Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Avoiding Conversations With Right Wingers, For A Reason

I SWEAR, I was reading the sports page, minding my own business. The old sailor sitting across from me at the senior center looked at me as if he might be looking to start a conversation asked me if I had any good news. I said no, and was willing to leave it at that. He then mentioned that he himself had been watching the news, and that Hillary and Trump are still going at each other, as if he were somehow surprised and thought I should be too. Instead of smiling and remaining silent I replied that they were likely to continue goign after each other for at least another couple of months, maybe even longer, because if Trump loses, he's likely to accuse Hillary of being born outside the country, like he did Obama. Maybe I shouldn't've said that, because this old sailor still likes to believe that Obama was born in Africa, and it comforts him in his hatred. I pointed out to my sailor buddy that Obama has proven his Hawaiian birth a million times, and that only hatred could keep the argument alive. That seemed to sink in, but who knows. The sailor fell silent, and I tried to get back to the sports page. but just then, another right winger suddenly decided to give it a try, and offered this: "What about Hillary and Benghazi?" I responded by asking: "Do you think Hillary killed those people on purpose, or accidentally, or tat maybe it doesn't matter, because she couldn't've done anything about it anyway?" Her response was that Hillary is obviously inept, as indicated by her email scandal. I responded that she exercised poor judgment, and should have known in advance that the right wing would crucify her later for having a personal email account while Secretary of State. "The left wingers always turn their heads the other way, and refuse to see the corruption in their candidates", was the response. I replied that I did not see the need to personally investigate Hillary, and was perfectly content to leave it to the FBI, and would be content to accept their results. You may have already guessed that my antagonist responded by alleging that the FBI was obviously a corrupt organization, in the pocket of Hillary, and the American left wing, otherwise they would have recommended indicting Hillary Clinton, who must be a criminal, somehow, someway, even though it hasn't yet been proven in court. I use this spontaneous conversation between me and two right wingers as evidence that it is not always easy or possible to have a reasonable conversation with a right winger, and that therefore, it might be best to avoid them (conversations with right wingers)--------PLEASE SUPPORT REASONABLE THINKING. TELL A FRIEND ABOUT THIS WEBSITE! THANKS!

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