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In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton was not the 'lesser of two evils' [View all]The Mouth
(3,148 posts)207. No one has ever made someone change their mind by attacking them
You'd think some people here would figure that out.
It. Simply. Doesn't. Work. That. Way.
No matter how much you hate Trump, or wish Hillary would have won.
Calling someone a fool, evil, a closeted racist or any other insult in simply never going to get a person to agree with you. In fact attacking them, be it gently or with vitriol is the BEST way to get them to double down and NEVER change their mind.
Anyone who doesn't realize, and practice, this is doing more harm than good.
Human nature.
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Good list , well done. Saying they are not the same is not enough, also...
Eliot Rosewater
Sep 2018
#9
People were made that to think that way by massive Russian propaganda inserted into the
Fred Sanders
Sep 2018
#39
That is an offensively specious reply, Nedsdag: you know very well the poster referred to children
Hekate
Sep 2018
#152
I am personally so offended that HRC did not come to my California town PERSONALLY...
Hekate
Sep 2018
#150
Apparently if Hillary had spent her last two campaign stops in Racine, WI and Watersmeet, MI
LisaM
Sep 2018
#186
A damned shame indeed, and damnation is where we are headed. GOTV this year. nt
Hekate
Sep 2018
#153
Any vote cast for anyone other than Hillary Clinton was a de facto vote for Trump.
Aristus
Sep 2018
#100
People who voted for the Democratic nominee in the last election weren't "huge fans."
betsuni
Sep 2018
#165
Absolutely NOT...she was a liberal, one of the most liberal Senators ever.
Eliot Rosewater
Sep 2018
#183
Agreed. It's total apathetic bs coming from those to lazy to research party platforms...
brush
Sep 2018
#17
Not just you. I feel the same way of late. Why give absolute morons who bought a false
c-rational
Sep 2018
#23
I remember when the purity patrol painted environmental activist/Nobel Peace Prize winner
lapucelle
Sep 2018
#35
I really have a hard time thinking of anything "evil" about her. I was looking forward to her...
NNadir
Sep 2018
#41
I voted for Hillary Clinton because she's a wonderfully kind intelligent person who serves.
ffr
Sep 2018
#45
Our own FBI and State Department Inspector General's offices did a lot more damage with their
StevieM
Sep 2018
#188
But to ignore their opinions, which are theirs to have, is risky. Independents win elections.
7962
Sep 2018
#56
No, posts like this will never be as bad as conservatives in the fucking GOP.
MrsCoffee
Sep 2018
#185
"To me one is death by gunshot wound and the other is death by strangulation."
betsuni
Sep 2018
#194
buttery males...gasp....and those SPEECHES to the bankers..gasp....what did she say/didnt say?....
samnsara
Sep 2018
#57
"both proven liars" was the attempt to drag her to his level and people fell for it.
JHan
Sep 2018
#104
Those purist are like a plague which invades every four years and help the GOP
lunamagica
Sep 2018
#108
bill also made good use of the line-item veto which is now unconstitutional I think.
JHan
Sep 2018
#149
People said that because they heard it somewhere and don't think for themselves.
betsuni
Sep 2018
#113
Hilary was never evil. A well-financed right wing smear campaign that has been going for decades
Nitram
Sep 2018
#168
I wonder how many of those who refused to vote for the lesser of two evils were in competitive
el_bryanto
Sep 2018
#169