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Refusing to play along drives them bonkers.Confronting their accusations with undeniable truths frustrates them and enrages them.

In the matter of trust, it's remarkable when you whittle away the untrustworthy from your life, how few and far between are those you can trust.

But that's a place to start.

Thank you Bad Kitty.

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Ryan Gardner's avatar

Yup. And there's only one thing they despise more than disobedience; disrespect.

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No's avatar

Toward the average lefty, I'm merciless. I point out that the Democrats were the party of slavery, KKK, Jim Crow, segregation, Nazis, Communists, et al. The Republicans are just the party of weak, stupid cowards who haven't accomplished anything since they passed the civil rights act.

Modern democrats are the party of murdering babies, mutilating confused children, pro invasion, looting the treasury and rabid war mongers.

So I'm the bad guy because I want to protect the borders and the children?

I want everyone to be able to speak their mind, want to hear from all sides in order to decide the truth. That makes me the bad guy?

Of course they are screaming their lungs out all the while, because they can't bear to hear the truth.

Oh, by the way, Trump won in a landslide. How do you like democracy now?

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Ryan Gardner's avatar

Right on. Cheers!

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Jimmy Gleeson's avatar

And their usual game is ad hominem, gaslighting, and projection.

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Satan's Doorknob's avatar

According to a google (Associated Press) information just now, Trump won with 49.9% of the popular vote vs. Harris at 48.4%. Yes, I realize that the popular vote doesn't directly count, and via Electoral College Trump won bigly, but in my opinion at least, an edge of 1.5% of the popular vote scarcely can be termed a "landslide."

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EK MtnTime's avatar

ThatтАЩs the funny part that makes them consummate snowflakes!

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Dr Linda's avatar

I am low on trust these days in just about every fold of my life. IтАЩm okay with that. Although, it makes life slightly more tedious. More things to do and question.

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No's avatar

Once you get to base level by discarding all who aren't worthy, it gets easier as you go along. Like an exercise program or a successful diet change.

The more you question the more you learn.

Best.

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Pi Guy's avatar

"Although, it makes life slightly more tedious."

The upside is that you probably have a lot less "Clean-up in Aisle 5" events.

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Jimmy Gleeson's avatar

That's the thing about critical thinking, it is tedious, so much easier to trust in the institutions to handle that. You can't investigate everything. I know very little about the Ukraine war, just know enough to know when I see the flag on someone's twitter profile, that is an indicator.

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