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5. I can only imagine, DIrish.. If I were surrounded by people like that

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Sat Aug 16, 2014, 07:04 AM

Aug 2014

in a private setting who were that braindead. Better you should get the hell outta there.

Too many people let themselves get sucked in by brainwashing. They couldn't like their own lives that much so hate is what they get off on.. and who's more handy than President Obama.. who so many make money off of hatin' on him?

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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