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For the "Why am I being forced to accept" crowd... (Original Post) True Dough Oct 23 OP
K&R 2naSalit Oct 23 #1
K&R DemonGoddess Oct 23 #2
I see MAGAs with "Fuck Your Feelings" T shirts and signs. It should be the other doc03 Oct 23 #3
Thats's usually the sign of someone who is overly sensitive and emotional. Oneironaut Oct 23 #7
They've certainly not followed their own advice over these last four years. Probatim Oct 23 #13
they think they are the majority Meadowoak Oct 23 #26
Ever notice how those so thin skinned BattleRow Oct 23 #30
K&R Solly Mack Oct 23 #4
Yeah, they believe freedom of speech... Trueblue Texan Oct 23 #5
That's like Trump talking about Arnold Palmer's penis, the MAGAs eat that up. doc03 Oct 23 #11
Then I have the same stupidity birdographer Oct 23 #21
I think people that feel threatened by gays doc03 Oct 23 #32
Definitely agree! birdographer Oct 23 #36
KNR... MiHale Oct 23 #6
i really thought that the OP was directed barbtries Oct 23 #8
Good luck turning your brother from the dark side. KS Toronado Oct 23 #25
ain't gonna happen, barbtries Oct 23 #31
And, it should be added that this goes both ways. GoCubsGo Oct 23 #9
Good point True Dough Oct 23 #10
Exception for Popper's Paradox. Tommy Carcetti Oct 23 #12
Had to look that up, and glad I did. sarchasm Oct 23 #19
i'd never heard of it barbtries Oct 23 #33
They need to learn how to mind their own damn business! Emile Oct 23 #14
Tim, is that you? Wednesdays Oct 23 #24
They're just wired differently... ColoradoHoosier Oct 23 #15
i'm glad those genes missed me barbtries Oct 23 #34
I expanded a bit on this in an earlier post... ColoradoHoosier Oct 23 #43
Just don't force us to accept fascism, their false religion and slavery. Clouds Passing Oct 23 #16
Don't Tread On Me sarchasm Oct 23 #17
Careful with that! Mopar151 Oct 23 #42
They are the ones that bring up free speech if you criticize what they say JI7 Oct 23 #18
Yes! SilverDawg Oct 23 #20
K&R. Paladin Oct 23 #22
Damn right. Quiet Em Oct 23 #23
The ancestors of these people used the same logic back in the 60s. japple Oct 23 #27
❤️ littlemissmartypants Oct 23 #28
They are all a bunch of whining losers. Martin68 Oct 23 #29
K&R Talitha Oct 23 #35
How do I love this? Let me count the ways... calimary Oct 23 #37
I propose a "deal" for these types... Moostache Oct 23 #38
absolutely brilliant way to state it - thank you! bluboid Oct 23 #39
Correct. They don't have the right to violate the rights of the people they can't accept. Beartracks Oct 23 #40
K&R bdamomma Oct 23 #41

doc03

(37,139 posts)
3. I see MAGAs with "Fuck Your Feelings" T shirts and signs. It should be the other
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 07:08 AM
Oct 23

way around.

Oneironaut

(5,831 posts)
7. Thats's usually the sign of someone who is overly sensitive and emotional.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 07:23 AM
Oct 23

The “fuck your feelings” crowd sure loves to perform a good outburst, usually over things like someone insulting Trump.

BattleRow

(1,262 posts)
30. Ever notice how those so thin skinned
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 11:08 AM
Oct 23

about their own issues are so thick skinned and insensitive to others '?

Trueblue Texan

(3,104 posts)
5. Yeah, they believe freedom of speech...
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 07:16 AM
Oct 23

...is freedom to say whatever the hell they want without criticism. Where did they get these ideas, except out of a sense of pure entitlement?

doc03

(37,139 posts)
11. That's like Trump talking about Arnold Palmer's penis, the MAGAs eat that up.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 07:39 AM
Oct 23

How much class can you have when you have a flag or hat that says "F---Joe Biden" or the one Jo
and the Ho and Trump says a shit VP. They are just the lowest class garbage in the country. I live amongst them,
they make racist comments if they see a mixed couple. They see a gay couple it sets them off. I guess I am
stupid, I just can't see how someone else lives their life has to do with my life.

birdographer

(2,535 posts)
21. Then I have the same stupidity
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 08:54 AM
Oct 23

It's baffling. All I can figure out is that people like us must be (if not stupid) just very secure with who we are. For some reason I am not even remotely threatened by gay people or trans people. Just because they are gay or trans doesn't mean I have to be. That's one of the differences between normal people and MAGA.

doc03

(37,139 posts)
32. I think people that feel threatened by gays
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 11:52 AM
Oct 23

Last edited Wed Oct 23, 2024, 12:28 PM - Edit history (1)

or trans people have those tendacies themselves. I am a 76 year old man, in my entire life the only men that ever made a pass at me were married to women.

birdographer

(2,535 posts)
36. Definitely agree!
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 12:56 PM
Oct 23

I don't know about transitioning, but it absolutely is true for many men who are so out-there enraged by gays. Denial is difficult to maintain over a lifetime.

barbtries

(30,067 posts)
8. i really thought that the OP was directed
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 07:30 AM
Oct 23

at people, such as myself, whose complaint is "why am I forced to accept these FREAKS with their petty, cruel bigotries, their incessant hate, their endless lies, their denial of history, their violence, their worship of a fascist, etc etc etc?"

i will soon be in a situation with my oldest brother. i really do believe that i am past the point of tolerating his racist bullshit. Not that he stops there. My plan is to challenge him to acknowledge that I (me, his liberal sister) am every bit as patriotic and American as he is. I'm not going to start the conversation but I don't believe I can just let it slide as has been done for decades with him. I'm the youngest, he's the oldest. Our sister is declining with Alzheimer's and it's our most likely last chance for all 4 of us to be together at the same time. As it is we generally go years without ever talking, but now. Some things are, or should be, more important than our political differences.

barbtries

(30,067 posts)
31. ain't gonna happen,
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 11:52 AM
Oct 23

but i may succeed in shutting him the fuck up for a minute. i'll take it

GoCubsGo

(33,288 posts)
9. And, it should be added that this goes both ways.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 07:32 AM
Oct 23

The "we're being forced" crowd is doing the exact thing they're accusing others of doing--forcing their views and beliefs on the rest of us. What they're really saying is that the rest of us should be forced to adhere to THEIR beliefs, and they're going to scream "persecution" if they don't get their way. Just like they always do.

True Dough

(21,334 posts)
10. Good point
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 07:37 AM
Oct 23

We're forced to accept their narrow-mindedness. But I do reserve the right to avoid such people to the maximum extent possible.

ColoradoHoosier

(27 posts)
15. They're just wired differently...
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 08:29 AM
Oct 23

... and there's not a thing you can do about it. To try to comprehend their compulsive focus on things like this is nearly impossible, if you yourself are not wired that way. My wife has often said... 'If I can just get [right wing person] to read this, maybe...' Doesn't work that way. They do not think or process info the same way. To a degree - a very tiny degree - I can give them somewhat of a pass, as there does appear to be a genetic component at play, at least with some % of them. And the fascist movement began targeting these folks, beginning 50 years ago, because they had that genetic propensity.

barbtries

(30,067 posts)
34. i'm glad those genes missed me
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 11:56 AM
Oct 23

because at least one of those people is my own brother.

i think it's more nurture than nature, particularly in the context of incessant propaganda that they've been lapping up for years and years. They have surrendered any critical thinking skills they may have once possessed. In the case of my brother, he came into the whole thing with a sort of rabid racism, and is now fully brainwashed. a foxbot. I truly believe that the architecture of his brain has been altered.

sarchasm

(1,240 posts)
17. Don't Tread On Me
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 08:34 AM
Oct 23

They have those license plates here in TN and all I can think of when I see one is this bumper
sticker that says, "No One's Treading On You, Sweetie."

Mopar151

(10,196 posts)
42. Careful with that!
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 05:40 PM
Oct 23

I send a friendly note to a gun-licker now n then..".Please place this logo on the rear glass of your transport unit, aligned with the operator and alpha crew positions."

Yours in freedom! SNIPERS FOR PEACE

japple

(10,416 posts)
27. The ancestors of these people used the same logic back in the 60s.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 09:48 AM
Oct 23

I remember hearing "they're taking away all of our rights (meaning white people) and giving them to the colored people. I never got an answer when I asked "what rights have you had taken away?"

Martin68

(24,830 posts)
29. They are all a bunch of whining losers.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 10:48 AM
Oct 23

The laugh about liberals having feelings but their feelings are hurt everytime someone doesn't like what they say our do.

calimary

(84,887 posts)
37. How do I love this? Let me count the ways...
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 12:57 PM
Oct 23

One problem with this: who can count THAT HIGH??? Even when you’d reach some big number, you’d still have to keep counting.

Moostache

(10,201 posts)
38. I propose a "deal" for these types...
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 01:50 PM
Oct 23

You can openly hate who ever you want and have a line-item social veto on all policies AFTER I get line-item vetoes on MILITARY SPENDING and TAXATION policy.



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