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imanamerican63

(13,823 posts)
Thu Aug 26, 2021, 04:18 PM Aug 2021

A friend of mine just called me.

He has a neighbor’s who is a Trumper. They had a discussion about the airlift and the bombing this morning on the phone. He had to hang up his neighbor after his neighbor blames only the Democratic Presidents for the war dating back to President Carter. He said his neighbor was spewing Fox News rants and then he accused my neighbor of a traitor. My neighbor is a Reagan Republican, but has become a true hater of the Republican Party.

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A friend of mine just called me. (Original Post) imanamerican63 Aug 2021 OP
talking to them is pointless XanaDUer2 Aug 2021 #1
They are uneducable SheltieLover Aug 2021 #3
my so tries constantly XanaDUer2 Aug 2021 #6
Good advice! SheltieLover Aug 2021 #7
Self-preservation comes first. badhair77 Aug 2021 #8
My so is disabled and home a lot XanaDUer2 Aug 2021 #11
He blamed President Carter for our invasion of Afghanistan? wryter2000 Aug 2021 #2
Why stop at Carter? DURHAM D Aug 2021 #4
🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠 roamer65 Aug 2021 #5
I have a family member calling for Biden to be removed nitpicker Aug 2021 #9
The friend's gone extremist. This is what extremism is like. Hortensis Aug 2021 #10
"He had to hang up his neighbor..." luv2fly Aug 2021 #12

badhair77

(4,222 posts)
8. Self-preservation comes first.
Thu Aug 26, 2021, 04:31 PM
Aug 2021

I’ve given up trying to reason with the ones who are really dug in. They’re hopeless.

wryter2000

(46,099 posts)
2. He blamed President Carter for our invasion of Afghanistan?
Thu Aug 26, 2021, 04:20 PM
Aug 2021

Reminds me of the idiot rwnj's who insisted BushII kept us safe for 8 years.

nitpicker

(7,153 posts)
9. I have a family member calling for Biden to be removed
Thu Aug 26, 2021, 04:40 PM
Aug 2021

Ignoring that there was ((almost certainly)) going to be no easy exit, no matter who won in 2020.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
10. The friend's gone extremist. This is what extremism is like.
Thu Aug 26, 2021, 04:41 PM
Aug 2021

LW or RW -- irrational, aggressively righteous beliefs supported by a rat's nest of lies internalized to justify ruthless behaviors.

Society's job has always been to keep extremism in check. Or reap the whirlwind.

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