I was rude to a republican today at work...

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

We had a brief discussion about the 9/11 movie and he said "You ought to be arrested for saying things like that about our President."

I said, "That seems to be the way most Republicans think about Democrats... I used to feel the same way aboout Republicans but I realized you couldn't arrest people for just being stupid."

His eyes widened and he started to say something else when I added: "If you could, Bush would have been jailed a long time ago."

He turned red and left the scene before he started swinging.

[Anakin Skywalker]

1. LOL!

[Anakin Skywalker]

2. LOL!

[LisaM]

3. No....HE was rude to YOU.

What an incredibly inappropriate and obnoxious thing to say to you - that you should be arrested for exercising a Constitutional right. What country is HE from?

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

7. Rural Alabama....

(Where I grew up).

[evlbstrd]

4. Excellent!

Very well said. I'm sick of hearing the unquestioning loyalists, myself.

[Monkeyman]

5. LOL they do turn red don't they

[Bluzmann57]

6. Lol! Good one!

That would have been funny to witness.

[Fuzz]

8. He was rude first, you just returned the favor in a brilliant way.

:)

[durrrty libby]

9. Tell him don't worry because Charles Barkley wants to save

Alabama, by running for Gov.

It may be just what the Dr ordered.

[Red Right and BLUE]

40. lol. Charles Barkley.

I dunno, he doesn't look all that smart (it's the eyes). But I'm nitpicking.

And ring ring ring ring ring ring ring, BANANA PHONE!

[citizen snips]

10. that guy deserved it.

[niyad]

11. YOU were not rude--I, on the other hand, would have looked at him and

said, "have you ever actually READ the constitution? do you even have the vaguest idea of what it says, what it stands for? Actually, I will answer my own question. It is painfully, sadly obvious that you do not, and you have demonstrated that you are too ignorant for me to even try to engage in dialogue with you" and walked away.

[Lindacooks]

12. That's fabulous. If he brings it up again, ask him

exactly what words he used when talking about President Clinton, and how 'he should be arrested for saying things like that about our President'.

[Catherine Vincent]

13. If you really said that, that was good!

And wth is this "You ought to be arrested for saying things like that about our President." crap? They deserve what you told them and much more after saying that tripe.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

15. I said it.... The thing that got me is that it seemed to validate my

suspicions as to the level of their hatred.

[Glenda]

41. They do have a surprising level or hatred

Today a right-winger at work said "I see dead liberals." He thought it was funny. I'm going to wait until I have just the right response to him.

These people have all the power yet they're such miserable creatures. Maybe it's because they're such assholes and they have no friends. RW-ers can't even get along with other RW-ers, I notice.

[CarlVK]

14. How police state.

You should have asked him which Goebells training manual he got that one from. Er, maybe not. He probably thinks Goebells is a baby food product.

[Catherine Vincent]

16. Btw, what did you say about "our" president to make him say that?

LOL!

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

19. Actually, I made a comment to someone else (Dem) and made the comment that

Bush's speech tonight was going to be a reading of My Pet Goat.

[Catherine Vincent]

20. LOL! Really?

So this kool-aider would like for you to be arrested for talking that way about Bush? Good lord!

[guinivere]

17. Well done!

:evilgrin:




I think passing out copies of the Constitution (with pertinent parts highlighted) may be in order.

[liberal N proud]

18. You were simply giving him a taste of his own medicine

They are so close minded they can't take a joke aimed at their sacred cow.

[yorkiemommie1]

21. all Righty!!!

yay for you!!

[July]

22. Good work, TYJ.

I salute you.

[neoblues]

23. Since when, and where did they get the notion...

that "the President" is such a sacred being. Obviously, it only applies to 'their' president and not just to the Office of the President. Though, by using only the word "President" in their complaint, "...for saying things like that about our President", they are implying their problem is with insults to the Office. So their argument breaks down pretty fast when exposed to any kind of analysis, yet it exists in their minds in just that way. One of a collection of false, irrational, almost mythological 'beliefs'--put there by who knows who and by what means, it's not clear.

Perhaps it's via the subtle manipulation of the media, though apparently not very obvious to those less susceptible (some of the manipulation is obvious to us and not to them, but this reverence for the office and various other mental constructs aren't so easily explained). It might be easier and less of a puzzle if it came out that they'd been attending special therapy sessions to 'clear' their minds such as certain "pseudo-religions" have done, and make no mistake, this 'new' Republicanism is definitely a pseudo-religion or cult like reality--at least for the hard-core thirty percenter's (Colbert's "Backwash").

It's easy to call it stupidity, and it is stupid (absurd and a host of other disparaging adjectives apply), but we need to understand what's going on in the minds of those infected by it. How does one restore rational thought, as well as how to purge such implanted, pro-authoritarian beliefs? Just another fine question. Important because we are surrounded by the infected; facing a virtual epidemic of such thought viruses. We must find the antidote (to save these people; sans religion) and develop a vaccine (to prevent further spread of infection). We have to fight this republi-authoritarian meme with a democratic-critical-thinking meme. It scarcely helps to open their eyes, if their eyes are clouded and their minds are overrun with rules that say "don't trust liberals; refuse to believe; don't listen; reject, reject, reject anything other than the beliefs of the collective".

Which reminds me, I don't doubt that the secret republican mantra has become: "you will be assimilated; resistance is futile" and/or "praise bush, he is the way and the means, all will be laid at our feet...". Sadly, this last is only half intended as humor.

[roguevalley]

24. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[bliss_eternal]

25. Sounds like he was the rude one...

you merely defended yourself and the liberal perspective. Good for you--well done, Sir! :applause:

[whistle]

26. Good for you, I hope he isn't your boss

[BattyDem]

27. Arrested for saying something bad against the President?

Isn't that what they used to do in the old Soviet Union and in Nazi Germany and in Saddam Hussein's Iraq?

Someone needs to tell these idiots that demanding blind obedience and unquestioning loyalty is not patriotism - it's fascism. They love to wave the flag, but they have no idea what it actually stands for. Patriotism is not waving the flag; patriotism is fighting for what that flag represents.

[mcscajun]

28. Rude? Maybe, but No more than he deserved.

And you were eloquent in your rudeness.
:applause:
A short rejoinder for next time: Oh, you mean like the Communists used to do with their dissenters?

[and-justice-for-all]

29. Delete

[and-justice-for-all]

30. Delete

[MzNov]

31. Good job. nt

[havocmom]

32. Good ta see ya back on your game

:woohoo:

What WILL they do when they can't goad us into silence? Their teeny tiny heads will :nuke:

[and-justice-for-all]

33. Next time, Make'em cry!

[speedoo]

34. You gave it to him good.

Stupid rethug idiot. He deserved it, Well done!!

[lonestarnot]

35. Sounds like one of those who would reign over others if he could

get away with it. Who would decide for you what you should like and dislike, think and not think, whether you should be jailed not due to breaking any laws, but for breaking with his approval of a fake patriarchal privilege and out of his own fear revealed to himself. Beware of him if you have to see him often.

[Canuckistanian]

36. My response would be slightly different

And would probably end in a call to 911.

To say that I would be arrested for criticizing Chimpy is like telling me I'd be arrested for breathing.

It would not end well.

[Skittles]

37. SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEET

you receive the Skittles Stamp of APPROVAL

[cassiepriam]

38. I have been feeling the strong urge to start talking like

this to people too. It is time. And to hell with the consequences.

[Red Right and BLUE]

39. lmfao

A+++++++++++++++++++++

K&R

[xchrom]

42. well done!

:applause: