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In reply to the discussion: Bill Maher schools JPR types on the left who didn't vote for Hillary [View all]Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)8. Anyone
who still claims that both parties are evil and similar (even though it was the GOP and not the Democrats who nominated a KKK/InfoWars-endorsed and climate change-denying candidate) is either a con artist, politically-obtuse, or both. I don't agree with everything BM says, but he hit the sweet spot here.
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stevenleser
May 2017
OP
I agree. Insulting people makes folks double down and doesn't win them to your side.
m-lekktor
May 2017
#7
No sale. We've watched people do this twice now. They need a wake up call. nt
stevenleser
May 2017
#11
Yeah, they don't want to talk about that in this context. That's ok as far as they are concerned
stevenleser
May 2017
#13
Humans have amazing defense mechanisms to justify excruciatingly bad choices
stevenleser
May 2017
#6
Noam Chomsky: Progressives who refused to vote for Hillary Clinton made a bad mistake
still_one
May 2017
#29
In this situation that false equivalency is bullshit. On every level Hillary was better than
still_one
May 2017
#30
Wow. Still defending the folks who gave us Trump with analogies that don't apply!
Squinch
May 2017
#54
Just like slamming the Neo Nazis or the Tea Party doens't bring unity with them
BainsBane
May 2017
#22
Who are you to say that some have not changed their mind or regret their choice?
tecelote
May 2017
#33
Hush, now! If we point out their vote for a third party was a death warrant to hundreds of thousands
Squinch
May 2017
#55
The JPR types are NOT independents. They refer to Hillary and President Obama in the most
still_one
May 2017
#32
Hatred of ideals is not the same as blind hatred of a group of people even if...
tecelote
May 2017
#38
if they change their mind then they would understand and agree with our hatred towards
JI7
May 2017
#46
Hate is a natural human emotion and can give drive and energy to the hater when the hated deserves
betsuni
May 2017
#53
Not even close. You see I would have voted for the Democratic nominee whoever it was
still_one
May 2017
#40
Yep, the two worst American Presidents in history are on them. 'W' and Gropenfuhrer. Their German
stevenleser
May 2017
#56