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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis is what we are up against in a nutshell
Just read the answers.
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20161214193042AAWvUtC
We can't reach out to these people, they won't compromise, there is no 'understanding' them. We have to work without them, build networks more effective than their networks, and more.
kimbutgar
(21,137 posts)It's a cesspool I won't stick my toe into. Better for your mental health to not go there.
Initech
(100,067 posts)Cesspool doesn't begin to define it.
Horse with no Name
(33,956 posts)They are completely devoid of facts.
I personally am having a very hard time wondering how we can even share a country with these people.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,014 posts)Got to move on without them - or at least hope they lose interest and stop voting.
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)Without determining that we can't plan for a future strategy.
Bryant
RKP5637
(67,107 posts)Warpy
(111,253 posts)where everything is backward. It's why I don't go there. I'm not surprised that they have never looked up the definition of "fascism" or that they don't know Clinton won the popular vote by 3 million votes, they just seem to hear a bunch of nonsense from the pulpit and believe it, especially when it's backed up by talk radio.
I said 8 years ago when Obama was elected with a slim majority in Congress that he needed to take advantage of his first 2 years by steamrolling right over the rabid right, that they'd never give an inch. I was correct but nobody listens to me.
Were the Democrats in Congress finally to grow spines, the wisest course for them over the next 4 years would be to play the same procedural games the GOP has used for so long and hamstring the Trump agenda until they force the rabid right to change the procedures.
Then, should we ever win a majority, we might have a chance.
Until then, read that Yahoo page, realize we have been cheated again and will continue to be cheated because when god says you don't have to obey laws, play by the rules, or treat people decently, the godly will fail to do so.
Calculating
(2,955 posts)After I saw that comment where a guy was talking about Obama being the "Arab who occupied the WH for 8 years". Some people are just too god damn stupid and consumed by hatred to even be reasoned with.
Rex
(65,616 posts)"Who wrote this dumb question? Trump lost the popular vote bigly, more voters did NOT come out for him. Clinton slaughtered him by almost 3 million votes. And you dummies are answering "yes" like its a valid question."
HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)Oh my fucking God. GET SMARTER, EVERYONE.