Facebook exchange with a RWer:

[lastlib]

Me: "If you voted twice for the man who released 5,000 Taliban fighters from prison, abandoned our Kurdish allies in Syria, tried to nuke hurricanes, tossed paper towels to Puerto Ricans, saluted a North Korean general, pushed hydroxychloroquine, bleach, and UV light to fight a pandemic while watching 600K Americans die in it, tweeted Mussolini quotes, and said Hitler did good things, your opinion of Joe Biden's competence is laughably irrelevant."

RWer: "keep laughing, cuz the joke's on you and your false equivalencies. I didn't vote for him once, let alone twice. Blind sheep like you who gobble up this dichotomous division driven agenda are so intellectually infantile that it is impossible for you to evaluate and form an opinion of support or opposition beyond a political affiliation. You're actually so stupid as to believe that Republicans can do no right and Democrats can do no wrong. You're nothing more than a cultist worshipping at the altar of progressive leftist ideology."


Me: "My, what an intelligent rejoinder! I guess I am totally defeated by the scintillating intellect by which I am confronted. I hereby offer my abject surrender to your superior cerebral ministrations.
(**Snort!!**)"

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(on an IQ test, I'm pretty sure I'd run circles around the guy.)

[vanlassie]

1. Also either he lied about not voting for T***

Or, he’s a non voter, which makes him a deadbeat.

[lastlib]

5. He's a voter.

Big fan of Ron & Rand Paul. Serious gun-humper, libertarian-type, Tea-party type. Comes from a fundagelical family. Yea, I'm surprised he doesn't wear a MAGA hat.

[Azathoth]

6. He voted Trump. He just won't admit it.

His stilted ravings are boilerplate tea party/maga incoherence.

[blm]

7. He's lying. He lied to help win an argument because he

had no truth to try and do it.

[Sherman A1]

2. Yup

That and two buck will buy you a cup of coffee.

[brush]

3. The "snort" at the end was an excellent touch.

[doc03]

4. I have noticed on facebook there could be a post about

kittens and a Rethug has make it political. It's always something about libtards or commies. There was a post a couple days ago where someone shared a post with pictures of Yosemite and someone had to say something about California Libtards. At least 9 times out of 10 it is always the Rethug that starts it. Republicans like to claim they are registered Democrats.

[smirkymonkey]

10. This is true.

They always start it, no matter how innocuous the subject of the original post. They are just overflowing with hatred and anger 24/7 and can't let anything go by without making it political. It must be an exhausting way to live.

[dslyahoo]

8. RWer Response

The response you got from the RWer is almost verbatim to a response I received from one a few weeks ago. I think they have canned responses that they feel trigger people (it did me at first), but it turns out they never provide original thoughtful content. Only repeating the sound bites and memes they hear endlessly.

The person I responded to had a public profile and I saw that he had some similar interests - motorcycles and hiking. So I responded in turn trying to make a human connection. The response? Again the same RWer tirade. It didn’t seem they know any other way.

[lastlib]

11. I decided the best strategy was to not take the bait.

(mainly because he's the son of a long-time friend.) I think it's a common behavioral trait among RWers to lash out when their POV is challenged.

[WarGamer]

9. I've yet to see an intelligent exchange on Facebook...