Seeking pithy responses to snarky rethug comments

[MyMission]

Hello DU friends.
Here's my dilemma. My (rethug) town has a huge labor day festival every year, and I have to work all weekend. My boss brings in extra help, namely this rethug man pushing 80, who often throws snarky comments at me, about Democrats, rethugs being persecuted, tfg's accomplishments, ad nauseam. No specific examples needed, we're all aware of the crap they spew.

Sometimes I have pithy replies, sometimes I'm so dumbfounded by what he says I can't reply, then he points that out. Sometimes I think of a good response, what I should have said, when I'm home, unwinding. He'll be there Saturday and Sunday. I'm heading to work shortly, as the festival starts today. Working with this guy is always the low point, something I dread.

It occurred to me to ask this community for some smart replies when this guy starts his crap.
Specifically looking for zingers about rethugs and tfg in general, their illegal and immoral behavior; and also looking for positive (objective) comments about Biden and Democrats.

DU is full of these comments, and I've read many good ones over the years.
I'd appreciate if you have anything to share that I could use when I'm confronted.

[marble falls]

1. Why is it necessary to dunk on an 80 year person? Work on his kids and grandkids.

[emulatorloo]

4. Probably because OP knows 80 year old voters almost always vote in midterm elections

[MyMission]

13. I am always cordial to him

But over the course of several days (he usually works for several days when there's a festival or someone is on vacation) he makes a comment disparaging Democrats, and glorifying tfg and the GOPQ.

I often ignore him, pretend I don't hear, or say now is not the time to discuss it.
I just can't do that 100% of the time, every once in a while I feel compelled to reply.

I don't know his kids, but he has 2, and several grandkids I always ask about.
He doesn't brag or dote on them. I bet they vote democratic. Maybe I'll ask him if his kids are rethugs like him?

[BootinUp]

2. like this?

Link to tweet

[MyMission]

14. I would love to use that

But I wouldn't use the F word while working in the store.

I recall hearing a magat say Dilligaf, and I asked what it meant, and she said
"Do I Look Like I Give A Fuck." I might say, or ask Dilligaf?

I enjoy and appreciate Rick Wilson.

[flying_wahini]

3. I would ask him if he thinks stealing nuclear secrets is something he approves of?

Or if he agrees with flying a Nazi flag Anywhere?

Or colluding with Putin was such a great idea?

Give him an opportunity to defend Trumps actions then hit him with 2-3 facts. He may be bending by now and looking for a way out.


No need to get ugly about it. But I would stand on facts. Then laugh and laugh when he starts spewing hate.

[MyMission]

15. Those are good questions

About stealing nuclear secrets, or colluding with putin.

I've tried to have reasonable conversations with him over the years, but he's not going to convince me any more than I'm going to convince him. I also try to stand on facts, but he has alternate facts from Faux news. He'll probably bash Biden about the loan forgiveness, which has sparked a lot of harsh discussions.. I might reply that it's the biblical Shemitah year, where debts should be forgiven, and how righteous and noble it was for Biden to help those who are struggling.

I'd rather not engage him in any political conversation. He always starts it. My bosses are Democrats, but he never says stuff when they can hear. I've sometimes thought of asking him to go say that to the bosses, or repeat what he said in front of them.

Thanks for your suggestions.

[wnylib]

22. I wouldn't worry about pithy responses.

Why bother when they won't change his mind?

I'd just give simple reasons for not liking Trump, like he is a childish whiner and I prefer adults.

[Captain Zero]

33. Ask him. It I had TS docs at my house,

Would you want them taken away from me?

[griffi94]

5. It's probly best for yer sanity to ignore it

No pithy reply is gonna make a dent.
Facts and reality aren't going to make a dent.
However, if yer compelled to reply, just say that Trump will be in jail soon.
Just say that over and over.
Avoid chasing the MAGAT down the rabbit hole.

[MyMission]

16. tRump will be in jail soon!I

That's a good one. Thank you. Simple and to the point.

I agree with everything you said. For my sanity I mostly ignore him, but sometimes for my sanity I just need to reply. I'm not looking to make a dent or change his mind. But I don't want to be abused by a magat, and sadly that's what they like to do. Own/abuse the libs? Verbal violence? That's what many of them are compelled to do.

I want to go in prepared to reply, if I feel the need to defend myself, my president and my party.
Sometimes the defense is a counter attack. Tfg will be in jail soon. That could work.

[MLAA]

6. Every time he says something go back to stealing and not returning top secret and worse

documents. Just keep hitting the same note. Reminder Hillary had 3 out of 50,000 emails with confidential content that whoever sent them to her had not appropriately marked in the subject line. FBI tried for over a year to retrieve them etc.

[MyMission]

17. Tfg is a threat to national security!

Stealing top secret documents, not returning them. Benedict Donald. He's a threat to national security! A traitor. Makes me wonder about his supporters. Are you a traitor too?

They call themselves patriots, but they would betray this country in a heartbeat.

That could work.

[zanana1]

7. I always say "Everybody has an opinion".

That really pisses them off.

[MyMission]

18. I'll use that if I have the opportunity

Sometimes he'll ask a question to bait me.

He might ask about Biden's loan forgiveness, what do I think about it, or about the FBI going after tfg. But if he makes a closed statement I will just say "Everybody has an opinion." If I'm feeling snarky, I might reply as someone wrote below "opinions are like assholes, everybody's got one."

[canuckledragger]

8. With republicans, every accusation is a confession.

Like the whole 'grooming' thing, it's the cons that keep getting caught with those kids.

Also it's the republicans that keep getting caught doing the whole voter/election fraud thing, etc.

Ask the idiot to provide examples of his claims, that usually either shuts them up or gets them to change the subject.

[MyMission]

19. I like that

If he starts on Democrats, I'll say "With republicans, every accusation is a confession."

I won't ask him for examples, I'll just ask if he heard that on Faux entertainment channel?
I really don't want to engage in political discourse with him. I do want him to shut up, and want to be ready to cut him off.

Thanks.

[Timeflyer]

9. Maybe don't engage at all

Planned Parenthood escorts are told to never, ever reply to anything the protestors say, because its what they want, and then you go down a nasty, pointless spiral, and they got a reaction, so in their minds they "won". Wear a mask all day and say nothing--it will drive him crazy if he's anti-vaxxer.

[MyMission]

20. You make some good points

But this is a workplace, a store, and he, a coworker, tries to bait me. I mostly ignore him, but sometimes I've got to reply. If I don't reply he also thinks he won. Kind of like tfg thinking he won.
Delusional.

And I do wear a mask. Always. And this guy is vaxed and boosted, and stopped masking immediately. But you're right, he will be bothered by it, and probably make a snarky comment about that. I'll just tell him (in between coughing) that I was recently exposed to covid (not a lie, as I'm sure I'm "exposed" regularly but I always wear a mask) and was advised to wear a mask for 7 days, while I wait to see if I develop symptoms.

[Kali]

10. just mentally pat him on the head

does no good to argue with dementia patients.

[Ocelot II]

11. I use this one: "Opinions are like assholes. Everybody's got one."

Say that, shrug and walk away.

[3catwoman3]

21. Some people are doubly blessed.

They can have an asshole as well as be one.

[Earth-shine]

27. That's a recursion. If an asshole has an asshole, where does it stop?

[3catwoman3]

28. Asshole squared?

Are you a mathematician? I had to look up recursion.

[Earth-shine]

29. Recursion may be the most powerful of all concepts.

An object is said to be recursive if it is defined by previous versions of itself.

A great example of this is the infinity effect that one sees when standing between two opposing mirrors. Each image is a smaller version of the previous one.

Another great example is images produced by fractal geometry. YouTube has many videos like this.

Some philosophers and mathematicians say that the entire universe is recursive because each moment is completely defined by the previous moment.

3catwoman3? I'll guess Julie Newmar, Lee Meriwether and Eartha Kitt.

[3catwoman3]

31. Kind of like the now-retired picture of the Native American woman...

...holding the box that had a picture of her holding the box, that had a picture of her holding the box, etc, which adorned the Land O' Lakes butter boxes for so many decades. My mom was from Minnesota, and that was the only brand of butter she ever bought.

Fractals are fascinating to look at.

My screen name arose simply from being the "mom" of 3 cats when I first had need of a screen name.

[GenThePerservering]

23. I would go with humour

Dopey accusations: "Well...every accusation is a confession, isn't it? Know what I mean? Know what I mean?" ::large wink::

Mask hassles? Give a Trumpian thumbs up and say "Heyyy...free country...!"

Nonsense arguments: "Did you know that there are more Lego mini-figures than there are people on Earth? And get this! If all the concrete that has been poured were evenly distributed, it would cover the earth!"

Laugh at anything else and clap him on the shoulder and say "I don't know what I would do without you making the time pass!"

[question everything]

24. "you don't say". That's all keep repeating in a bored voice

[bluecollar2]

25. When he makes a statement

That you don't agree with respond with...

" i don't agree with your premise but I do admire your intellectual independence from reason"

Another one I use whenever somebody says something
Trumpism is

" you know......(pause)....some people say that using a checklist is statistically safer than thinking""

[nuxvomica]

26. "I'd like to agree with you, but then we'd both be wrong."

"And wouldn't that be sad?"

By saying you'd like to agree, you're telling him you have nothing against him personally and you actually want to get along but, dammit, truth and reason stubbornly get in the way.

[Donkees]

30. Ask him if his group wears white after labor day

[Alpeduez21]

32. Thanks for ruining the environment, Boomer

Thanks for killing unions and decent wages, Boomer

Thanks for the never ending threat of nuclear war, Boomer

Thanks for exploding the national dept, Boomer

Thanks for bankrupting Social Security, Boomer

It can be a pretty long list.