As I have interacted with the many liberals, Trump haters, just plain grumps on this site, I have seen a few rules emerge that they seem to all follow. I will share them now. Please feel free to add any new ones if I miss any.
1. NEVER under any circumstance say that a policy change under the Republicans or Trump has had ANY positive effect.
- In addition to this, state that all of the positive news that is happening is because of Obama (still after 2 years...).
- If any good news comes out about tax cuts or more jobs, downplay the news by stating that it's not great for everyone.
2. You must believe that conservatives/Republicans adore every single thing that Trump says or does. When in fact, most people voted for him because 1) He is not Hillary Clinton, 2) He would implement policies to slash regulations, improve the economy and would make it possible for the Republican senate to vote in 100+ federal judges so far.
3. You must not read any article or opinion by ANY source other than CNN, MSNBC, NY Times, Washington Post, Huffington Post, etc. If anyone posts something from another source than these, you must say something like,"well, consider the source..." and then NOT read the information it contains.
4. You MUST believe that the world is ending in 12 years because a statistical model from the IPCC says it will be so. Anything else just proves that you are an ignoramus of the highest order and must be ignored. In addition, if anyone posts other theories or ideas, you must look up the name of the person that said those ideas, scour their profile for any hint of working with fossil fuels and state that they cannot be trusted. Then you will NOT read the information that they present.
5. You must call people with ideas that are different than your own idiots, dumb asses, ignorant, stupid, etc. This only strengthens your argument...
- If you want to be particularly vile, post something like this if a conservative says something: A. Keep your politics out of this thread you worthless piece of ****. B. Eat a dick
6. If a conservative posts other ideas or defends their point of view always state the following, "you have a strange persecution complex."
7. Defend socialism at all costs even though we are seeing in real-time with Venezuela how bad it sucks. If anyone contradicts you on Socialism, state the lie that the Scandinavian countries are Socialist and doing great.
8. Disparage even the idea of discussing conservative topics. Say things like, "Please file this thread G for Garbage."
9. If they say anything you don't like, call them a whiner. Also, say things really emphatically because that makes you "more" right.
To be continued..