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liberal N proud

(60,302 posts)
Mon Jun 2, 2014, 05:19 PM Jun 2014

Why 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.

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Why can the right wing blast hate and false information but, if I counter them with facts, I am... (Original Post) liberal N proud Jun 2014 OP
They believe in monopoly of speech, not freedom of speech. Any opposition is the enemy. muntrv Jun 2014 #1
They have no answers Dawson Leery Jun 2014 #2
Or class Hayduke Bomgarte Jun 2014 #3
You have just decribed the phenomenon that taints DU Demeter Jun 2014 #4
They can't handle mstinamotorcity2 Jun 2014 #5
I face this on a daily basis in Texas. hamsterjill Jun 2014 #6
Facts are kryptonite to Teabagging Reich Wingers nt ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jun 2014 #7
Why do I hear Gomer Pyle right about now? "Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!" WinkyDink Jun 2014 #8
politica ia not based on facts or reason AngryAmish Jun 2014 #9
For the same reason that people here blast hate and false information Maedhros Jun 2014 #10

Hayduke Bomgarte

(1,965 posts)
3. Or class
Mon Jun 2, 2014, 05:30 PM
Jun 2014

Or manners. Or integrity. Or clues. Or morals. Or loyalties beyond money. Or honor. Or anything substantive to offer.

 

Demeter

(85,373 posts)
4. You have just decribed the phenomenon that taints DU
Mon Jun 2, 2014, 05:43 PM
Jun 2014

Idiocy is not the sole province of the Right. There are idiots everywhere, especially when they get paid to be idiots!

hamsterjill

(15,214 posts)
6. I face this on a daily basis in Texas.
Mon Jun 2, 2014, 05:47 PM
Jun 2014

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!

 

AngryAmish

(25,704 posts)
9. politica ia not based on facts or reason
Mon Jun 2, 2014, 05:53 PM
Jun 2014

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)
10. For the same reason that people here blast hate and false information
Mon Jun 2, 2014, 06:50 PM
Jun 2014

about Glenn Greenwald - they're dishonest.

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