8 Tips for Debating Donald Trump Supporters

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  • hedonist said:

    I'm a pot-smoking long hair!

    Literally. Liberally.

    :smiley:

    Wish the dividing camps weren't so prevalent but have resigned myself to it.

  • rustneversleeps
    rustneversleeps The Motel of Lost Companions Posts: 2,209

    brianlux said:

    JimmyV said:

    I've been fortunate enough not to encounter many Trump supporters in everyday life. That said...I am already dreading Easter dinner with an uber-Conservative Uncle.

    Why, yes, I will have another glass of wine thank you.

    Yeah I hear you , I always shut the convo down in family settings I'll say I'm here to enjoy your company & the food please don't spoil my appetite thanks !!
    I guess I must be lucky. My family is made up mostly of libtards, old goats, dandruff flakes, geezers, commie pinkos, Libbys, Obummer Supporters, counter-culture freaktoids, bongo beaters, hippies, bohemians and green freaks.
    You forgot pot smoking long hairs
    herb tokin' long hair here. but i'm about to shave it off, I think...
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524

    hedonist said:

    I'm a pot-smoking long hair!

    Literally. Liberally.

    :smiley:

    Wish the dividing camps weren't so prevalent but have resigned myself to it.

    Not sure what your changing of my post was meant to demonstrate. Explain, please?
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,813
    hedonist said:

    brianlux said:

    JimmyV said:

    I've been fortunate enough not to encounter many Trump supporters in everyday life. That said...I am already dreading Easter dinner with an uber-Conservative Uncle.

    Why, yes, I will have another glass of wine thank you.

    Yeah I hear you , I always shut the convo down in family settings I'll say I'm here to enjoy your company & the food please don't spoil my appetite thanks !!
    I guess I must be lucky. My family is made up mostly of libtards, old goats, dandruff flakes, geezers, commie pinkos, Libbys, Obummer Supporters, counter-culture freaktoids, bongo beaters, hippies, bohemians and green freaks.
    My family, like this forum, runs the gamut on politics and as I'm pretty thankful for that.

    Also thankful my family doesn't shit on each other for their views.
    This is a good point Hedo. Besides all the left wingnuts, libbys, hippies and dope smoking morons (and endearing term, thank you Paul Westerberg) in my family, there are some fairly to very conservative members of my family as well. I avoid getting into it with them because they are family and I don't believe in shitting on anyone, least of all family. Outside of family, I will argue strongly with people but also try not to "shit on" them. I will say all kinds of shit about racism, bigotry, bullying etc but I try to keep the focus on the egregiously nasty act or mind set rather than the specific person. I really don't believe it's wise to hate anyone. We all breath the same air, share the same molecules. Yes, weird as it may sound, all of us have breathed in the same air and drank the same water as have the most horrific people and the most virtuous who have lived and those molecules becomes a part of us. All of us are Jeffrey Dahmer and part Buddah, part Hitler and part Jesus, part Jack the Ripper, part Mother Teresa. If you hate any of them, you hate yourself.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • brianlux said:

    hedonist said:

    brianlux said:

    JimmyV said:

    I've been fortunate enough not to encounter many Trump supporters in everyday life. That said...I am already dreading Easter dinner with an uber-Conservative Uncle.

    Why, yes, I will have another glass of wine thank you.

    Yeah I hear you , I always shut the convo down in family settings I'll say I'm here to enjoy your company & the food please don't spoil my appetite thanks !!
    I guess I must be lucky. My family is made up mostly of libtards, old goats, dandruff flakes, geezers, commie pinkos, Libbys, Obummer Supporters, counter-culture freaktoids, bongo beaters, hippies, bohemians and green freaks.
    My family, like this forum, runs the gamut on politics and as I'm pretty thankful for that.

    Also thankful my family doesn't shit on each other for their views.
    This is a good point Hedo. Besides all the left wingnuts, libbys, hippies and dope smoking morons (and endearing term, thank you Paul Westerberg) in my family, there are some fairly to very conservative members of my family as well. I avoid getting into it with them because they are family and I don't believe in shitting on anyone, least of all family. Outside of family, I will argue strongly with people but also try not to "shit on" them. I will say all kinds of shit about racism, bigotry, bullying etc but I try to keep the focus on the egregiously nasty act or mind set rather than the specific person. I really don't believe it's wise to hate anyone. We all breath the same air, share the same molecules. Yes, weird as it may sound, all of us have breathed in the same air and drank the same water as have the most horrific people and the most virtuous who have lived and those molecules becomes a part of us. All of us are Jeffrey Dahmer and part Buddah, part Hitler and part Jesus, part Jack the Ripper, part Mother Teresa. If you hate any of them, you hate yourself.
    Trump and internet trolls people seem to hate.
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 32,220
    hedonist said:

    I'm a pot-smoking long hair!

    Literally.

    Wish the dividing camps weren't so prevalent but have resigned myself to it.

    Hey I'm right there with you I fit the bill !
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,813

    brianlux said:

    hedonist said:

    brianlux said:

    JimmyV said:

    I've been fortunate enough not to encounter many Trump supporters in everyday life. That said...I am already dreading Easter dinner with an uber-Conservative Uncle.

    Why, yes, I will have another glass of wine thank you.

    Yeah I hear you , I always shut the convo down in family settings I'll say I'm here to enjoy your company & the food please don't spoil my appetite thanks !!
    I guess I must be lucky. My family is made up mostly of libtards, old goats, dandruff flakes, geezers, commie pinkos, Libbys, Obummer Supporters, counter-culture freaktoids, bongo beaters, hippies, bohemians and green freaks.
    My family, like this forum, runs the gamut on politics and as I'm pretty thankful for that.

    Also thankful my family doesn't shit on each other for their views.
    This is a good point Hedo. Besides all the left wingnuts, libbys, hippies and dope smoking morons (and endearing term, thank you Paul Westerberg) in my family, there are some fairly to very conservative members of my family as well. I avoid getting into it with them because they are family and I don't believe in shitting on anyone, least of all family. Outside of family, I will argue strongly with people but also try not to "shit on" them. I will say all kinds of shit about racism, bigotry, bullying etc but I try to keep the focus on the egregiously nasty act or mind set rather than the specific person. I really don't believe it's wise to hate anyone. We all breath the same air, share the same molecules. Yes, weird as it may sound, all of us have breathed in the same air and drank the same water as have the most horrific people and the most virtuous who have lived and those molecules becomes a part of us. All of us are Jeffrey Dahmer and part Buddah, part Hitler and part Jesus, part Jack the Ripper, part Mother Teresa. If you hate any of them, you hate yourself.
    Trump and internet trolls people seem to hate.
    Of course. A lot of people hate other people.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524

    hedonist said:

    I'm a pot-smoking long hair!

    Literally.

    Wish the dividing camps weren't so prevalent but have resigned myself to it.

    Hey I'm right there with you I fit the bill !
    Cheers, jose!

    Yeah, I can't put myself into a black or white box but it's cool if others want to do so.

    I'm at peace, with my XYZ :)
  • what dreams
    what dreams Posts: 1,761
    I wish I had read this before fighting with my brother yesterday. By the time it was over, I called him an idiot nutcase who gives me heartburn every time he opens his mouth. I'm boycotting Easter dinner next week.
  • what dreams
    what dreams Posts: 1,761

    brianlux said:

    JimmyV said:

    I've been fortunate enough not to encounter many Trump supporters in everyday life. That said...I am already dreading Easter dinner with an uber-Conservative Uncle.

    Why, yes, I will have another glass of wine thank you.

    Yeah I hear you , I always shut the convo down in family settings I'll say I'm here to enjoy your company & the food please don't spoil my appetite thanks !!
    I guess I must be lucky. My family is made up mostly of libtards, old goats, dandruff flakes, geezers, commie pinkos, Libbys, Obummer Supporters, counter-culture freaktoids, bongo beaters, hippies, bohemians and green freaks.
    You forgot pot smoking long hairs
    herb tokin' long hair here. but i'm about to shave it off, I think...
    This I gotta see. LOL
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,813
    Tip Number 9 (Number 9 Number 9 Number 9 Number 9 Number 9 Number 9 Number 9 Number 9 Number 9 Number 9 Number 9 Number 9 Number 9 Number 9 Number 9 ...):

    Tell them, "It doesn't really matter either way because he doesn't want to be president anyway!"
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    given the list of candidates who else would we vote for ? sanders seems o.k but really who else ?
    the real joke is on the American people the white house gives us Hillary ? and after that Rubio...or Cruz ...shit I rather see Trump in office than Hillary, Cruz or Rubio ....also it seems the only complaining about trump consists of child like babble with no real proof of anything...but then again that's the way most of us complain about politician's.

    Godfather.
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576

    given the list of candidates who else would we vote for ? sanders seems o.k but really who else ?
    the real joke is on the American people the white house gives us Hillary ? and after that Rubio...or Cruz ...shit I rather see Trump in office than Hillary, Cruz or Rubio ....also it seems the only complaining about trump consists of child like babble with no real proof of anything...but then again that's the way most of us complain about politician's.

    Godfather.

    I think you are confusing the complaints against Trump with his policy claims.

    The complaints against him have been backed up with serious analyses and with the quotation of his own words.
    He gives some child like babble with no real proof about building a wall and making Mexico pay for it, we give analysis that shows his claim to be impossible and the president of Mexico says they won't be paying for any wall.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    rgambs said:

    given the list of candidates who else would we vote for ? sanders seems o.k but really who else ?
    the real joke is on the American people the white house gives us Hillary ? and after that Rubio...or Cruz ...shit I rather see Trump in office than Hillary, Cruz or Rubio ....also it seems the only complaining about trump consists of child like babble with no real proof of anything...but then again that's the way most of us complain about politician's.

    Godfather.

    I think you are confusing the complaints against Trump with his policy claims.

    The complaints against him have been backed up with serious analyses and with the quotation of his own words.
    He gives some child like babble with no real proof about building a wall and making Mexico pay for it, we give analysis that shows his claim to be impossible and the president of Mexico says they won't be paying for any wall.
    really......did anybody really think the drug lords of Mexico would build a wall to keep themselves in ? I just had a talk with my union agent and my only real interest in trump is that he is turning politics as usual on its ear and waking people up but as far as a good president ? who knows ? if he gets it we'll see.

    Godfather.

  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576

    rgambs said:

    given the list of candidates who else would we vote for ? sanders seems o.k but really who else ?
    the real joke is on the American people the white house gives us Hillary ? and after that Rubio...or Cruz ...shit I rather see Trump in office than Hillary, Cruz or Rubio ....also it seems the only complaining about trump consists of child like babble with no real proof of anything...but then again that's the way most of us complain about politician's.

    Godfather.

    I think you are confusing the complaints against Trump with his policy claims.

    The complaints against him have been backed up with serious analyses and with the quotation of his own words.
    He gives some child like babble with no real proof about building a wall and making Mexico pay for it, we give analysis that shows his claim to be impossible and the president of Mexico says they won't be paying for any wall.
    really......did anybody really think the drug lords of Mexico would build a wall to keep themselves in ? I just had a talk with my union agent and my only real interest in trump is that he is turning politics as usual on its ear and waking people up but as far as a good president ? who knows ? if he gets it we'll see.

    Godfather.

    Trump's supporters buy it hook, line, and sinker!
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    rgambs said:

    rgambs said:

    given the list of candidates who else would we vote for ? sanders seems o.k but really who else ?
    the real joke is on the American people the white house gives us Hillary ? and after that Rubio...or Cruz ...shit I rather see Trump in office than Hillary, Cruz or Rubio ....also it seems the only complaining about trump consists of child like babble with no real proof of anything...but then again that's the way most of us complain about politician's.

    Godfather.

    I think you are confusing the complaints against Trump with his policy claims.

    The complaints against him have been backed up with serious analyses and with the quotation of his own words.
    He gives some child like babble with no real proof about building a wall and making Mexico pay for it, we give analysis that shows his claim to be impossible and the president of Mexico says they won't be paying for any wall.
    really......did anybody really think the drug lords of Mexico would build a wall to keep themselves in ? I just had a talk with my union agent and my only real interest in trump is that he is turning politics as usual on its ear and waking people up but as far as a good president ? who knows ? if he gets it we'll see.

    Godfather.

    Trump's supporters buy it hook, line, and sinker!
    American's have been lied to for so long and Given shit for their efforts, they just want something to believe in and along comes Trump with the fuck the system attitude now people are thinking that they found someone to hear their concerns, it's a scary thought putting in a president with no political back ground(just like Obama) but then again the few who do have political back ground have abused their positions and power making them untrustworthy.

    Godfather.

  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,977

    Sad that (on both sides) only an small minority apparently consider this type of condescension as ugly as the ignorance it claims to be struggling against.

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    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,977

    given the list of candidates who else would we vote for ? sanders seems o.k but really who else ?
    the real joke is on the American people the white house gives us Hillary ? and after that Rubio...or Cruz ...shit I rather see Trump in office than Hillary, Cruz or Rubio ....also it seems the only complaining about trump consists of child like babble with no real proof of anything...but then again that's the way most of us complain about politician's.

    Godfather.

    I think you answered your own question....
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,501
    My response to Trump supporters is almost always the same:
    "Oh, so you're racist and hate women?"
  • pearlgirl52
    pearlgirl52 Posts: 666

    My response to Trump supporters is almost always the same:
    "Oh, so you're racist and hate women?"

    :rofl: