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Tuesday, October 06, 2026

A long list of prominent conservatives have referred to leftists and Democrats as dumb, stupid, incompetent, crazy, and insane. In 2007, Ann Coulter wrote the book "If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans." Both Rush Limbaugh and President Trump regularly referred to Democrats as "Dumbocrats." More recently, the leader of the House Freedom Caucus called Democrats "the crazy party," and JD Vance framed the contrast between the parties as "common sense vs. crazy." Matt Margolis titled a piece in PJ Media this year "Democrats Are Too Stupid to Heed This Warning," and posited that somewhere between the 1990s and today, the Democratic Party lost its mind. Some of this stuff gets a chuckle, but conservatives need to be careful with this narrative.

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Conservatives need to understand that this tactic can not only contradict the more serious messages they're trying to convey about leftist policies, it can also remove responsibility from leftists for their malevolence

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"remove responsibility from leftists for their (the Left) malevolence"

Take responsibility for your malevolence and then we can move on to mine.

#1 | Posted by Zed at 2026-10-06 11:16 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

And...the drooling idiot MAGAT clown wastes more space.

Go ---- off, loser.

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-10-06 11:25 AM | Reply

Zed,

You are entirely missing the point. The point is calling the left stupid is dangerously missing the point. The left has an agenda and they are working intelligently to get it implemented.

#3 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-10-06 11:28 AM | Reply

The left has an agenda and they are working intelligently to get it implemented.

#3 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

I'm "the Left". Why don't you tell me what I'm up to?

#4 | Posted by Zed at 2026-10-06 11:59 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

The left has an agenda and they are working intelligently to get it implemented.

#3 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

Growing the economy from the middle out and bottom up, lowering family costs, and strengthening democracy is not really a secret lefty agenda.

You could join with democrats and help solve the problems we face and make America a more perfect Union or you can stay with the traitors and the haters and continue to help to divide Americans and create more chaos in country and the world.

Your choice.

Try and use your own INTELLIGENCE and choose wisely.

#5 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-10-06 12:26 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

'I'm "the Left". Why don't you tell me what I'm up to?'

It's all just too much for you

#6 | Posted by Zed at 2026-10-06 12:30 PM | Reply

" I'm "the Left". Why don't you tell me what I'm up to?

#4 | POSTED BY ZED AT 2026-10-06 11:59 AM | REPLY"

Are you running for office? Are you a PAC member or a DSA member? Are you donating anything more than nominal amounts of money to political causes or candidates?

If the collective answer is "no" then it doesn't really matter what policies you advocate.

#7 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-10-06 12:32 PM | Reply

When asked to put up, you shut up.

#8 | Posted by Zed at 2026-10-06 12:37 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

The left has an agenda and they are working intelligently to get it implemented.

#3 | Posted by BellRinger

Yeah, its called helping americans, republicans are the other guys

#9 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-10-06 12:38 PM | Reply

" When asked to put up, you shut up.

#8 | POSTED BY ZED AT 2026-10-06 12:37 PM | REPLY | FLAG:"

I'm not going to assign positions to you. Fact is, I don't see you talk policy. It's all an existential battle between good and evil in your binary world. So, you see me as evil because I don't vote Democrat. You also have articulated that Trump and by proxy those who you perceive to be his supporters, want to kill you. The only concern that has for me is if we ever met in a person are you so mentally deranged that you'd shoot me out of self perceived act of self defense.

#10 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-10-06 12:46 PM | Reply

you see me as evil because I don't vote Democrat.

I see you as evil because I see you as a fascist.

#11 | Posted by Zed at 2026-10-06 12:50 PM | Reply

you're evil because you lie constantly, jeff.

You even lie about who you voted for.

#12 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-10-06 12:52 PM | Reply

I'm not going to assign positions to you....if we ever met in a person are you so mentally deranged that you'd shoot me out of self perceived act of self defense.

#10 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

Such a genius.

#13 | Posted by Zed at 2026-10-06 12:52 PM | Reply | Funny: 2

When asked to put up, you shut up.
#8 | POSTED BY ZED

Yep.

He's allergic to facts.

All Trumpers are.

#14 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-10-06 12:52 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

mentally deranged

POSTED BY BELLRINGER

Is Donald Trump mentally deranged?

Consider this a test.

#15 | Posted by Zed at 2026-10-06 12:53 PM | Reply

" ... if we ever met in a person are you so mentally deranged that you'd shoot me"

Ya gotta love the self-retorting retort!

#16 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-10-06 12:56 PM | Reply

POSTED BY BELLRINGER

The major goal of "the Left" is to preserve the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

You voted three times for a man who does not want that.

And yet you want to bitch, bitch, bitch at someone.

#17 | Posted by Zed at 2026-10-06 12:57 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

I'm a borderline Hall of Fame troll, Alexandrite. I easily elicit multiple responses with a single post. And it doesn't take any effort.
#27 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-04-06 05:42 PM

#18 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-10-06 12:59 PM | Reply

Is Donald Trump mentally deranged?

Bellringer will just say that Kamala Harris is somehow worse.
It's all he's got left.

#19 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-10-06 01:01 PM | Reply

Personal attacks are all any of you have. And Democrats, those currently in power, despise the Constitution and actively seek to fundamentally transform this country.

#20 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-10-06 01:11 PM | Reply

"Personal attacks are all any of you have."

Who bears responsibility for you telling lies? You?!?

#21 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-10-06 01:21 PM | Reply

Patricide Jeff would've joined the ------------ cop killers on J6 if he wasn't a pathetic ------.

#22 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-10-06 01:22 PM | Reply

*shut-in*

#23 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-10-06 01:34 PM | Reply

I'm a borderline Hall of Fame troll, Alexandrite. I easily elicit multiple responses with a single post. And it doesn't take any effort.
#27 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-04-06 05:42 PM

#24 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-10-06 01:48 PM | Reply

I'm "the Left". Why don't you tell me what I'm up to?
#4 | Posted by Zed

Zed finally admits he's a useful idiot.

#25 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-10-06 01:51 PM | Reply

i forgot jeff can play victim.

wah.

#26 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-10-06 01:59 PM | Reply

" Who bears responsibility for you telling lies? You?!?

#21 | POSTED BY DANFORTH AT 2026-10-06 01:21 PM | FLAG: "

Everything I said is factual.

They were thwarted by two senators, now gone, from enacting the following with a razor thin House majority and a 50/50 in the Senste:

Nuking the filibuster
Packing SCOTUS
Adding Puerto Rico and DC (a fricking city) as states thus adding 4 more Dem senators.

During Biden they opened the border like it had never been before. The intent short term was to have all of those illegal aliens count in the 2030 census and strategizing a path for amnesty and new Dem voters.

Then there is all of the cultural stuff - transing minors. Treating concerned parents as enemies of the state. The destruction of Title IX. Forcing women to share locker rooms, prisons, sororities, etc with males and without their consent. DEI everything thus destroying merit based outcomes, embracing racial discrimination, ostracizing and cancelling those who dare to dissent. Downplaying and even glorifying violent riots. Supporting rampant anti-semitism. Defund the police. Cashless bail and soft sentences and lack of prosecution for violent offenders ... and plenty more. These are what leftist institutuons, including the Democratic Party did with their power.

Please point out the "lie".

#27 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-10-06 04:12 PM | Reply

" Please point out the "lie"."

You haven't proven the Lawfare, you haven't proven Biden's censorship, and you haven't proven Biden's grift.

As it is, you're just trying to deflect off those three subjects, all while ignoring this administration's flaunting of all three.

#28 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-10-06 04:26 PM | Reply

I haven't proven lawfare or censorship? You'd NEVER accept ANY amount of proof so it's a circular discussion.

#29 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-10-06 04:33 PM | Reply

It's funny that you are using the word "deflect". This thread isn't even about the topics you are bringing up and by bringing them up you are ... .deflecting.

#30 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-10-06 04:35 PM | Reply

#27 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

All of your facts and arguments fall into a big black hole for as long as your viewpoint is fascist.

This is your original sin. Repent.

#31 | Posted by Zed at 2026-10-06 04:38 PM | Reply

Assigning "the Left" the role of villain in our ongoing national trauma would be a tremendous victory for the agents of darkness.

Which is why they pursue this goal so assiduously.

But, no. Nazism is always on the wrong side of humanity, and is a real show-stopper when it comes to debate.

You guys will outlaw debate just as soon as you gather enough power.

So, eff you.

#32 | Posted by Zed at 2026-10-06 04:41 PM | Reply

Outlaw debate? You love debate. It's the left that seeks to use th power of the state to silence its opposition. You are exactly what you accuse others of being, Zed.

#33 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-10-06 06:35 PM | Reply

#33 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

So, eff you.

#34 | Posted by Zed at 2026-10-06 06:38 PM | Reply

Hey jeff how about this for a debate

You're a cunt

#35 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-10-06 06:42 PM | Reply | Funny: 1


You'd NEVER accept ANY amount of proof so it's a circular discussion.

#29 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

DeflectionDan thinks the US had no debt but was running a Surplus in 2000 under Clinton. And that all the $40+ Trillion has been added because of Bush, and Trump.

Pretty incredible really.

He's horrible at accepting data, and even worse at arithmetic. What he describes as "Math" is really just Arithmetic.

#36 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-10-06 06:42 PM | Reply

#36 | POSTED BY ONEIRONAUT

All of your facts and arguments fall into a big black hole for as long as your viewpoint is fascist.

#37 | Posted by Zed at 2026-10-06 06:50 PM | Reply

"Treating concerned parents as enemies of the state. "

Another LIE. They weren't "concerned parents", they were domestic terrorists.

We've been through this multiple times, and the last go-around, someone else posted video of those concerned parents threatening the public board with violence and death.

You promised you'd never tell that lie again.

But here you are, LYING AGAIN.

#38 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-10-06 07:08 PM | Reply

" What he describes as "Math" is really just Arithmetic."

No schitttt, Sherlock!

"DeflectionDan thinks the US had no debt "

ANOTHER lie.

BTW, tell us how much it cost your "daughter" to set up a pair of CalSavers "pension plans" for her "tween hires".

#39 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-10-06 07:11 PM | Reply

"He's horrible at accepting data, and even worse at arithmetic. "

Posts the guy who didn't know 14-16 yr olds are YOUNGER than 18.

#40 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-10-06 07:12 PM | Reply

Are you running for office? Are you a PAC member or a [Party] member? Are you donating anything more than nominal amounts of money to political causes or candidates?
If the collective answer is "no" then it doesn't really matter what policies you advocate.

#7 | Posted by BellRinger

Damn. Just damn.

#41 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-10-06 07:13 PM | Reply

35. It's all about the timing. Nice work.

#42 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-10-06 07:14 PM | Reply

"I haven't proven lawfare...?"

On Trump? Absolutely not. You claimed Trump was a target. You have ZERO Lawfare against Trump.

"...or censorship?"

When Editors are informed certain posts violate their own TOS, and they agree with the government the posts should be taken down, and the editorial board decides to take down the posts in question...THAT IS NOT CENSORSHIP. Why do you keep going back to your stupid definition???

The ONLY possible censorship you've proffered is when Zuckerberg whined about being pressured...but wouldn't say ABOUT WHAT.

You'd have to be a moron to believe Zuck wouldn't have spilled the beans if there was ANY question. That's why my conclusion is it's something along the lines of the Eating Tide Pods Challenge.

#43 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-10-06 07:22 PM | Reply

I'm a borderline Hall of Fame troll, Alexandrite. I easily elicit multiple responses with a single post. And it doesn't take any effort.
#27 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-04-06 05:42 PM

#44 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-10-06 07:28 PM | Reply

"Treating concerned parents as enemies of the state. "

I have debunked this, as has danforth. At least 3 times.

Yet you still keep lying, because you're a fascist.

#45 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-10-06 07:34 PM | Reply

" You have ZERO Lawfare against Trump."

I cited examples and it wasn't an exhaustive list. You just sit there and say, "Nuh uh!"

#46 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-10-06 07:41 PM | Reply

"my conclusion is it's something along the lines of the Eating Tide Pods Challenge"

Turns out it was certain information about Covid-19, including "humor" and "satire".

I'll update my guess to the "You-Can't-Overdose-On-Ivermectin" guy...right after he died from an overdose of ivermectin.

=====

Fun fact: Ivermectin has killed more people in New Mexico than all the Alec Baldwin films put together!

#47 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-10-06 07:42 PM | Reply

On a different thread:

Taking what was at worst a misdemeanor accounting clerical error with no victims, employing novel legal theory and securing 34 felony indictments in front of a hack activist judge. Hochul announced to a skittish business community the case was a one-off. Andrew Cuomo acknowledged that nobody other than Trump in that environment would have been charged and the case will end up scathingly trounced when it reaches appeal. Letitia James campaigned on "getting Trump" and that's before she even had a case in front of her.

States suing to have Trump removed from the ballot. Judges essentially predetermining the outcome of a presidential election.

#46 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER AT 2026-10-06 03:59 PM | FLAG:

#48 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-10-06 07:42 PM | Reply

Danforth,

You have hijacked this thread with stuff unrelated. If you want to comment on topic, I'll play along. Otherwise I'm done. Wanna discuss your preferred issues? Create your own thread and I'll participate.

#49 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-10-06 07:46 PM | Reply

www.edweek.org

A report by Reuters in February 2022 found more than 200 examples of school board members being harassed or threatened. Some even received death threats targeting them or family members.

"Concerned parents"

#50 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-10-06 07:46 PM | Reply

You have hijacked this thread with stuff unrelated.

Liar AND a pussy. Sad.

#51 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-10-06 07:47 PM | Reply

"Taking what was at worst a misdemeanor accounting clerical error with no victims..."

I stopped right there.

I am NOT accepting the premise, AT ALL. Multiple people, from investors to financial chain to competitors were victims. Other taxpayers must foot the bill for cheats. FFS, if EITHER of us held mutual funds which included ANY of the banks, YOU and/or I could be victims.

And let's not forget: Every time a NEW form is filed, using the lie, that's ANOTHER VIOLATION.

It's not like you get to tell the lie once, pay for it, and then get to use the falsehood for free going forward.

#52 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-10-06 07:50 PM | Reply

Piss off, Alexandrite. Aren't you scheduled to bite Oneironaut's ankles at this time in the evening?

#53 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-10-06 07:58 PM | Reply


A report by Reuters in February 2022 found more than 200 examples of school board members being harassed or threatened. Some even received death threats targeting them or family members.

There are 80,000 school board members across the country, 200+ harassments and threats is a typical year.

There is little to no actual proof there was an increase, because no one studies it.

Its just feelz. But what the government did wasn't.


Aren't you scheduled to bite Oneironaut's ankles at this time in the evening?
#53 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

Alexa is like a mosquito. He's waiting for the wind to die down.

#54 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-10-06 08:11 PM | Reply

Alexa is like a mosquito. He's waiting for the wind to die down.

#54 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-10-06 08:11 PM | Reply | Flag:

Your wind never dies.

#55 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-10-06 08:22 PM | Reply

It's cute that our "open borders liberal" oneirnut is trying to rescue lyin' lil jeff.

#56 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-10-06 08:23 PM | Reply

#56

They are like the Bobbsey Twins if the Bobbsey Twins were the Bobbsey Trolls.

They are like 5 year olds at the Zoo with a stick; they're only there to rattle the cages.

Which is why they come off as such dolts.... Doltish Trolls, yeah, that's the ticket!

#57 | Posted by Corky at 2026-10-06 08:37 PM | Reply

I guess mr. "Pants are a poll tax" ran back to X.

#58 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-10-06 09:42 PM | Reply

Another post from Bellringer where he doesn't actually say anything.

#59 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-10-06 11:03 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"You have hijacked this thread"

Translation: I got nuttin', so I'll pretend your questions are outrageous, so I don't have to answer!

Your track record precedes you.

To date: no proof of censorship, no proof of grift, no proof of Lawfare.

You're pitching a perfect game!

#60 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-10-07 01:47 AM | Reply

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