LawTalkers - Is Ted Cruz Satan? Discuss.

So, people complain about the ignorant and racist things they see from "friends" and family on Facebook all the time. Mostly I don't see it. Either I've scared away all the people that post that shit or I'm super cool and only have non asshat friends.

Then today my cousin's husband, who almost never posts anything, shared a "joke" image of a kid with a text blurb saying, "are you my daddy?" Amidst a bunch of fleeing black men with the caption, "how to break up black live matter protests."

I decided to ignore it. Should I engage? I rarely see this guy and he lives in the middle of nowhere Wisconsin, so I'm not really surprised. On the other hand, he's generally a really nice, soft spoken guy.

Engage. Engage. Engage.

You are exactly the type of person who needs to engage this type of bullshit with these types of people. You shouldn't care if he withdraws from you or hides his opinions from now on. You need to create discomfort. You need him to know that people who aren't the object of his racist bullshit think he's an asshole as well. Maybe he'll label you a liberal who can't take a joke, but who fucking cares?

Generally a really nice, soft-spoken guy. That means he should be given a break? Or are you adding to the fact pattern so we have more information to answer your question?

TM

ThurgreedMarshall

12-03-2015 12:31 PM

Re: Is Ted Cruz Satan? Discuss.

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Originally Posted by Sidd Finch (Post 498410)

Don't engage.

Very rarely, someone will say something racist or sexist or whatever on Facebook, and you can call them on it and get a positive response. But that happens, if at all, when someone normally sensible does a casual reply to a post. A guy who actually re-posted a photo like that? He's a complete dick. You'll get sucked into misery if you say something.

Stay friends with him, because it's important to know that there are people like this out there, and to see what they say.

Braver people than me will tell you should certainly call him on this. Honestly, they are probably right and in a better moment, a better version of Sidd will tell you the same thing.

It's okay to get sucked into misery. Small price to pay. I spend almost all my time sucked into misery on facebook and look how happy I am!

Seriously. Set this fool straight.

TM

ThurgreedMarshall

12-03-2015 12:32 PM

Re: Is Ted Cruz Satan? Discuss.

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Originally Posted by Adder (Post 498412)

I don't think he's a complete dick, but he's definitely a bit of hick. Rather than engage directly, I'll just keep sharing the kinds of stuff I share and hope it rubs off.

Great plan. Let me know how that goes.

TM

Sidd Finch

12-03-2015 01:14 PM

Re: Is Ted Cruz Satan? Discuss.

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Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall (Post 498417)

It's okay to get sucked into misery. Small price to pay. I spend almost all my time sucked into misery on facebook and look how happy I am!

Seriously. Set this fool straight.

TM

I agree with you -- I really do. That's why I said that someone braver than me, or a better version of me, would say to engage, and is probably right.

But sometimes, I get sooooo tired.

I truly don't know how you manage to be the ray of sunshine that you always are.

SlaveNoMore

12-03-2015 02:33 PM

Re: Is Ted Cruz Satan? Discuss.

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Originally Posted by Sidd Finch (Post 498419)

My semi-annual log-in here to pretend my lawyer friends aren't the collective SJW Lefty circle-jerk I tend to think they are, and lo- and behold, the first post I see is a reach-around.

-Slave(you guys are friggin' unbelievable)NoMore

ThurgreedMarshall

12-03-2015 02:48 PM

Re: Is Ted Cruz Satan? Discuss.

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Originally Posted by SlaveNoMore (Post 498420)

And yours is a complaint about nothing while simultaneously telling us you're still a right-wing nut. It's like nothing ever changes.

TM

SlaveNoMore

12-03-2015 03:05 PM

Re: Is Ted Cruz Satan? Discuss.

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Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall (Post 498421)

And yours is a complaint about nothing while simultaneously telling us you're still a right-wing nut. It's like nothing ever changes.

TM

Nope.

Slave(At least you and I are still handsome, unlike most of these fuckers)NoMore

ThurgreedMarshall

12-03-2015 03:21 PM

Re: Is Ted Cruz Satan? Discuss.

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Originally Posted by SlaveNoMore (Post 498422)

Nope.

Slave(At least you and I are still handsome, unlike most of these fuckers)NoMore

Are we standing next to each other in the circle? Should I do you now or should I move on to the guy on my right? Either way, I agree with you completely.

TM

Hank Chinaski

12-03-2015 03:28 PM

Re: Is Ted Cruz Satan? Discuss.

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Originally Posted by SlaveNoMore (Post 498420)

sidd's always been a suck-boy for thurgreed, but the real problem here is that guys like you and club gave up and left. here on my own I had to find a way to survive, kind of like the French partisans.

Sidd Finch

12-03-2015 03:35 PM

Re: Is Ted Cruz Satan? Discuss.

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Originally Posted by SlaveNoMore (Post 498420)

Long time, no see.

Oh, and fuck you.

(Insert smiley-face here.)

Sidd Finch

12-03-2015 03:37 PM

Re: Is Ted Cruz Satan? Discuss.

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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski (Post 498424)

Leave it to Slave to bring out Hank's recently-suppressed utter douchebag personality.

SlaveNoMore

12-03-2015 03:55 PM

Re: Is Ted Cruz Satan? Discuss.

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Originally Posted by Sidd Finch (Post 498426)

Leave it to Slave to bring out Hank's recently-suppressed utter douchebag personality.

'Tis the season!

Slave (Did Sebby quit too? Aside from Hank, I thought Sebby was the vanguard for the GA's libertarian compass. [Unlike LessinSF, who pretends to be a libertarian, but generally is just a douche])NoMore

Not Bob

12-04-2015 12:06 PM

Yeah, we tease him a lot cause we've got him on the spot.

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Originally Posted by SlaveNoMore (Post 498427)

Welcome back.

So, pardon my impolite question, but I am curious - if your state's GOP presidential primary was held today, who would you vote for? Or would you select "none of the above" or not vote in the primary because you don't like any of the choices (which I actually did in 1988, believe it or not, because I was Waiting for Mario).

SlaveNoMore

12-04-2015 02:45 PM

Re: Yeah, we tease him a lot cause we've got him on the spot.

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Originally Posted by Not Bob (Post 498435)

Not impolite and I'll bite. I'd vote for Rubio because he could win the national. If he wins and taps Carly for Veep, he'd seal up 2016.

[Going back at least 3 years, I said the nomination would come down to Rubio or Walker. Walker imploded, so I'm still 1/2]

I love parts of Cruz and parts of Paul, but they both sometimes drive me nuts and are both best served being in leadership roles in the Senate. Christie should be polling better. Carson is wonderful, nice guy - one on one he's great (which explains his popularity in Iowa), but he looks like a "Not Ready for Prime Time Player" when on the stage. He's going nowhere.

And I hate to even type this - as I've met the guy several times and abhor him - but if Trump continues this vanity run of his, he's the next POTUS.

SlaveNo[Who the hell am I kidding - I'm a BigLaw slave forever]More

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