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hauckeye

(631 posts)
Tue Feb 12, 2019, 12:54 PM Feb 2019

Need a good comeback for a right-wing meme

Some of my (unfortunately) right-wing Facebook friends post memes stating "if you lock your doors at night, you believe in a wall" or something similar. What's a good comeback? Of course it won't change anyone's mind but I'll have fun with it. I was thinking something like "I lock my doors against my fellow Americans, not against asylum seekers".

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Need a good comeback for a right-wing meme (Original Post) hauckeye Feb 2019 OP
What is it with their binary mindset? gratuitous Feb 2019 #1
If you lock your doors, a boot will get that person it, but it is proof of a breaking and entering. TheBlackAdder Feb 2019 #41
It's a common trait with Conservatives. LakeSuperiorView Feb 2019 #45
You lock your doors against anyone that does not belong in your house. hughee99 Feb 2019 #2
You are on the right track...I would say "You're damn right I lock my doors because it is UniteFightBack Feb 2019 #3
I lock my doors because to many Americans believe in the NRA. OldEurope Feb 2019 #4
my house is not 3000 miles long EveHammond13 Feb 2019 #5
yeah I was using the Rio Grande as a wall, then it got diverted, so.... EveHammond13 Feb 2019 #6
or there's always the simple and direct EveHammond13 Feb 2019 #7
There's not a door or wall that can protect generations of Americans from the damages mia Feb 2019 #8
By that logic, if your house has a roof, then the entire country needs one, too. mart48 Feb 2019 #9
BUILD THE BUBBLE! BUILD THE BUBBLE! JHB Feb 2019 #10
Finish the Bubble!!! Finish the Bubbel!! LakeSuperiorView Feb 2019 #46
And 3 more walls treestar Feb 2019 #23
And a furnace for central air ProudLib72 Feb 2019 #32
That's my winner right there. Blue1963 Feb 2019 #34
If you need the wall, get Mexico to pay for it Miigwech Feb 2019 #11
I think your 2nd point is the key. Asking if they are still going to lock their doors after the wall okaawhatever Feb 2019 #14
Agreed Miigwech Feb 2019 #15
Of course I have locks and lock them because safeinOhio Feb 2019 #21
Haaaaahaaaaa, good one Miigwech Feb 2019 #33
Because I have a lock on the door of my home, I don't need a border wall. NCjack Feb 2019 #12
Tell them you're more afraid of the nut next door with the guns than Latino toddlers. Vinca Feb 2019 #13
"Yeah, well, I have to: a lot of Republicans have moved into the neighborhood" struggle4progress Feb 2019 #16
Tell 'em to remember that the house in question is sitting on land stolen Tanuki Feb 2019 #17
Here ya go Baltimike Feb 2019 #18
Love this!!! hauckeye Feb 2019 #20
I live in a red area of a blue state...I know what you're going through. nt Baltimike Feb 2019 #39
My house door is not an international border governed by treaties. n/t Apollyonus Feb 2019 #19
Oh bother. Two simple words work: hunter Feb 2019 #22
I would just tell them to move to the edge of the Flat Earth maxrandb Feb 2019 #24
Criminals don't use the front door. Xolodno Feb 2019 #25
Even Heaven ONLY has a GATE! bluestarone Feb 2019 #26
They'll get in if they want, that's why I have cameras underpants Feb 2019 #27
If I'm scared of being robbed, I lock my doors. John Fante Feb 2019 #28
For a meme war on face book with RW's, you will find all the memes you need at StTimofEdenRoc Feb 2019 #29
Just ask them if they fell and hit their head on the toilet. LuckyCharms Feb 2019 #30
I lock my doors because I'm... 3catwoman3 Feb 2019 #31
"We're not talking about locks. We're talking about a wall. Have you built a wall around Squinch Feb 2019 #35
I have a lock on my door to keep people out, but the border Perrenial Voter Feb 2019 #36
My house is private property Jimbo S Feb 2019 #37
I'd say DFW Feb 2019 #38
Hatred and division Nancy Waterman Feb 2019 #40
The lock on my house came with it, it was something I paid for. Mexico is to pay for that wall! TheBlackAdder Feb 2019 #42
Standard retort in these cases. "More ignorant white wing BS." Hoyt Feb 2019 #43
How about this: Bullshit. marble falls Feb 2019 #44
Un-friend them. Who the hell wants right-wing Facebook "friends"? VOX Feb 2019 #47
I lock my doors and gate; I don't solder locks all around the house Recursion Feb 2019 #48

TheBlackAdder

(28,167 posts)
41. If you lock your doors, a boot will get that person it, but it is proof of a breaking and entering.
Tue Feb 12, 2019, 05:39 PM
Feb 2019

.

Besides a person lying, creating a his word against theirs, it helps with home owners insurance.

.

 

LakeSuperiorView

(1,533 posts)
45. It's a common trait with Conservatives.
Wed Feb 13, 2019, 09:31 AM
Feb 2019

White/Black - no shades of gray. It's intellectually lazy, true/false tests are much easier than multiple choice or essay. One has to be comfortable with hypocrisy to have a binary worldview, twisting reality to fit your views, regardless of facts.

Fundamentalists fit right in, as belief that the Babbel is the literal word of gawd preconditions one to hypocrisy.

hughee99

(16,113 posts)
2. You lock your doors against anyone that does not belong in your house.
Tue Feb 12, 2019, 12:59 PM
Feb 2019

I think that response wouldn’t help much.

OldEurope

(1,273 posts)
4. I lock my doors because to many Americans believe in the NRA.
Tue Feb 12, 2019, 01:04 PM
Feb 2019

Or
I lock my doors because Trump made rage against fellow humans a valid lifestyle

mia

(8,360 posts)
8. There's not a door or wall that can protect generations of Americans from the damages
Tue Feb 12, 2019, 01:08 PM
Feb 2019

done to our country by the presidency of Donald J. Trump.

 

LakeSuperiorView

(1,533 posts)
46. Finish the Bubble!!! Finish the Bubbel!!
Wed Feb 13, 2019, 09:34 AM
Feb 2019

He told me it was started and under construction!!!

Can't wait to have it dump all the snow into Canadia!!

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
32. And a furnace for central air
Tue Feb 12, 2019, 04:52 PM
Feb 2019

Guess that's 1600 Pennsylvania Ave blowing all that hot air around the country.

 

Miigwech

(3,741 posts)
11. If you need the wall, get Mexico to pay for it
Tue Feb 12, 2019, 01:14 PM
Feb 2019

or
If there is a wall, will you still lock your doors?

okaawhatever

(9,457 posts)
14. I think your 2nd point is the key. Asking if they are still going to lock their doors after the wall
Tue Feb 12, 2019, 01:45 PM
Feb 2019

is built shows that you don't lock your doors because there isn't a wall. Of course, if you lock your doors someone can still build a tunnel, same as they do at the border.

A multi-billion dollar safety feature that can be defeated with a shovel won't keep you safe.

Tanuki

(14,914 posts)
17. Tell 'em to remember that the house in question is sitting on land stolen
Tue Feb 12, 2019, 02:07 PM
Feb 2019

from Indians by our collective ancestors in one if most vicious genocides in human history and they can go fuck themselves if they think some quibble over a door or a wall has in any way mitigates their passive enjoyment of the evil fruits of such an epic crime against humanity. Your reply is also good.

underpants

(182,603 posts)
27. They'll get in if they want, that's why I have cameras
Tue Feb 12, 2019, 04:40 PM
Feb 2019

and there are cameras on the border. Is this too difficult for you to understand?

Something like that b

John Fante

(3,479 posts)
28. If I'm scared of being robbed, I lock my doors.
Tue Feb 12, 2019, 04:43 PM
Feb 2019

I don't demand that a giant wall be built around my neighborhood.

 

StTimofEdenRoc

(445 posts)
29. For a meme war on face book with RW's, you will find all the memes you need at
Tue Feb 12, 2019, 04:44 PM
Feb 2019

union thugs face book page.

https://www.facebook.com/Union-Thugs-367105936678679/?__xts__[0]=68.ARDqs_TdptsbNPn8tkOUYYCV3SavZkSZCPJ36ELWbHaH8KaLkNaIlKOSUmU9dGr3Wc_KpRcrSRA6wx1-X6u5HGgCLgAtns2EZEeWuwCKIR7CTBjiHqwFSDAEMGzFq3HvDd8ScaOzb1iQDR9anGsv9iog5XuBoCZhvfiAVXsbzx1bdWRv4VEoGbJu5KuMoUDZZx6tZJzkQ08S3ZQtkWsx3gO1GHsHTv91zcNcWv0K8zrKY2ILIJ4oXVwPkZJvKYbVUpnlCEIB_nTfQaKCU3kJE10ctbHFNtoX9wyHHLJ5ceyhwze_Btz9zRYw7n4s5ckVzme3uqtsmdRLzDWTLx2TdWKNmw&__tn__=k*F&tn-str=k*F

Squinch

(50,911 posts)
35. "We're not talking about locks. We're talking about a wall. Have you built a wall around
Tue Feb 12, 2019, 05:12 PM
Feb 2019

your house? No? Because you have locks on the door and a wall would not increase your security? Well, we have locks at the border. Those are surveillance, strategically placed fences, border guards, and designated crossing areas. A wall isn't going to increase our security."

Then tell him that if he builds a big steel wall around his house, you'll believe he wants the wall for any reason other than to stick it to the libruls.

 

Perrenial Voter

(173 posts)
36. I have a lock on my door to keep people out, but the border
Tue Feb 12, 2019, 05:23 PM
Feb 2019

wall is to keep American's in -- once Trump's policies have had their full impact, we will be trying to escape. That's why Trump is so sure he can get Mexico to pay for it.

DFW

(54,281 posts)
38. I'd say
Tue Feb 12, 2019, 05:33 PM
Feb 2019

"I have to lock my doors because of people like you, not because of people looking to save themselves and their children from drug barons and starvation."

Nancy Waterman

(6,407 posts)
40. Hatred and division
Tue Feb 12, 2019, 05:39 PM
Feb 2019

The wall stands for hatred and division. It is the essence of what trump and his cyber storm troopers stand for.

VOX

(22,976 posts)
47. Un-friend them. Who the hell wants right-wing Facebook "friends"?
Wed Feb 13, 2019, 09:46 AM
Feb 2019

I've had a couple, and have had to unfriend them. People who still support 45 and Republicans after all that's happened, are dead to me. They don't budge, they're proud of their cult. I don't want anything more to do with them.

I sound like a crank, but I'm really just a friendly, peace-loving liberal dude who's sick to death of all the hypocrisy, lies and treasonous behavior. The very idea of Donald Trump as president of the United States is completely insane-- even more so today than in January 2017. Why should a majority of Americans be forced to put up with this ignorant, hate-filled monster?

Recursion

(56,582 posts)
48. I lock my doors and gate; I don't solder locks all around the house
Wed Feb 13, 2019, 10:26 AM
Feb 2019

We have fencing and barriers in places where people are trying to cross the border. It does some good. But we're not going to engineer a more effective barrier than the Great Sonoran Desert.

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