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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

12 hrs ago

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 19 hrs ago OP

Bopping them over the head with a 2x4 is the only thing that will knock any sense into them NoRethugFriends 18 hrs ago #1

That whole scolding, guilt-tripping piece assumes that we are dealing with niyad 18 hrs ago #2

I can't fix stupid RainCaster 17 hrs ago #3

Using questions is essential to having a meaningful and successful conversation with anyone. But let's not forget... littlemissmartypants 17 hrs ago #4

And while nowhere near as bad as a psychopath, add to that 30% the number who are sociopaths. Arthur_Frain 3 hrs ago #25

A few distinctions exist between the two, but the main difference is whether one is littlemissmartypants 3 hrs ago #28

all that sounds very rational ... for patient people to try orleans 17 hrs ago #5

If the object is to have a discussion and not an - werdna 17 hrs ago #6

You are most welcome. applegrove 17 hrs ago #7

You can't have a discussion with MAGAts. They all follow too many logical fallacies in their verbal vomit AZLD4Candidate 17 hrs ago #8

If I may Seinan Sensei 16 hrs ago #10

PA-REACH, MY BROTHER! ColoringFool 12 hrs ago #15

The Mistaken Assumption Is That The Conversant Is..... ColoringFool 12 hrs ago #16

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!!!!!! AZLD4Candidate 11 hrs ago #18

Heh. ColoringFool 9 hrs ago #19

Talking to a MAGA is like teaching a dog to type SocialDemocrat61 16 hrs ago #9

I just say, ''You're an idiot.'' and walk away ... aggiesal 16 hrs ago #11

This strikes me as sagacious. Morbius 13 hrs ago #12

It Strikes Me As Stupid To The Max. ColoringFool 12 hrs ago #14

FT💩! THE ONLY ANSWER IS: DON'T! EVER! I'm TIRED Of Being.... ColoringFool 12 hrs ago #13

The problem with this, as I see it... kentuck 12 hrs ago #17

IOW...don't treat them like they treat us, right? Wounded Bear 8 hrs ago #20

I know a few MAGAs. This won't work on them progressoid 7 hrs ago #21

I don't pussyfoot around them anymore. La Coliniere 6 hrs ago #22

I ask questions orthoclad 6 hrs ago #23

The real answer to post 9 is Qutzupalotl 4 hrs ago #24

MAGATs see polite, thoughtful engagement as weakness DBoon 3 hrs ago #26

Sorry, I am not going to pretend psychopaths are good, decent people. Irish_Dem 3 hrs ago #27

My stomach clenches at this, but it's right. Scrivener7 2 hrs ago #29