I have this bad habit, in facebook when one of my "friends" starts bashing liberals I go after them. [View All]

[scubadude]

I usually hit them with historical quotes, designed to make them look foolish or against what our forefathers meant our country.

Today's altercation took place with a fellow who feels that when he moves around in the country, it doesn't seem like his country any more. There were way too many of those other types. A never ending stream of immigrants to blame the countries woes on. So today I prepped him for the kill with the fact that both of our families are made up from immigrant stock, as most people are in this great country.

Next I hit him with the quote on the Statue of Liberty:

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
' With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

I considered backing this up with a tight argument which I had built up to completely pulverize him, making him look like a complete idiot. Well, I don't know this guy well enough for me to really care, so I just deleted my further drubbing and removed him from my friends list. I was going to show him personally filmed Obama video form Obama's win speach which I shot for DU. Very powerful stuff.

Now his small group of haters and CONservative friends are making fun of me. Saying things like k"I forgot that part of history in history class". Playing up the I'm stupid but so what part of this type of mentality.

I bowed out of what has proven to me to be a waste of effort. People who regularly vote against their own self interest are very rarely convinced by logic. These folks are a lost cause seems to me.

Did I do wrong? Should I have confronted him vigorously making him look like a fool, even though the chances of getting through are very thina?

Please guide me oh DU.

Here's the vid I was going to infuriate him with: http://s264.photobucket.com/albums/ii174/scubaduderon/?action=view¤t=Baracksacceptancespeech11_04_2008.flv&newest=1

Thanks,

Scuba