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In reply to the discussion: My encounter with a batshit right-wing nut at the bar this evening [View all]Johonny
(21,058 posts)When I was younger it seemed like conservatives had arguments. You could debate them and they said things that at least made you think: 'They seemed to care about the same thing as you did but from a different perspective.' These days I don't understand their arguments. Howard Stern says Democrats are communists. How? What does that even mean? Nugget says they are Fascists. The same person that agreed with Howard agrees with Nugget. How? How can Democrats be both? Obama is suppose to be the most liberal socialist president in American history... what evidence of this exists? 90% of the stuff they talk about doesn't exist. The war on Christmas, The Gay agenda, ACORN voter fraud, Obama's secret FEMA camps, Obama's leveling of income inequality, Obama's food stamp nation plan, Benghazi,.... I have no clue what they are talking about. Listen to right wing radio for ten minutes and try to figure out what they are even talking about. Read a post about something like the growing income equality in America and see how far down a conservative adds "insight" like; Black people just want free stuff or want more money work harder lazy bastards. How do those comments further anyone's understanding of the subject? How do you begin talking about income inequality when you can't get past basic racism and hatred for the poor to even discus the basic fact it exists and it is growing and it isn't likely very good for long term stability of our economy. Calling someone a communist doesn't add anything insightful and yet that is ALL they got and all they have had now for growing on 40 years it seems.
They throw out "facts" that not only aren't true and can't be comprehended. How do you begin a discussion with someone that thinks Reagan balanced the budget and Bush saved America from Iraq's WMDs?
When someone tells me they are conservative these days I instantly lose all respect for them. Because to call yourself that these days is to believe stuff I can even understand to believe. Kenyan, Anti-Colonial' Worldview, go ahead ask them to explain WTF that even means.