http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025492028MynameisBlarney (1,756 posts)
My neighbor, a semi-retired cop, is a fox news watching idiot.
In the middle of a conversation, he'll just switch gears and start repeating the nonsense he just saw on fox news.
I had to walk away from him last night it got so ridiculous.
If he wasn't someone that could make my life a living hell, I'd have gone with my usual tactic of harsh ridicule and derisive laughter.
Instead I just smiled as sarcastically as I could, shook my head and walked away.
Couldn't argue the facts... best solution? Act like the cop will do something and run away!
riversedge (992 posts)
1. I do the same with my brother. I do not
even try anymore. He knows how I feel. I do not think he would make my life a living hell but arguing is not worth it anymore. He gets his news filtered through the Catholic church. uga uga.
Nay (7,055 posts)
2. I did the same with my sister-in-law when we visited her out West.
Dang, spittle even started flying when she started talking about 'all the lazy people not wanting to work.' She was going on and on about how fast food restaurants are paying $17 an hour and can't find workers!!! Oh, yeah, where? Ahhhh -- over in the N Dakota shale oil fields that are booming at the moment.
Well, SIL, the reason they can't get workers is that $17 an hour is not enough money in ND to pay the $3000 a month rent it costs to live there! Why is rent so high? Because the place is crawling with oil field workers making $100,000 per year as long as the shale lasts.
None of that sank in, though.
wait, it's not good that these lowly burger flippers can make $17 an hour?!
951-Riverside (5,424 posts)
10. I'm pretty sure spewing Fox News talking points is the least of his "problems"
Shooting unarmed people, having sex with the dispatchers and other "civilian" department employees, beating the shit out of people on the job especially women and minorities and writing tickets for phony violations is all in a days work for most police officers.
I don't know about your friend but most police officers are truly the scum of the earth.
Guess you would hate them after hearing "you can't sleep there, move along" after awhile
kelliekat44 (4,929 posts)
11. Well at least send him an anonymous letter refuting all the FOX talking points and give him some
facts and trluthiness.
YES! and threaten the station with anthrax while you're at it! great idea!