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Since they come from Planet Foxworld where truth means nothing they have to travel through a wormhole to reach Earth, and the supper table.
Do not let them control "any conversation" about politics.
Trump has told over 14,000 bald faced lies, and if they believe any of them, they are not qualified to have an opinion, unless they agree ahead of time that what they "believe" is based on pure fantasy.
On the campaign trail Trump said he would pay off the national debt if elected. How is that working out? Just one lie.
And yes Trump should be jailed, and not impeached. He has been a criminal his whole life, but in America rich people don't ever get to go to jail unless they rape 100 little girls.
It is called Cognitive Debiasing.
When a human believes something, and sees undeniable proof that what they believe is wrong, they believe it twice as hard. It is what makes people Republicans, and why they watch Fox to get their lies / fantasies reinforced by more lies and fantasies. I remember when Sean Hannity said we found WMD's in Iraq. Great example.
Just remind them that once upon a time one didn't have to be a TRAITOR to vote Republican. In fact you once knew Republicans that didn't think Russia should be 100% in charge of our foreign policy. We supported our allies, and not our enemies.
If they can't stop drooling baseless lies, ask them how many times Jesus would vote to repeal Obamacare. Ask them if they knew that if the 1% paid off our entire national debt they would still have half their wealth.
Let me know if you need more ammo.
I have 500,000 railroad cars full of FACTS you can use on your deranged drooling Republican waste of human life relatives if they won't stop babbling lies.
These days "politics is about right and wrong" and you are glad you are on the side of "right" and "truth" and they simply justify TRUE EVIL. Evil like ripping babies from the arms of mothers fleeing for their lives seeking sanctuary. Remember when America welcomed refugees. Oh wait, only white ones.....
And remind them there is no way any Republican will ever get to Heaven. Heaven is for good people, and not zombies that support lying rapists who enjoys hurting people and do NOTHING but evil and try to hurt more people to avoid justice.
By the way my Republican relatives don't talk politics with me. Ever. They are still family.....
They understand how I feel. Republicans are a Disease.
Cirque du So-What
(26,020 posts)No dependence on those socialist highways and streets.
Hugin
(33,222 posts)No handouts! Up-by-the-bootstraps!
NO SOCIALIZINGISM!!i!!1!!
You've got to admit... It's exactly what Trump would do and they should get used to it.
melm00se
(4,997 posts)try this: steer away from political conversations at family/holiday dinners.
Always successful? no.
Worth the effort? absolutely.
You only get one family, there is no reason to allow things like politics to break up family.
Yeah yeah yeah, I get it, it's always ( ) Republican family members' fault...but still no reason to drive wedges into familial relationships over something that as petty and unimportant as politics.
Ligyron
(7,640 posts)But, of course we are the sane ones.
Thanks for the info on Cognitive Debiasing. I seem to remember reading something very similar concerning some studies which were set up and the methodology used and I bet it was about this.
That's the other thing, we read and they tend not to. When they do, it's usually propaganda and full of erroneous information and confirmation bias.