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I never said the GOP candidate was perfect, far from it, so no need for the snarky ending. Your nasty crap (i.e., my demigod Reagan, etc.) shows me you are just another rude liberal who can't have a respectful conversation with anyone who disagrees with you. Liberals....tolerant with everyone, as long as you agree with them.

I've wasted enough time.[/quote]

I don't think you're using this word "tolerant" correctly.

Where did that talking point come from, exactly? You all use it in exactly the same way, usually when you have been soundly proven wrong.[/quote]

1) You all use it exactly the same way: That's probably because liberals pride themselves on their open, welcoming attitude of diversity, calling themselves tolerant - and then (some) treat people who have different opinions with utter disrespect (to put it mildly). So they welcome diversity, as long as you agree with them.

2) Soundly proven wrong: Hah! That's almost funny. That superior attitude of "soundly proven wrong" once again reveals a liberal bias and an inability to recognize that decent people can have different opinions. We are not necessarily wrong....it's just that you think so.

Finally, I do not continue debates with people once they demonstrate contempt and disdain for those with differing views. if people want to debate someone, they should do so respectfully. I really can't imagine anyone with healthy self-esteem continuing to engage in a debate with a stranger on the Internet who is nasty to them.

I will add that I have had some respectful debates with liberals, right on this site, and I continue with them to the conclusion. But the nasty ones, nope....why would I want to? I don't enjoy rude exchanges.[/quote]

You weren't treated with utter disrespect. You were disagreed with. You're the one defaulting to the dismissive "humph, typically liberal - tolerant until someone disagrees" talking point. And it is a talking point because you all use it the same way.

And the pp smashed your argument. That's not smug; they had better answers.[/quote]

About the better answers? Let me explain how the thing played out.

I was agreeing with a previous poster about how bad our two candidates are and stated that although I felt Obama had poor policies, i would vote for him over either Trump or HRC. (Pretty open-minded person right there, a conservative who would vote Democrat.) That was my point - the two current choices are so awful that I'd vote (hypothetical of course) for Obama, with whom I disagreed on many things. A liberal, apparently looking to get into a put-down match with a conservative, asked me, seemingly politely, which policies of Obama's i didn't like. The problem was that I did not realize i was being sucked into an argument with a liberal itching for a fight, so I simply listed several of them, just to answer her question. (I almost didn't do that, but I figured....hey, she asked, and I didn't want to be rude and ignore her.)

Then....boom! The liberal, with put-downs about demigod Reagan and sarcastic remarks about the perfect GOP candidate, etc., etc., answered (with her liberal bias of course) each of the decisions that I didn't like. Now....think. I never had any interest in engaging in an argument in the first place, but given the haughty and superior tone, I for sure had no interest in further interaction with someone so hostile to Republicans.

Here's a suggestion....if liberals want to have a respectful discussion with conservatives about issues, (and vice versa), stop with all the holier than thou smugness. (Some liberals have been polite....I'm talking about the ones so contemptuous of Republicans that the hostility oozes from every pore.)

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