there is no reasoning with THAT

Makes me sick to my stomach when one of them "thanks me for my service".

FUCK YOU is what I tell MAGAts who worship Cadet Bonespurs

You are correct that it is an issue of morals and character. One which is only made more glaring by their trying to avoid accountability for what they have done and continue to do.

Putin or Xi.

A waste of time.

I worked with them for 30 yrs. No you can't. They have to have it their way or not at all. They only care about their side winning and annihilate the enemy.

They aren't interested in anyone else's point of view.

Their reality is a cruel dog eat dog world with no time for compassion and utter disdain for intelligence.

Skilled therapists take years to get them out of their wormhole, and that's only after they agree that they need help. Otherwise, it's adversarial and that does not work. It only reinforces their separation.

Disclaimer: I am not a psychologist, nor a therapist.
Only a realist.

If you look at the polls, people with advanced degrees and college degrees are more apt to vote Democratic. If you turn on Fox News, after always watching PBS or MSNBC you will see a drastic difference between the language levels.

He's just completely brainwashed by RW hate media.

Most of them aren't rational. The ones who are rational are evil.

I really don't try. My lament here was due to people continuously admonishing us to try to "reach" the MAGAs. I believe it's a lost cause.

piss into the wind.

The proverbial “good ole days…”

They don’t give a shit; nor do they understand or comprehend or attempt to educate themselves on policy.

So no; there is no discussion with MAGA.