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In reply to the discussion: Ignorant people are really starting to bum me out. [View all]Cleita
(75,480 posts)37. I would have but he decided he didn't want to finish the conversation
he had started with me.
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Its mindset and paradigms which are fundamental to their perception of reality.
airplaneman
Mar 2013
#26
Good for you. Don't let these idiots go unchallenged (while keeping yourself safe, of course). n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Mar 2013
#7
That's very wise. More and more people are starting to crack under the pressure all the time. n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Mar 2013
#44
They're angry because their emotional response isn't supported by the facts.
DirkGently
Mar 2013
#12
Your comment, "this is what is wrong with old people today" is rather broad-brushed, isn't it?.....
OldDem2012
Mar 2013
#11
No, you're just getting fed up with the people you encounter who turn out to be ignorant....
OldDem2012
Mar 2013
#14
I take umbrage to all the references in posts to "old white men" blah, blah, blah...
xtraxritical
Mar 2013
#40
Many posts use the term old white men and you generalize "old people" the same way. nuff said.
xtraxritical
Mar 2013
#48
Did you follow him to the local Moose Lodge to hear him talk about the hippie he met?
Spitfire of ATJ
Mar 2013
#36
A conservative I know I bought about 40 pismo clams, and tried to tell me they were bay scallops.
Zorra
Mar 2013
#42
I have been around diffrent areas of the country and it never surprises me.
Knightraven
Mar 2013
#50
One of the problems you're encountering, has to do with education and integrity,
Trillo
Mar 2013
#54