A Perfect Meme Answers Question - Why does the far left have so much trouble speaking courteously?

[kpete]

[SWBTATTReg]

1. Wise words.

[onetexan]

47. Second that!

[Solly Mack]

2. Please be civil to us while we explain to you why you are unAmerican, immoral, and not worthy of

rights.

That about sums them up.

[smb]

20. Yep

[crickets]

31. 👆👆

[MustLoveBeagles]

44. Ha!

[Solly Mack]

46. Exactly so.

[Walleye]

3. Try a civil debate with these people. They are saying we are "lecturing" them

[KentuckyWoman]

33. In 2008

The wife of my nephew started blathering about how "B. Hussein Obama" was not even a citizen. I let her run for awhile and started (I swear) a very polite conversation.

(He wasn't born in the US)
Yes, Hawaii is a state. They became a state in 1959 and Barack Obama was born in 1961.

(But he was really born in Kenya)
Where does it say you have to be born on US soil? John McCain was born in Panama.

(But his Dad is Kenyan)
Where does it say both parents have to be American citizens? His mother is a white woman from Kansas.

(But he isn't a real Christian - he's Muslim)
I don't understand. Are you saying only Christians are allowed to be American?

At this she stomped off screaming bloody hell, dragged poor husband (my nephew) out of the shower and buried herself in her bedroom for the next 2 days with a "headache".

I asked if I need to move to a hotel for the night. He said no. "She gets like this sometimes". I was leaving the next day anyway. She's not spoken to me since. Shame is my guess.

Anecdotal, but it is a perfect example of your comment.

[Chili]

40. good for you

You have way more patience than I do!

[Fla Dem]

4. This is exactly how I feel. It's time for the Dems to start hitting back

To hell with Manchin. His "bipartisan" crap is to just cover his ass with voters in WVa. There is nothing bipartisan with the Rethugs. With them it's our way or the highway. We have to start taking off the gloves and do what's right for America!

[LittleGirl]

10. It's time he comes into the 21 century nt

[RVN VET71]

14. He is actually in the 21st century.

But as a regressive abettor of fascist-plutocracy. Manchin ain’t gonna change -- except, maybe, to come out of the closet and join the Republican Party. He’s useless baggage to Biden and the Democrats, as is Sinema. Biden’s Administration is maintaining a level of cordiality with these 2 characters until 2022. If the 2022 mid-terms give the President the Senate and House he needs -- without playing nice with Manchin and Sinema -- they’ll be cut loose to drown in a pool of their own insignificance.

But if the mid-terms strengthen the political power of dyspeptic fascism in the Federal government, Biden might just as well pass whatever EO’s he can to complicate things for the Republicans -- and prepare to retire to a quiet and well deserved restful old age in Delaware in 2024. (Assuming, of course, that the Fascisti Brown Shirts allow him to do so.)

Two possible pathways to the future:
1. The Dems lose seats in the Senate and House in 2022, and America dies, and is replaced by a state ruled by the fascist rich
2. The Dems gain seats in the Senate and House in 2022, America gets back on the path to restoration of economic and political rights, Biden becomes the new FDR, and Kamala Harris becomes, in 2024 the first ever woman of color to be elected President.

[LittleGirl]

18. Coming from a voter from Az

I want Sinema primaried. I will not vote for her again. She blew it.
I want a true progressive that actually votes with the liberals.
Screw Manchin and Sinema. Their time is running out.

[RVN VET71]

22. No argument here.

I think their time has actually run out, though. Oh, they have a hold on their Senate seats through the end of their terms. But after that they will be cast off into the winds. The Fascists* won’t want them and the Dems have enough sense (I have to give them at least that much sense) to kick them to the curb.


*Meaning, of course, the GOP.

[LittleGirl]

25. I honestly don't care where they go

They can go to hell as far as I’m concerned. We must replace them with true progressives.

[Dan]

29. Option 1 - America look at our role model, Syria.

[RVN VET71]

51. It can't happen here!

Or something.

[msfiddlestix]

53. I wish I could be optimistic with Harris winning an election following Biden's tenure.

I don't see how it will be possible. Unless, something miraculous happens regarding nationalizing Presidential and Congressional elections and getting rid of the Electoral College.. which would involve significant majority in House and Senate to put this into effect vis a vis Constitutional Amendments and so on.

I don't see the path forward without a significant majority right now, which we don't have. Is it possible for it become so in 2022?

Can't remember how many seats in the Senate are "flippable" in our favor, but it still doesn't add up to 2/3 rds majority if memory serves last I checked.

If we are facing voter suppression on a super-massive scale, the likes not seen in my life time (and it's been bad for a long time). how do we get a Kamala Harris as President considering the landscape as it is shaping up currently?

[Scrivener7]

5. Also, I must say I have NEVER had a contentious political conversation that I started.

EVERY TIME it was started by a Magat.

They cannot be in a room without righteously spouting some political nonsense or another that is designed to make themselves feel superior to the liberals in the room.

And it is usually the stupidest thing anyone in the room has heard in a while.

[Grins]

6. Yes. Me too.

And when you counter them into the corner of their own making THEY lash out, or try to “Yeah - BUT…” their way out, or another favorite, “Well, ALL I KNOW IS….”

Well, if that is all you know maybe YOU should just admit you don’t know shit and shut up.

[FoxNewsSucks]

12. Same here, yet the argument is always our fault.

I used to attend two work meetings a year where several were rightwingers, and there were a couple who would regularly argue with me. It was generally kinda fun for us, but there were also a couple hardcore rightists who weren't particularly nice. Yet some of the non-political people always asked ME to stop the political discussions.

I just said, "pay attention - I don't start it. I'm just not gonna stand here and let lies go unchallenged. If you don't want political discussions, tell them to either stop lying or talk about something else."

They start it, but the liberal gets blamed for arguing.

[Scrivener7]

15. You could be talking about egg recipes, and they work it in.

In my family zoom, we have a saying: "Who had bizarre non-sequitur political assholery in the family zoom bingo board?"

Because the Magat always throws something obnoxious into the conversation in the most awkward way.

[FoxNewsSucks]

16. It's on their minds 24/7.

I overhear them at the Y. Usually don't say anything because I don't want to waste time.

I asked a few why they couldn't even take a break from it long enough to go to the gym, and they really had no answer. It's an addiction. There are more than a few who seemed to literally show symptoms similar to drug withdrawal if there wasn't a tv around with the Fox "news" Sewer on it.

[LittleGirl]

19. Good grief!

That’s my sister! Fox spews out of her mouth constantly!

[oldsoftie]

38. The belief of the lie certainly IS addictive.

I see a few on Fb who just cannot go a day without posting something about the "voter fraud" and ALL the evidence out there. Which STILL hasnt been shown of course.
Now they pin their hopes on the Arizona fiasco

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. USA does not have good representation in government these days. RepubliQons can't win fair elections

[keithbvadu2]

8. Courtesy and civility?

Courtesy and civility?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E6bmFCpWYAIl5vB?format=jpg&name=small

Link to tweet

[pazzyanne]

24. YES!!! nt

[11 Bravo]

32. She seems nice.

[oldsoftie]

39. Its just SO stupid. Why does it have to be vulgar?

She could easily put up signs saying "Not my president" or whatever, which would leave no doubt what her position is. Why the need to just be an ass?

[paleotn]

9. Indeed. Obama's presidency is marked...

with numerous cases of trying to work with Republicans, and look where it got him. You cannot rationally debate issues and find comon ground with people who take positions that are completely irrational and hold on to that irrationality like it's some half ass religious edict. You can't.

[George II]

11. You catch a lot more flies with honey than you do with vinegar.

[YoshidaYui]

13. Maybe

Because the far right are such assholes.

[underpants]

17. Many of them are permanently triggered.

They lost it during the Obama years (after the W turdfest trifecta) and they just can’t cope. Simple easy answers always sell and if you can stop people at fear, you have them as long as there’s no hope within their sights.

[NJCher]

21. About 2 x a week

I talk to my brother on the phone about every other day. He lives in the thick of r-w stupidity. About twice a week he gets some random asshole who wants to rant and rave about Biden or Harris.

He tells them politely that he doesn’t discuss personalities, but he will discuss issues.

They never want to continue with that discussion.

[pazzyanne]

23. Amen and agree wholeheartedly!!! nt

[Progressive Jones]

26. The word "libtard" alone is why I won't be civil to

the filthy right wing trash, but there's also a lot more.

Fuck their feelings.

[ShazzieB]

34. That one grinds my gears almost more than any other RW insult.

The part that bothers me the most is that it's not just insulting to the one(s) it's aimed at. The second syllable is a childish, ableist slur which is hurtful to a certain segment of the population, no matter how it's used or who the target is.

[The Unmitigated Gall]

27. It was back in '94 or '95 when my future ex-father in law...

A hard-right acolyte of Newt Gingrich and Rush Limbaugh, leaned back in his patio chair at a small family gathering and said “All the democrats should be shot. They should just take ‘em all out and shoot them...” I’m a dem of course but at the time was in love with his daughter so I decided to strategically keep my shut and approach the situation like an anthropologist observing and noting. So that what’s observable and notable now is a level of hypocrisy stunning to behold in an extreme right utterly immoral and shameless.

[FakeNoose]

30. Well said, and I love your name

[Pepsidog]

28. You gotta punch the bully right in the face.

[Martin68]

35. Excellent!!!!!

[Champp]

36. .

[WarGamer]

37. this nation, as it's composed today is a failing State.

We're going the way of Yugoslavia and I'm not sure we're wise enough to avoid the bloodshed part and go straight for the independent nations living in peace as neighbors part.

[Evolve Dammit]

41. Fuck the right. They offer nothing constructive for this country. Nothing.

[griffi94]

42. Best meme ever.

Certainly how I feel about it.

[usaf-vet]

52. Me too!

[colsohlibgal]

43. Agree Totally

We’ve played nice while they play dirty. We need to go for the jugular.

I have no use for the crazy evil greedy creeps.

We need to play hardball or I fear the near future.

[GoneOffShore]

45. I follow Al Nelson on Quora. Consistently good answers.

[calimary]

48. No kidding.

[Mike Nelson]

49. Great meme!

... I would add some more ways the far right are discourteous. Beating police officers with the US flag is one I cite often... that usually shuts up the Trumpster.

[DemocraticPatriot]

50. Because they are such fucking assholes now, that's why! :) nt