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ColoringFool

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16. The Mistaken Assumption Is That The Conversant Is.....

Reply to werdna (Reply #6)

Wed May 27, 2026, 06:50 AM

Yesterday

A RATIONAL PERSON.

BUT MAGAts POST PICTURES OF TRUMP AS CHRIST, FGS! AS A HE-MAN! AS WALKING WITH ALIENS! AS A TOUGH GUY!

THEY ARE RACISTS, MISOGYNISTS, GREEDHEADS, FOOLS, GULLS, AND KNAVES---

AND THEY WOULD LITERALLY KILL US ALL IF THEY KNEW THEY'D BE PARDONED BY TRUMP!

THIS ESSAY NO DOUBT MADE THE WRITER FEEL GOOD AND DECENT AND RATIONAL AND LOGICAL AND EMOTIONALLY STABLE AND MAYBE EVEN BRILLIANT IF HE WERE HONEST, BUT IN POINT OF FACT THE AUTHOR IS.....

NAIVE.

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How to talk to a MAGA: [View all] applegrove Tuesday OP

Bopping them over the head with a 2x4 is the only thing that will knock any sense into them NoRethugFriends Yesterday #1

That whole scolding, guilt-tripping piece assumes that we are dealing with niyad Yesterday #2

I can't fix stupid RainCaster Yesterday #3

Using questions is essential to having a meaningful and successful conversation with anyone. But let's not forget... littlemissmartypants Yesterday #4

And while nowhere near as bad as a psychopath, add to that 30% the number who are sociopaths. Arthur_Frain 22 hrs ago #25

A few distinctions exist between the two, but the main difference is whether one is littlemissmartypants 22 hrs ago #28

all that sounds very rational ... for patient people to try orleans Yesterday #5

If the object is to have a discussion and not an - werdna Yesterday #6

You are most welcome. applegrove Yesterday #7

You can't have a discussion with MAGAts. They all follow too many logical fallacies in their verbal vomit AZLD4Candidate Yesterday #8

If I may Seinan Sensei Yesterday #10

PA-REACH, MY BROTHER! ColoringFool Yesterday #15

The Mistaken Assumption Is That The Conversant Is..... ColoringFool Yesterday #16

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!!!!!! AZLD4Candidate Yesterday #18

Heh. ColoringFool Yesterday #19

Talking to a MAGA is like teaching a dog to type SocialDemocrat61 Yesterday #9

I just say, ''You're an idiot.'' and walk away ... aggiesal Yesterday #11

This strikes me as sagacious. Morbius Yesterday #12

It Strikes Me As Stupid To The Max. ColoringFool Yesterday #14

FT💩! THE ONLY ANSWER IS: DON'T! EVER! I'm TIRED Of Being.... ColoringFool Yesterday #13

The problem with this, as I see it... kentuck Yesterday #17

IOW...don't treat them like they treat us, right? Wounded Bear Yesterday #20

I know a few MAGAs. This won't work on them progressoid Yesterday #21

I don't pussyfoot around them anymore. La Coliniere Yesterday #22

I ask questions orthoclad Yesterday #23

The real answer to post 9 is Qutzupalotl 23 hrs ago #24

MAGATs see polite, thoughtful engagement as weakness DBoon 22 hrs ago #26

Sorry, I am not going to pretend psychopaths are good, decent people. Irish_Dem 22 hrs ago #27

My stomach clenches at this, but it's right. Scrivener7 21 hrs ago #29