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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy can the right wing blast hate and false information but, if I counter them with facts, I am...
told to shut up and that I shouldn't be discussing politics?
I had 5 right wing idiots engage with me today, assuming that I will agree with their views and lies. But when I don't agree with them and counter their bull shit with truth, I get heat for it.
muntrv
(14,505 posts)Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)Hayduke Bomgarte
(1,965 posts)Or manners. Or integrity. Or clues. Or morals. Or loyalties beyond money. Or honor. Or anything substantive to offer.
Demeter
(85,373 posts)Idiocy is not the sole province of the Right. There are idiots everywhere, especially when they get paid to be idiots!
mstinamotorcity2
(1,451 posts)the Truth
hamsterjill
(15,214 posts)In my opinion, much of it is because they simply can't argue because they don't really, really understand the subject matter. So much of what these people do is simple parroting.
There's a difference in parroting and understanding!
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)It is pure emotion. For example, except for obvious terrible ideas, no one knows how to maximize output and employment in an economy. A bad idea would include 75% consumption tax or price controls.
So we elect someone to get the economy going. Despite their beliefs otherwise, what they do may be good for the economy or good but there is no knowing either way. It is untestable.
Maedhros
(10,007 posts)about Glenn Greenwald - they're dishonest.