I found this on the web the other day. Any other things to enrage them?
Dont tell Peter though-his head will explode.
Conservatives are so easy to anger these days. Even the most insignificant statement can set off their tempers. If you want to enrage a conservative, I suggest saying the following:
1. A Socialist wrote the Pledge of Allegiance.
2. Jesus healed the sick and helped the poor, for free.
3. Joseph McCarthy was an un-American, witch hunting sissy.
4. Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee were traitors.
5. The South lost the Civil War, get over it.
6. The Founding Fathers were liberals.
7. Fascism is a right-wing trait.
8. Sarah Palin is an ugly cow (said to conservative males).
9. The Earth is round.
10. Reagan raised taxes eleven times as President.
11. Reagan legalized abortion as Governor of California.
12. Nixon created the Environmental Protection Agency.
13. Ronald Reagan supported gun control.
14. Global warming is real.
15. Republicans hate illegal immigrants, unless they need their lawns mowed or their houses cleaned.
16. The military is a government-run institution, so why do Republicans approve the defense budget?
17. The Cold War is over and the Soviet Union no longer exists.
18. Paying taxes is patriotic.
19. Republicans: Peddling the same failed economic policies since 1880.
20. The Republican Party began as a liberal party.
21. The Presidents’ full name is Barack Hussein Obama and he was born in the United States of America.
22. George W. Bush held hands with the King of Saudi Arabia.
23. President Obama saved the American auto industry, while Republicans wanted to destroy it.
24. Hate is not a Christian virtue.
25. Jesus was a liberal.
26. Republicans spend MORE money than Democrats.
27. Tea parties are for little girls.
28. Public schools educate all children; private schools are for indoctrinating children.
29. The Constitution is the law, NOT the Bible.
30. Sharia law doesn’t exist in America.
31. The President is NOT a Muslim.
32. Corporations are NOT people. People are people.
33. Fox News isn’t real news, it’s just a racist, sexist, hateful, right-wing propaganda machine.
34. The Federal Reserve was a Republican idea.
35. Women are equal citizens who deserve equal rights.
36. Women control their own bodies.
37. Abortion is a relevant medical procedure, just ask Rick Santorum.
38. Please use spell check.
39. It’s “pundit”, not “pundint”.
40. Social Security is solvent through 2038.
41. Health care is a right, not a product.
42. Roe v. Wade was a bipartisan ruling made by a conservative leaning Supreme Court.
43. G.O.P also stands for Gross Old Perverts.
44. The donkey shouldn’t be the Democratic mascot because Republicans are the real jackasses.
45. Barack Obama ordered the killing of Osama Bin Laden. It took him two and half years to do what Bush couldn’t do in eight.
46. Waterboarding IS torture.
47. 9/11 happened on George W. Bush’s watch, therefore he did NOT keep America safe.
48. Republicans invaded Iraq for oil, so Iraq should be allowed to invade Texas to get it back.
49. Separation of church and state is in the Constitution, it’s called the First Amendment.
50. Muslims are protected by the Constitution, just as much as Christians.
51. Barack Obama is the first African-American President, get over it.
52. The Oval Office is NOT a “whites only” office.
53. America is a nation of immigrants, therefore we are all anchor babies.
54. The white race isn’t disappearing, it’s evolving.
55. God is a particle.
56. Evolution is real.
57. The Earth is 4.54 billion years old, not 6,000.
58. The Founding Fathers did not free the slaves.
59. The Revolution was NOT fought over slavery.
60. Paul Revere warned the Americans, NOT the British.
61. Federal law trumps state law.
62. The Civil War was about slavery, NOT state’s rights.
63. Corporations care more about profits than they do about people.
64. Getting out of a recession requires government spending.
65. Glenn Beck is a nut-job.
66. Republicans: Paranoid since 1932.
67. Republicans don’t want to pay for your birth control, but they want you to pay for their Viagra.
68. Republicans actually NEED Viagra.
69. Fox News is owned by an Australian and has a Saudi prince as an investor.
70. Republicans complain about immigrants taking American jobs, then freely give American jobs to foreigners overseas.
71. Republicans hate communism, so why do they refer to themselves as red states?
72. Labor unions built this country.
73. Republicans hold America hostage as a political strategy; the temper tantrum throwing kind of political strategy.
75. When Republicans see black, they attack.
76. Inside every Republican is a Klansman or a Nazi waiting to bloom.
77. Republicans only care about children BEFORE they are born.
78. Republicans are hypocrites, they’re just too stupid to know it.
79. The Christian-Right boycotts movies that have violence, and then promotes guns and insurrection.
80. I think therefore I am NOT a Republican.
81. Republicans that oppose gay marriage are most likely in the closet themselves.
82. Churches should stay out of politics, or be taxed.
83. People are too poor to vote Republican.
84. Democrats think for themselves, Republicans form think tanks to do it for them.
85. Republicans hate education because they couldn’t hack it in school.
86. Greed is one of the seven deadly sins and Republicans wallow in it.
87. A little socialism on the Left is better than a little fascism on the Right.
88. The current corporate tax rate is the lowest in 60 years, so stop whining about it being too high.
89. Republicans: Anti-Gay Marriage, Pro-Lesbian sex.
90. Republicans: Terrorizing the America people since 1981.
91. Republicans have their own terrorists, just look up Timothy McVeigh.
92. Republicans love outsourcing, just ask the Chinese Communists.
93. The Republican answer to the oil spill was to apologize to BP, a foreign oil company.
94. Democrats will be working hard to bring jobs to Americans, while the Republicans tea bag each other in the middle of the aisles.
95. Voter disenfranchisement is immoral and un-American, that’s why Republicans do it.
96. Republicans would let your house burn down unless you pay them to put it out.
97. Democrats want to take care of the sick. Republicans take their credit cards and then deny them medical attention.
98. Republicans say teachers are union thugs, then proceed to rape and mug the entire middle class on behalf of corporations.
99. Republicans think rape isn’t a crime, but miscarriages are.
100. Republicans are idiots and arguing with them is a waste of time!
Bottom line? If you want to anger a conservative, tell them the truth.
Bottom line? If you want to anger a conservative, tell them the truth.
Comments
Some of my favorites I didnt see:
Reagan TRIPLED the national debt.
Reagan gave amnesty to 3 million illegals.
Reagan's "economic boom" took place when the top tax rate was 50% (vs 35% today.)
Thanks this is great. I hope folks will keep this going and see if we can get to 1000
Tell the so called Christian-Right Republicans that the Beatitudes are just "Commie Claptrap". Also, don't forget to throw in that they were uttered by Jesus who was Jewish! Using their own dogmas they can't deny either of these two statements as factual...
Not even so much as a hiccup.. Huh. Maybe I'm not conservative enough
The words to the Star Spangled Banner were set to a popular drinking song called "To Anacreon in Heaven".
Civil War Buffs celebrate the destruction of the US Government and our way of life.
God is not Santa Claus, a bearded old man who "knows if you've been bad or good..." Or some kind of genie/concierge there solely to fullfill our every slightest whim.
Republican Family Values are Fear, Prejudice, Intimidation, and Hiding Behind Lawyers.
Children past a certain age who believe in imaginary friends and have tea parties for them are sent to Mental Health doctors to find out why.
George W. Bush admitted in writing that he is a War Criminal. Read the book he had ghostwritten.
Teachers, Police Officers, and other "government employees" may be the only things that allow Republibots to survive the coming years.
Socialism, fascism, Naziism, Leninism, Trotskyism, Bolshevism, and communism are NOT the same philosophies and should not all be applied to the same individual. Learn to read.
Adolph Hitler claimed to be a committed Christian who wanted to bring about this Mellinium they're always yapping about.
99% of Americans who vote Republican, even if they somehow won the lottery or something, would not be welcome even at the back doors of the country clubs (which are the real halls of power).
The Supreme Court of 2000 were "activist judges" who were cronies of a father and awarded the presidency to the son, subverting the clear will of the people. (On recount, Gore won by a clear margin; it was in the New York Times. Whatever you may have thought of Gore, he couldn't have fouled up this bad even on his worst day.)
When a Repub mentions give more tax breaks to the "Job Creators" ask him how that's been working for the past 10 years. Then how many jobs have been created in the past 10 years by the so called job creators?
When a Repub mentions give more tax breaks to the "Job Creators" ask him how that's been working for the past 10 years. Then how many jobs have been created in the past 10 years by the so called job creators?
Dont you know that in Supply-side theory, when the old tax cuts stop working you have to cut them even more?
Call them "Tea Baggers." They hate that! And then tell them that you call them "Tea Baggers" because 1) it is the name they originally chose for themselves; and, 2) "it is a fair, figurative, description of the position that Blue Collar Republicans take to the real, corporate, powers behind the Tea Bagger movement."
That... or rather than attempting to "irritate" them as many of them are wont to do to progressives, continue to patiently explain where they are in error. Irritating them or anyone right off the bat tends to cause people toe erect barriers to further constructive dialog. The same thing usually happens after patiently explaining where they are in error... but you maintain the moral high ground.
Most republicans seem to wake up irritated. All I have to do is breathe.
GIMME YOUR WALLET OR YOUR WIFE SUCKER!!!OR WERE GONNA STICK YOU!!
R-CON WOULD HAND HER OVER.the thought of parting with money for anyone but themselves causes them a thrombo.
worse I call them Baggers
Great list Thom Folks Hammer your reps till they listen DEmand they work for us NOT lobbyits and Corps www.congress.gov
Ask them how many unborn babies have been slaughtered since Samuel Alito was placed on the Supreme Court in January 2006 (gonna be seven years soon.)
Finished... Corporate Personhood...
Next... Obamacare...
Yep, from 1981 to 2008 the GOP waved the Roe v Wade prolife flag and appointed 7 out of 9 justices, including both vacancies of the Chief Justice.
To quote Littleboots, "sometimes money trumps peace... in the womb"
Ask them how many unborn babies have been slaughtered since Samuel Alito was placed on the Supreme Court in January 2006 (gonna be seven years soon.)
Finished... Corporate Personhood...
Next... Obamacare...
Yep, from 1981 to 2008 the GOP waved the Roe v Wade prolife flag and appointed 7 out of 9 justices, including both vacancies of the Chief Justice.
To quote Littleboots, "sometimes money trumps peace... in the womb"
A little vague but very good points. I would rephrase it to:
If the Supreme Ct has a pro-life conservative majority for the past 7 years, why havent they overturned Roe vs Wade?
And "why didnt they do or say anything about abortion when they had both houses and the Presidency from 2001 to 2007?"
Because they know they can get more campaign contributions and votes if abortion remains legal.
LOL!!!
I call them fleece-baggers or flea baggers.
I've called them much worse but I won't list those names and combination of names since most of ya probably know what they are anyway.
I'll make sure I print this one out after a few days for future use.
If the Supreme Ct has a pro-life conservative majority for the past 7 years, why havent they overturned Roe vs Wade?
The Supreme Court hasn't had a majority of Justices appointed by godless America-hating Democrats since 1958. Check your calendar - that's FIFTY-THREE YEARS.
Ever since America realized the threat of the potsmoking commie hippies, Democrats appointed 2 out of 14 justices from 1969 to 2009.
t'aint been seven years.
Here's another good one: in 1986 the USSC ruled in Bowers v Hardwick that states' anti-sodomy laws were not unconstitutional. In 2003 in Lawrence v Texas, the Court reversed that decision. Again, only 2 of those 9 justices were Democrat appointments.
Roe v Wade's been decided going on 40 years. But it took just 17 years to make sodomy legal. That will put a smile on their faces.
It's been 50 years since the Engel v Vitale decision ruled that we cannot have prayer in public schools. These things take time, ya know. More than a month of Justice Sundays.
Thanks for the correction Dog, is this better? - or feel free to rephrase it. My SC history is a little weak.
If the Supreme Ct has had a conservative majority for the past 53 years, why did they rule in favor of Roe vs Wade? -and why havent they overturned it since?
Don't nerd it up. Just ask how many more babies have to be ripped from their mothers' wombs before the Roberts court decides to revisit Roe. It works - I've used it. Several times. It is definitely a nuclear option, use it only if your exit lane is clear and you have no expectation of encountering the person again! They react to the imagery.
Don't nerd it up. Just ask how many more babies have to be ripped from their mothers' wombs before the Roberts court decides to revisit Roe. It works - I've used it. Several times. It is definitely a nuclear option, use it only if your exit lane is clear and you have no expectation of encountering the person again! They react to the imagery.
Ha. I doubt 1 out of 10 Republicans in the 99% would know what the "Roberts Court " meant. You have to get much more basic with them by inserting Republican or Conservative. Believe me I know, I have debated probaby thousands of middle class Repubs. Not the most well- informed bunch of people.
I am pro-choice/ environmentalist so I also like to use this one.
If they make abortion illegal it will probaby cause a population explosion of illegal immigrants and welfare babies.-is that what you want?
You have to use one hate against the other with them which cant be reconciled-- and watch their heads explode
It has been some time since I have been able to taunt Republicans because they are doing such a super job of outrunning my hyperbole all I have to do is watch them do themselves in.
You can always throw in a little "Nein Nein Nein." Or just stand there trying to think of that third thing you had to say... or back to Hermie, try for the Guiness Book of Records brain freeze. Don't you love that sense of spin?
With active Republicans, laughing at their crap is the best way to piss them off. With people betrayed by what has happened to the GOP, I try to remember what it was that allowed this brand to be an acceptable loyal opposition. These folk need compassion more than ridicule; and they are more likely to admit that they cannot believe in these Republicans if they don't think you are their taunting victor.
I loved the list. I am sure there will be more to come. I like to suggest that we have great sympathy for the "job creators" and wish to help take the strain off them. Obviously, things have not been going well for the job creators if their identities are really with this function rather than with their overstuffed wallets. Job creating takes way too much time and attention away from enjoying the fruits of their success, and we want them to party it up. But we have to help them with the job creation, and we need them to pay for the party pad. What a deal!
There are innocent victims of Republicanism. There are thugs who use it to be socially acceptable sociopaths. My grandmother hated the Birchers who stole her party from her. The Kochs are the Sons of Birches who have betrayed a lot of people whose politics do not align with corporatism. Skillful manipulation excuses most of the public confusion; but not forever. Not when the wizard is not hidden or the emperor is naked. My grandparents hated the labor bosses, but they took in those in need and valued work. Their rural perspective was that government was more personal than abstract. "Small government" did not mean stinginess, it just meant a more grounded and direct democracy.
What I love about the list is the play and the use of ridicule to puncture the illusions of power. Ridicule and nonviolence are the tools of humble revolution, a tribute to trust that the process will work out and the yeast bubble up without all that militance and ideology. A sense of humor is more than therapeutic; and the image of OWS having fun rather than being violent or just angry is what drives the Right nuts. They can deal with rage, but not with transcendence. Their power is confirmed by violent opposition, but not by the refusal to give it authority.
This post needs to have a sticky label on it for the many visitors that will come here in the future!!!!!
Are ya listening moderators?
101 now.
Fox News Viewers Know Less Than People Who Don't Watch Any News: Study
First Posted: 11/21/11 05:28 PM ET Updated: 11/21/11 06:06 PM ET
Fox News viewers are less informed than people who don't watch any news, according to a new poll from Fairleigh Dickinson University.
The poll surveyed New Jersey residents about the uprisings in Egypt and the Middle East, and where they get their news sources. The study, which controlled for demographic factors like education and partisanship, found that "people who watch Fox News are 18-points less likely to know that Egyptians overthrew their government" and "6-points less likely to know that Syrians have not yet overthrown their government" compared to those who watch no news.
Overall, 53% of all respondents knew that Egyptians successfully overthrew Hosni Mubarak and 48% knew that Syrians have yet to overthrow their government.
Dan Cassino, a political science professor at Fairleigh Dickinson, explained in a statement, "Because of the controls for partisanship, we know these results are not just driven by Republicans or other groups being more likely to watch Fox News. Rather, the results show us that there is something about watching Fox News that leads people to do worse on these questions than those who don’t watch any news at all."
This isn't the first study that has found that Fox News viewers more misinformed in comparison to others. Last year, a study from the University of Maryland found that Fox News viewers were more likely to believe false information about politics.