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doc03

(35,382 posts)
Fri May 22, 2020, 03:51 PM May 2020

Had an argument with a MAGAt today. He

used the line there are more people that die from the flu.
I said what about S Korea they knew the same day as us and they only have a couple hundred deaths. He said that is a liberal news media lie. I said Trump said Corona virus another Democrat hoax. Trump said we only have 15 cases and it will soon be zero. Trump said it would disappear in April and we had 95000 deaths since then. Same thing that's a liberal news lie. I then left before my head exploded. These people are totally brainwashed. They only believe Fox and crazy Facebook posts. The sad thing is this guy was a staunch Democrat 6 months ago.

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Had an argument with a MAGAt today. He (Original Post) doc03 May 2020 OP
The only silver lining is that they are killing themselves more than us. lagomorph777 May 2020 #1
Yep. We have to treat everyone, esp. Conservatives, MAGAts & Overly Pious people as infected. TheBlackAdder May 2020 #19
A former Dem who's embraced the dark side during a GOP-made catastrophe. CaptYossarian May 2020 #2
For him it is race! doc03 May 2020 #7
WTF?? Alacritous Crier May 2020 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author MerryBlooms May 2020 #16
The OP didn't say they were friends n/t Cal Carpenter May 2020 #17
oh shit, my bad. I apologize and delete. Thank you! MerryBlooms May 2020 #18
I usually blame the upbringing for racism. CaptYossarian May 2020 #21
My last response was for another article. CaptYossarian May 2020 #22
If the MAGAt used logic and reason to form opnions RAB910 May 2020 #3
A staunch Dem 6 months ago? babylonsister May 2020 #4
I agree. nt Tipperary May 2020 #25
Coronavirus triggers and/or exacerbates psychiatric illnesses ecstatic May 2020 #5
My only statement now is please cure yourself by injecting bleach. kairos12 May 2020 #6
When the hell did the flu kill 95,000 people in 3 months? jmg257 May 2020 #8
34,200 in the last flu season. panader0 May 2020 #10
They're afraid want to believe that it won't harm them. These types are the ones that end up dead Thekaspervote May 2020 #11
Arguing with a MAGAt violates an important rule to live by: TomSlick May 2020 #12
That Proverbial Wisdom, Sir The Magistrate May 2020 #13
True sir, so long so long as your only goal is irritating a dumb animal. TomSlick May 2020 #15
Tell him to think for himself and quit letting Cha May 2020 #14
He was never a staunch Dem 6 months ago Arazi May 2020 #20
You should've finished with, "Obama loves you." Say it softly, then leave quickly. Hermit-The-Prog May 2020 #23
Flu burden is not precisely known but according to CDC in the 12K-61K range annually struggle4progress May 2020 #24

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
1. The only silver lining is that they are killing themselves more than us.
Fri May 22, 2020, 03:53 PM
May 2020

Though they are killing us, too.

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)
2. A former Dem who's embraced the dark side during a GOP-made catastrophe.
Fri May 22, 2020, 04:06 PM
May 2020

Was he related to Dennis Miller?

Response to doc03 (Reply #7)

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)
21. I usually blame the upbringing for racism.
Sat May 23, 2020, 11:37 AM
May 2020

Miller's uncle seems intelligent and open-minded. Did Miller fall in with some Aryans?

RAB910

(3,511 posts)
3. If the MAGAt used logic and reason to form opnions
Fri May 22, 2020, 04:09 PM
May 2020

they wouldn't be a MAGAt


You need to play to their emotions and their low IQs. You need to convince them that this a a Trump/GOP plot to lower what they pay Americans in Social Security (as an example)

babylonsister

(171,094 posts)
4. A staunch Dem 6 months ago?
Fri May 22, 2020, 04:13 PM
May 2020

I've been seething ever since this clown got into office illegally, he's done something pretty much daily that pissed me off.

He couldn't have been much of a Dem to begin with.

ecstatic

(32,733 posts)
5. Coronavirus triggers and/or exacerbates psychiatric illnesses
Fri May 22, 2020, 04:14 PM
May 2020

in some people. There's a lot more to learn regarding this phenomenon, but it's definitely something we should keep in mind when observing drastic personality changes in others.

jmg257

(11,996 posts)
8. When the hell did the flu kill 95,000 people in 3 months?
Fri May 22, 2020, 04:26 PM
May 2020

And trump himself says the numbers...even fox news has the conferences every day...wtf do these clowns think hes up there for?..?

panader0

(25,816 posts)
10. 34,200 in the last flu season.
Fri May 22, 2020, 05:21 PM
May 2020

from wiki:
CDC estimates that the burden of illness during the 2018–2019 season included an estimated 35.5 million people getting sick with influenza, 16.5 million people going to a health care provider for their illness, 490,600 hospitalizations, and 34,200 deaths from influenza (Table 1). The number of influenza-associated illnesses that occurred last season was similar to the estimated number of influenza-associated illnesses during the 2012–2013 influenza season when an estimated 34 million people had symptomatic influenza illness6.

TomSlick

(11,110 posts)
12. Arguing with a MAGAt violates an important rule to live by:
Fri May 22, 2020, 08:06 PM
May 2020

Never try to teach a pig to sing. It accomplishes nothing and irritates the pig.

The Magistrate

(95,255 posts)
13. That Proverbial Wisdom, Sir
Fri May 22, 2020, 08:18 PM
May 2020

Underrates the pleasure some may find in irritating the pig. An irritated pig can be quite entertaining....

TomSlick

(11,110 posts)
15. True sir, so long so long as your only goal is irritating a dumb animal.
Fri May 22, 2020, 08:53 PM
May 2020

Arguing policy with a MAGAt is a battle of wits against an unarmed opponent.

struggle4progress

(118,356 posts)
24. Flu burden is not precisely known but according to CDC in the 12K-61K range annually
Sat May 23, 2020, 12:02 PM
May 2020

We'll have lost 100K to COVID-19 by 1 June, and at current rates could be above 350K by the end of the year

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