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CTyankee

(66,566 posts) Mon Jul 14, 2025, 12:12 PM Monday

It is not worth arguing with the religiously insane who voted for and respect Trump. [View all]

Just forget about arguing with them. They have "eternal reward" for believing as they do.

I have given up on having a dialog with these people. They just smile their knowing smile and sit back with a blank stare.

By contrast, the voters who are not religiously insane struggle to make a sane argument without coming across as a racist monster so they keep that to themselves and struggle to make a lame economic case.

Just my usual rant today....

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It is not worth arguing with the religiously insane who voted for and respect Trump. [View all] CTyankee Monday OP

Yup. No point in arguing with people who come to the table with their own facts... Girard442 Monday #1

It is worth it by using mental ju-jitsu Bernardo de La Paz Monday #2

True ! republianmushroom Monday #3

They spent generations waiting for the Anti-Christ ThoughtCriminal Monday #4

In eight years, I've met one trump voter who would listen Torchlight Monday #5

You could have just put a period after the "religiously insane". Aristus Monday #6

Do you mean all religious are "religiously insane"? If not, what defines "insane"? ancianita Monday #8

I mean the ones who have left their senses as we know it over religious belief. they are locked into their religious CTyankee Monday #9

They might do it "over religious belief," but they're doing it wrong. And that's totally on them, because they don't ancianita Monday #11

As a Catholic I'm taking fellow Catholics on about it, since they should never have been one issue voters to begin with. ancianita Monday #7

I LOVE IT! "Corrective remonstrance" is a wonderful way to put it! Bravo! CTyankee Monday #10