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CanonRay

(14,117 posts)
Sun Sep 4, 2016, 09:42 PM Sep 2016

Need some help refuting some crap posted by a "friend"

He posted some shit about Hillary being connected to the alleged deaths of 4 of her critics. The source was Patriot Journal which looks like a right wing nut job site when I went to it. Anybody got the story on this?

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Need some help refuting some crap posted by a "friend" (Original Post) CanonRay Sep 2016 OP
Only 4? librarylu Sep 2016 #1
Why bother? They won't believe you anyhow. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2016 #2
This guy was a rabid Bernie supporter and is posting rabid so reeds against HRC CanonRay Sep 2016 #3
Jeez. Maybe you could ask him why a fervent Sanders supporter The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2016 #6
Sounds like a wantabe performance artist. DURHAM D Sep 2016 #10
Isn't there a saying: You can't prove a negative? n/t left-of-center2012 Sep 2016 #4
Oh, yeah, that one is true jberryhill Sep 2016 #5
Just block him crabsley Sep 2016 #7
I clicked on this thinking t was bout emails, the clinton Foundation ... even Benghazi etherealtruth Sep 2016 #8
Tell him Donald raped a 14 year old packman Sep 2016 #9
You should point out how smart she is for having been able to avoid being charged for any of them Egnever Sep 2016 #11
"Rush Limbaugh is still alive." jmowreader Sep 2016 #12
People die Cartoonist Sep 2016 #13
Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, and Kennedy are all dead now -- but she's still alive struggle4progress Sep 2016 #14
Snopes Bobcat Sep 2016 #15
I Cited Snopes Once......... ChoppinBroccoli Sep 2016 #16
Citing Snopes won't help much either... thecrow Sep 2016 #17
"They just want to have their prejudices repeated back to them." Different Drummer Sep 2016 #19
Thanks, I was unable to find this, I appreciate the link. CanonRay Sep 2016 #18

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,858 posts)
2. Why bother? They won't believe you anyhow.
Sun Sep 4, 2016, 09:47 PM
Sep 2016

You could ask them to supply actual facts, and you might ask why, considering how many enemies Hillary has, she has never been charged or indicted for anything? (That's part of the conspiracy, they'll say.) But it's kind of a waste of time to argue with such people.

CanonRay

(14,117 posts)
3. This guy was a rabid Bernie supporter and is posting rabid so reeds against HRC
Sun Sep 4, 2016, 09:49 PM
Sep 2016

Maybe I can get him to shut the f-up

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,858 posts)
6. Jeez. Maybe you could ask him why a fervent Sanders supporter
Sun Sep 4, 2016, 09:54 PM
Sep 2016

is now relying on completely unsubstantiated right-wing bullshit. Does he think Bernie believes that crap? I'd accuse him of over-the-top sour grapes (and I say this as a former Sanders supporter who does not adore Hillary but figures if she's OK with Bernie she's OK with me). Does he think Trump would be better? Does he want Trump to win?

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
5. Oh, yeah, that one is true
Sun Sep 4, 2016, 09:52 PM
Sep 2016

It's a lot more than four, though. I can't imagine what the Clinton Body Count is up to nowadays.

Here's a refutation - it's bullshit.
 

crabsley

(52 posts)
7. Just block him
Sun Sep 4, 2016, 09:54 PM
Sep 2016

These people are so brainwashed by faux and the repugs that there is no hope for them. Don't even argue with them just laugh and move on. Tell him he is like a chicken voting for colonel sanders. He sounds like another faux snooze addict.

etherealtruth

(22,165 posts)
8. I clicked on this thinking t was bout emails, the clinton Foundation ... even Benghazi
Sun Sep 4, 2016, 09:57 PM
Sep 2016

regarding someone that actually believes the Clinton's have killed people ... sometimes you have to accept 'you can't fix stupid."

 

packman

(16,296 posts)
9. Tell him Donald raped a 14 year old
Sun Sep 4, 2016, 10:00 PM
Sep 2016

killed his grandmother and poisoned his father. Shit, everyone knows Hillary started the Vietnam war and masterminded the 9/11 attack - 4 deaths - shit that's nothing.

You can't argue that claim - if his mindset is already accepting it, you've lost a friend.

 

Egnever

(21,506 posts)
11. You should point out how smart she is for having been able to avoid being charged for any of them
Sun Sep 4, 2016, 10:13 PM
Sep 2016

And tell him you are looking for another intelligent president. Not a buffoon that can't even run a real estate school scam without screwing it up and getting caught

jmowreader

(50,562 posts)
12. "Rush Limbaugh is still alive."
Sun Sep 4, 2016, 10:16 PM
Sep 2016

If Hillary was really going to start whacking people, wouldn't she start with the people who need it the most?

Cartoonist

(7,323 posts)
13. People die
Sun Sep 4, 2016, 10:17 PM
Sep 2016

Illness, accident, old age, doesn't matter. If they were in disagreement with Clinton, then they were murdered. You can't convince these people.

struggle4progress

(118,348 posts)
14. Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, and Kennedy are all dead now -- but she's still alive
Sun Sep 4, 2016, 11:20 PM
Sep 2016

Coincidence?

We could tell you more, but then we'd have to kill you

ChoppinBroccoli

(3,784 posts)
16. I Cited Snopes Once.........
Mon Sep 5, 2016, 12:37 AM
Sep 2016

...........to refute the "story" that Obama had signed an executive order banning the Pledge of Allegiance in all schools. Still kind of shocked that I NEEDED to cite Snopes for such an obviously bullshit article, but I did. And the response I got was, "Snopes is a Communist website and rarely posts anything true." Wow. Just wow. You're talking to people who DON'T CARE what the truth is. They just want to have their prejudices repeated back to them.

thecrow

(5,519 posts)
17. Citing Snopes won't help much either...
Mon Sep 5, 2016, 08:45 AM
Sep 2016

They will then tell you that snopes is run by liberals.
The best thing to do is cool down and just ignore that person.
Don't let them get to you. You can't argue with crazy.

Different Drummer

(7,645 posts)
19. "They just want to have their prejudices repeated back to them."
Mon Sep 5, 2016, 10:29 AM
Sep 2016

The sad thing is, we have "news" outlets (yes, I said "outlets&quot who are willing to do just that.

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