Over the weekend, I posted this late-night tweet: "Breaking news from Fox: Benghazi, Benghazi, Benghazi, Obamacare site, IRS, Benghazi. Fox News - always fair and balanced. #OrNot"
It received many favorites, re-tweets, and humorous commentary from followers. However, as I awoke the next morning, I was greeted with a couple of comments from a follower's friend who was an obvious Fox News fan.
"Stop drinking the koolaid! OCare has failed! What about all of O's other messes?"
and
"I'll be smiling when you all see your healthcare prices going up! I'll really be laughing at you then!"
To the first comment, I simply replied, "How can a law fail before it has been fully implemented?"
In regard to the second comment, I said, "You'd be happy to see people have trouble attaining affordable health insurance? Are you the tin man or something?"
Her next replies included the following words: Obamacare, socialism, kool-aid, and that was really about it.
I finally ended matters by saying, "You've obviously been brainwashed. I suggest you take your own advice and stop drinking the kool-aid, Fox News style."
A friend of her's chimed in with, "Republicans = followers = thinkers, Democrats = Libtards = drinking the koolaid."
No, I'm not exactly sure what he was talking about either, but it sounded eloquent nevertheless..
As I now have over 4,100 followers, I'm sure this kind of thing will happen with more regularity since more followers equals more re-tweets which equals more Tea Partiers and Fox News fans seeing these tweets and feeling tempted to respond. It would just be nice if one of these days, such an individual would respond with a thoughtful comment, as opposed to those key words which have been brandished into their brains from right-wing media outlets, such as: Socialism, Obamacare, socialist, Commie, Communist, liberal, moocher, etc., etc., etc. Whenever I read such comments, I want to hold up a bumper sticker, which says, "Yeah, I can do that too..."
It received many favorites, re-tweets, and humorous commentary from followers. However, as I awoke the next morning, I was greeted with a couple of comments from a follower's friend who was an obvious Fox News fan.
"Stop drinking the koolaid! OCare has failed! What about all of O's other messes?"
and
"I'll be smiling when you all see your healthcare prices going up! I'll really be laughing at you then!"
To the first comment, I simply replied, "How can a law fail before it has been fully implemented?"
In regard to the second comment, I said, "You'd be happy to see people have trouble attaining affordable health insurance? Are you the tin man or something?"
Her next replies included the following words: Obamacare, socialism, kool-aid, and that was really about it.
I finally ended matters by saying, "You've obviously been brainwashed. I suggest you take your own advice and stop drinking the kool-aid, Fox News style."
A friend of her's chimed in with, "Republicans = followers = thinkers, Democrats = Libtards = drinking the koolaid."
No, I'm not exactly sure what he was talking about either, but it sounded eloquent nevertheless..
As I now have over 4,100 followers, I'm sure this kind of thing will happen with more regularity since more followers equals more re-tweets which equals more Tea Partiers and Fox News fans seeing these tweets and feeling tempted to respond. It would just be nice if one of these days, such an individual would respond with a thoughtful comment, as opposed to those key words which have been brandished into their brains from right-wing media outlets, such as: Socialism, Obamacare, socialist, Commie, Communist, liberal, moocher, etc., etc., etc. Whenever I read such comments, I want to hold up a bumper sticker, which says, "Yeah, I can do that too..."
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