So the debate started...

[Reverenddel]

..."you don't like Hillary because she's a woman".

To which I retorted, "Did you say I don't like Obama because he's black?"

"yeah".

"So in no way, shape, or form, it could be because of political differences, right?"

"Well, I THINK..."

"Lemme stop you right there. You don't think. At all. Because I hate Bernie Sanders, equally, if not more than I do all of them. Once more? I didn't like Bill Clinton because he's a womanizer to a level I will never achieve, he banned guns, and he rode the tech bubble like a surfer. So there are TWO white guys I don't support, one of them even being a SOUTHERNER!"

"You don't know what you're talking about..."

"Really? Feels like I'm the only one who LIVED through all this bullsh't, You're 23... You still have milk on your breath. Don't tell me I don't know what I'm talking about. You're regurgitating crap you hear on political sites, and from your professors, whom I note, have never held down real jobs. Come back to me, when you see the truth, otherwise, Yer cut off from conversations."

(pouty participation trophy winner walks away muttering something to which I don't care.)

*** And I suspect it's gonna be like this... the rest of my life, as long as I live in this abominable "Purple" sector of my once "Red" State. ****

[AlanM]

Well said, sir.
I wish I were able to articulate that on the spur of the moment.
I also wish I could remember it to be able to use it if the opportunity presented itself.

[Swampman]

Good job Rev! Someone has to keep the little mush-mouths in line.

[WRW]

"participation trophy winner" draws a fairly accurate picture. And the youth culture? Mouths of babes? There is good reason that elders lead the longer lived civilizations.

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[OakRidgeStars]

Just show that participation trophy at your local voting place.

[Reverenddel]

The best part of having access to the internet, you can put things down right when they're happening...

...and Alan, it's easy to be articulate quickly. I had to go to court for a living for quite a few years... Attorneys are EXCELLENT sparring partners for quick comebacks!

"So what you're saying is that you have no proof this is my client?"

"You mean other than the phone number that called in is registered to him, that's his photo on the ATM footage, and he had the ATM receipt with date, time, and amount I showed you to be fraud IN his wallet? Yeah, I have no proof."

(Convicted of identity theft- the Attorney was PISSED!)

[smltooner]

...pouty participation trophy winner....that is priceless.

I've got to remember that one.

[scott9050]

The best part of having access to the internet, you can put things down right when they're happening...

...and Alan, it's easy to be articulate quickly. I had to go to court for a living for quite a few years... Attorneys are EXCELLENT sparring partners for quick comebacks!

"So what you're saying is that you have no proof this is my client?"

"You mean other than the phone number that called in is registered to him, that's his photo on the ATM footage, and he had the ATM receipt with date, time, and amount I showed you to be fraud IN his wallet? Yeah, I have no proof."

(Convicted of identity theft- the Attorney was PISSED!)

I had to go to court in 1997 for pulling a pistol on a man with road rage that came at me with a baseball bat. I got him to drop the bat and was able to retreat.
Prosecutor: "So you were trying to be a Billy badass when you pulled the gun".
Me: No ma'am, if I were trying to be a badass we would be at his funeral today and not in a courtroom."
*Judge shakes head while looking down at his desk*

Had the prosecutor stuttering.

Not guilty.

[Reverenddel]

ABSOLUTELY! If you have a quick witty comeback that isn't contempt of court, or going to ruin your case? You chuck that puppy in there!

Many a smartazzed lawyer thinking they're quite clever has came at me because of my "accent" thinking I'm slow-witted.

NOPE!

One attorney asked me "Why did you go into (My line of work)?"

Thinking it was a stupid question, just used to slip me up, "I'm nosy, and they have free coffee."

The attorney just went "uhhhhh...."

I think they were going after something else, and that answer just screwed up their entire thought process. Everyone laughed... including the defendant... (shrugs)