014 #23
That's because this President represents the possibility of everything they have been told to fear.. Volaris Aug 2014 #24
I believe that's exactly what the problem is. BlueCaliDem Aug 2014 #78
Divide and conquer. mikeysnot Aug 2014 #26
The media is brainwashing these people SmittynMo Aug 2014 #27
RW AM Hatemonger radio has made that kind of festering bullshit acceptable. lpbk2713 Aug 2014 #28
Similar thing happened to me once. Gore1FL Aug 2014 #29
Having a lot of the moments in the last three years. Its pretty much gutted my catering buisness.... marble falls Aug 2014 #30
Racism is a sickness. Many react like kids to the medicine of exposure, and see their cure as worse ancianita Aug 2014 #31
24/7 of hate being spewed on the tv and radio madokie Aug 2014 #32
I quickly and quietly exit such tirades. femmocrat Aug 2014 #33
It is so unforunate - let me share a story Cosmocat Aug 2014 #34
Your friends are fed a steady stream of lies from an irresponsible abelenkpe Aug 2014 #35
I hear ya Irishman. JNelson6563 Aug 2014 #36
Wishing Obama dead is a sign his moorings are lose rock Aug 2014 #37
Hey Irish--I hear you panader0 Aug 2014 #38
"Be a teacher"... YvonneCa Aug 2014 #54
I have been in ellie Aug 2014 #39
You know what? I just am who I am. leftyladyfrommo Aug 2014 #40
They are unthinking treestar Aug 2014 #41
I'd put him as the best President we ever had fadedrose Aug 2014 #43
You seriously think say Lincoln had less on his plate? TheKentuckian Aug 2014 #46
Part of America is horrid - recall the smiling faces at lynchings? n/t Peregrine Took Aug 2014 #44
I have that photo blown up into heaven05 Aug 2014 #68
And.. butterfly77 Aug 2014 #82
yeah, true heaven05 Aug 2014 #85
Find some new friends! n/t PasadenaTrudy Aug 2014 #45
Just tell them to think for themselves CJCRANE Aug 2014 #47
These were mostly public housing tenants? maced666 Aug 2014 #48
I don't like Obama. LWolf Aug 2014 #49
Great post, LWolf, and I really like President ... YvonneCa Aug 2014 #53
I believe you did the correct thing, Irishman. Paladin Aug 2014 #50
I want off ths planet too... my sympathies Drunken Irishman, time for some new drinking buddies. riseabove Aug 2014 #52
Wow, you hang out with friends that want to kill Obama? Rex Aug 2014 #56
He's not my friend. Drunken Irishman Aug 2014 #57
Smart I would not either, no telling how unstable he is. Rex Aug 2014 #58
In solidarity flamingdem Aug 2014 #59
I don't know DI, yet say a bad thing about GWB, (who deserved animosity) and they freak! joanbarnes Aug 2014 #60
When things are tough, TNNurse Aug 2014 #61
I have a saying airplaneman Aug 2014 #62
I deal with that crap weekly. I live in the AZ. kairos12 Aug 2014 #63
Looks like you "got up and angrily left" this thread too! savalez Aug 2014 #65
Let me guess,...all white. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #66
It's not just Obama; its black men, females, immigrants, the poor, the unemployed... KauaiK Aug 2014 #67
Believe it or not, I've experienced this in my own family . . . markpkessinger Aug 2014 #70
Race matters. Sorry, DI. You need new friends... Liberal_Stalwart71 Aug 2014 #71
Better to focus on not spreading hate yourself Vattel Aug 2014 #72
I noticed that a person will back off if you give em a one to one conversation, often they STFU…. MrMickeysMom Aug 2014 #73
I know EXACTLY of how you feel... elzenmahn Aug 2014 #74
If Conservatives were at least a little bit honest, they would PRAISE Obama nikto Aug 2014 #76
I will tell you albino65 Aug 2014 #77
Mind poison seems to be the drink of choice among many. defacto7 Aug 2014 #79
Ask them why they worship Reagan then, who TRIPLED the national debt and ErikJ Aug 2014 #80
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