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NanceGreggs

(27,818 posts)
Sat Feb 12, 2022, 10:30 AM Feb 2022

Maybe it's just me ...

I have no idea why illiterate book-banners who worship an orange-faced lard-ass, who think flushing official documents down the toilet is normal, believe that an election was stolen without any proof, elect representatives who promote the idea of Jewish Space Lasers, cling to the historical achievement of shutting down airports in 1775, realize that a world-wide pandemic is a hoax, don't understand the difference between a violent attack on the Capitol and legitimate political discourse, and swill their own piss while waiting for JFK to return from the dead are not given more respect.

These voices need to be heard. And hopefully, they'll be heard in time.

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Maybe it's just me ... (Original Post) NanceGreggs Feb 2022 OP
They can't believe they lost an election where they were never ahead in the polls Walleye Feb 2022 #1
Time to remind them that Elvis left the building some time ago. BSdetect Feb 2022 #2
Don't know North Shore Chicago Feb 2022 #3
More like Traildogbob Feb 2022 #11
How to put toothpaste back in tube. Toothpaste tubes are made with plastic. spike jones Feb 2022 #15
Or save yourself all that work and just throw it away panader0 Feb 2022 #16
lol North Shore Chicago Feb 2022 #19
None of them have any social consciousness, just a fragile ego, a compass with no magnet Mr. Ected Feb 2022 #4
"We must REACH OUT to these people and try to UNDERSTAND them," Buns_of_Fire Feb 2022 #5
do not turn away from them shaking your head... nebby70 Feb 2022 #6
And that includes all the voices in their heads, too. greatauntoftriplets Feb 2022 #7
I do believe those voices need to be heard Martin Eden Feb 2022 #8
It's just you Nance... Tommymac Feb 2022 #9
Fabulous rant! MOMFUDSKI Feb 2022 #10
Indeed they do! benfranklin1776 Feb 2022 #12
It's certainly not 'just you' solara Feb 2022 #13
Useful Idiots BlueIdaho Feb 2022 #14
K & R SunSeeker Feb 2022 #17
... and carted away, where they can't pose a danger to themselves or others. calimary Feb 2022 #18
They were never able to reach a wide audience, or achieve critical mass paleotn Feb 2022 #20

Walleye

(31,045 posts)
1. They can't believe they lost an election where they were never ahead in the polls
Sat Feb 12, 2022, 10:32 AM
Feb 2022

And when they were defeated people danced in the street as if they had deposed a dictator. It’s not like the previous election where most people actually wanted Hillary to win

North Shore Chicago

(3,324 posts)
3. Don't know
Sat Feb 12, 2022, 10:40 AM
Feb 2022

if we can return the toothpaste back in the tube. Their assault on education, cultural wisdom and history will be an arduous task to return to 'normal.'

spike jones

(1,686 posts)
15. How to put toothpaste back in tube. Toothpaste tubes are made with plastic.
Sat Feb 12, 2022, 12:47 PM
Feb 2022

Unscrew the tube top cap and squeeze the paste out on a small plate and replace the top cap.
Cut the tube bottom off with scissors just above the end.
With a blunt knife, spread the two sides apart to open the tube at the bottom.
Scrap the paste off the plate with the knife and scoop it into the tube from the bottom.
With needle nosed pliers squeeze the bottom ends back together and push the paste to the tube top.
With the pliers, hold the bottom together about 1/4” up from the tube end.
Use a lighter to melt the plastic until it gets very soft (caution, do not touch the hot plastic).
Move the pliers down to squeeze the hot ends together and hold until cool. You may fold the ends a little to insure a tight seal.
The toothpaste is back in the tube and ready for use.
Caution do not breath the hot plastic fumes. Well, maybe just a little at the end.

panader0

(25,816 posts)
16. Or save yourself all that work and just throw it away
Sat Feb 12, 2022, 12:51 PM
Feb 2022

and get a new unspoiled tube. Same with the trumpers.

Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts)
4. None of them have any social consciousness, just a fragile ego, a compass with no magnet
Sat Feb 12, 2022, 10:47 AM
Feb 2022

And an authoritarian nature that wants to displace the rule of law with the rule of moi.

Buns_of_Fire

(17,194 posts)
5. "We must REACH OUT to these people and try to UNDERSTAND them,"
Sat Feb 12, 2022, 10:55 AM
Feb 2022

he said, while polishing his Neville Chamberlain Scout "Good Conduct" medal.

But in the meantime, if they offer you a nice warm drink, don't accept.

nebby70

(471 posts)
6. do not turn away from them shaking your head...
Sat Feb 12, 2022, 10:57 AM
Feb 2022

... and say to yourself, "..how stupid can you be..."...
... because with out fail, they interpret that as a challenge ...
... I've learned the hard way that every time I think it's as low as it can go, there's new depths to their actions....

Tommymac

(7,263 posts)
9. It's just you Nance...
Sat Feb 12, 2022, 12:02 PM
Feb 2022

keeping them in the crosshairs of Truth.

We must call them out every single day.
Ridicule them every single day.
Shame them every single day.
Shine the light on them every single day and watch them scuttle about.

They'll never learn or go away, but all the sane Homo Sapiens will thank us for doing it.


benfranklin1776

(6,449 posts)
12. Indeed they do!
Sat Feb 12, 2022, 12:08 PM
Feb 2022

By Nurse Ratched in the state mental hospital. The problem is the corporate media giving them undue attention and legitimizing their shared, intentional delusion as somehow worthy of equal consideration because it’s merely “ a different point of political view”. 🤬

solara

(3,836 posts)
13. It's certainly not 'just you'
Sat Feb 12, 2022, 12:15 PM
Feb 2022

Your turns of phrase are impeccable & inspiring as always. You nailed one of the major problems of these dark & foolish times by describing some of the ridiculous & dangerous Q-galvanized wet-dreams of the insane, barely conscious remnant of the GOP

You speak for many, many people every time you put pen to paper (fingers to keyboard?)

Again, thank you







BlueIdaho

(13,582 posts)
14. Useful Idiots
Sat Feb 12, 2022, 12:40 PM
Feb 2022

Gleefully participating in the willful destruction of democracies here and abroad. They say a lot of stupid shit but what they do is deadly serious. We ignore them at our own peril.

paleotn

(17,956 posts)
20. They were never able to reach a wide audience, or achieve critical mass
Sat Feb 12, 2022, 01:26 PM
Feb 2022

before social media. Back in the day, you dealt with this shit from your crazy uncle at Thanksgiving or occasionally at the corner pub from some goof who's perpetually drunk. A couple of nutters at church or at school board meetings, but rarely other than that. It certainly wasn't ubiquitous. Information passed through various gatekeepers who weeded out the complete bullshit. Wasn't perfect by any means, but it worked for the most part in the west. Today....the nuts, morons and imbeciles are united thanks to Twitter, Facebook, etc. etc. etc. Make the world more open and connected? Some people don't NEED to be fucking connected. For all our sakes. But technology rolls on. What can you do?

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