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A Major Confrontation With A Wacko Liberal

Posted on 09/08/2007 9:57:37 PM PDT by finch

We relax by taking our dog to the local dog park and chat with others who bring their dogs. Today, a man sat across from us and began his tirade about the government's conspiracy in blowing up the World Trade Center.

I've heard this before so just nodded and let him continue. His history lesson finally caused me to jump in. He believes that Iran is really our friend and that George Bush is only attempting to gain an excuse to use a nuke.

I then interjected that the current leader of Iran is a believer of the 12th Iman, he didn't have a clue. When I tried to explain his belief of the end of the world, he stated that Iran is our friend and Bush is the believer of Ammagedon.

When I suggested he read "The Looming Tower", and that it just received the Pulitzer, he referred me to the BBC.

The conversation was not heated until I mentioned Clinton's disregard for people, namely women. He jumped up, spit out "who cares, Bush wants to murder people throughout the world", ran out of the park, leaving his wife and his dog.

My friend was extremely upset. He said that my citing sources intiminated the guy. And, that I should refrain from expressing my strong opinions.

I would like to hear from others as to how you would handle a situation like this.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: crazypeople; dementalillness; ostrichuniverse
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To: athelass

Please do!


61 posted on 09/08/2007 11:19:00 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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To: finch
My friend was extremely upset. He said that my citing sources intiminated the guy. And, that I should refrain from expressing my strong opinions.

I would like to hear from others as to how you would handle a situation like this.

A guy like that is NOT your friend. My friend and I are on opposite sides of the spectrum ... we have a rule that we don't talk about politics unless it's a debate with sources. Seems to work as we both make each other think.

62 posted on 09/08/2007 11:24:17 PM PDT by Centurion2000 (“Jesus Saves. Moses Delivers. Cthulu Reposesses...”)
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To: finch

It’s up to each of us to seek the truth. You gave this person good information and are to congratulated for a calm and reasoning demeanor. He’ll have to take it from there, if he so desires.


63 posted on 09/08/2007 11:26:39 PM PDT by skr (Car bombs and IEDs are the exclamation marks for the latest Democrats' talking points.)
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To: Bommer

I was once almost attacked by lib for my “we need to kill more” response.

I knew I wasn’t going to get a positive response, and frankly, I didn’t care.

We she started yelling we had no business killing babies in Iraq for oil, I just said back at her, “First Irag, then Iran, then Syria, then France, and then Hollywood!”

Heck, it made as much sense as she did, probably more. Her friends had to hold the girl back saying, “Shhh, shhh, she’s just a nut”. LOL.


64 posted on 09/08/2007 11:28:30 PM PDT by I still care ("Remember... for it is the doom of men that they forget" - Merlin, from Excalibur)
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To: finch
Facts + logic = hate speech. I advise you to turn yourself in to your local Human Rights Commission for re-education!

Seriously, you did good. Unfortunately, libs believe that the only free speech is that with which they agree.

65 posted on 09/08/2007 11:29:54 PM PDT by TrueKnightGalahad (Your feeble skills are no match for the power of the Viking Kitties!)
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To: finnman69

I saw this really cute witch that you hang on your front door today for Halloween. I thought for a second about getting it and putting a little sign above it saying, “Hillary says, Happy Halloween”.

But the libs don’t have a sense a humor, and I don’t want to point my house out to them.


66 posted on 09/08/2007 11:31:19 PM PDT by I still care ("Remember... for it is the doom of men that they forget" - Merlin, from Excalibur)
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To: I still care

Whoops, that’s Iraq, not Irag. I’m typing sideways on my keyboard.


67 posted on 09/08/2007 11:32:55 PM PDT by I still care ("Remember... for it is the doom of men that they forget" - Merlin, from Excalibur)
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To: LtKerst

I’ve found that what libs hate most is RIDICULE of thier ideas. Dammit, they just CARE so much!

Pointing, snickering, and outright laughing at loons wearing “Bush Lied!!” t-shirts pushes thier fragile egos to the edge of outright violence.

Never try to argue with a lib, just laugh at them. It drives the point home better than any argument with the demented ever could.


68 posted on 09/08/2007 11:35:21 PM PDT by tcrlaf (You can lead a Liberal to LOGIC, but you can't make it THINK)
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To: Grizzled Bear

“He also taught me that you can lead a Lib to Truth but you can’t make them think!”

Note my tag line...


69 posted on 09/08/2007 11:38:23 PM PDT by tcrlaf (You can lead a Liberal to LOGIC, but you can't make it THINK)
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To: The KG9 Kid

Wait till BOR get’s ahold of that post. Jeez, you’ll be famous.


70 posted on 09/08/2007 11:38:36 PM PDT by 1FreeAmerican
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To: finch

Don’t you know by now that you can’t use facts when debating a liberal? It only confuses and agitates them more.

GREAT JOB!!!


71 posted on 09/08/2007 11:38:47 PM PDT by peggybac (Tolerance is the virtue of believing in nothing)
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To: finch
Fact is, liberals are going major schizo this week because the small voice that has been telling them the WOT is imperative now has credence. They can't reconcile it with the moonbat stock they bought into courtesy election '04.

They feel betrayed by their rat leaders, led the wrong way. The ghosts of their pro-American ancestry are speaking to them, and they feel like traitors. They wonder if pro-WOT camp will now attack them with the same energy they attacked. They persecuted; now they fear persecution.

What I do with my liberals is let 'em slide on in, and not mention their past traitorism.

72 posted on 09/08/2007 11:51:39 PM PDT by txhurl (Austin)
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To: 1FreeAmerican

He’s like the Miss Manners of murder. lol


73 posted on 09/08/2007 11:56:00 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: finch

Don’t be upset buy this guy. He is a Ron Paul supporter, anyone can tell by your description of him. He is mentally ill as are all Ron Paul supporters.


74 posted on 09/08/2007 11:58:36 PM PDT by fish hawk (The religion of Darwinism = Monkey Intellect)
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To: finch

You can not logically argue a person out of a position that they did not arrive at logically.


75 posted on 09/09/2007 12:07:54 AM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the occupation media.)
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To: txflake; 1FreeAmerican; I still care; TrueKnightGalahad; Grizzled Bear

Lord have mercy, I have laughed so much on this thread! You guys have brought your A game tonight!


76 posted on 09/09/2007 12:09:19 AM PDT by athelass (Proud Mom of a Sailor and two Marines! Frodo Lives!)
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To: finch

I would have started the conversation by saying “do you want to actually debate facts, or do you just want to rant?” (OK, I am snarky so I probably would have added “like an idiot”)

Libs can’t handle facts. Period. So don’t be upset if they fly off the handle. When an emotional reaction is shown to be just that, based on emotion and not truth (facts, not their twisted logic), they let all that emotion explode! It is the only way to try to convince you that all those squishy feelings are important.

That is a good thing, as it shows them to be childish and irrational. You won’t change a true lib’s feelings, but somebody else nearby may actually use their brain and learn something, and not continue to just parrot what some lib has told them.

Now, as to your “friend”.... he needs to grow a pair and not be afraid of what others might or might not think about him or you. If someone is going to sit and spew garbage, he should be challenged. Polite acquiescence is what has us in the societal trouble we are in today.


77 posted on 09/09/2007 12:11:14 AM PDT by Grammy
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To: athelass

This makes you laugh?


78 posted on 09/09/2007 12:11:38 AM PDT by txhurl (ulcer)
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To: finch

I have plenty of moonbats in my family. I used to try reason and logic on them but only found myself angry and frustrated and dreading family getogethers. I stopped trying as there was no point anyway.

Remember the old saw: Who’s the real idiot? The idiot, or the guy trying to argue with him?


79 posted on 09/09/2007 12:18:38 AM PDT by frankensnake
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To: finch
He jumped up, spit out "who cares, Bush wants to murder people throughout the world", ran out of the park, leaving his wife and his dog.

There is a fine line between harrassing liberals and abusing the mentally ill.
I wish someone could show me where it is! ;^)

80 posted on 09/09/2007 12:28:36 AM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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