Everyone has a coworker, friend, or relative that sends them "jokes" about political matters. Inevitably, the joke follows along two or three basic lines:
- Republicans (or Tea Partiers) are Jesus. Democrats are evil.
- Obama is (insert derogatory claim here).
- "Them Democrats are so duuuuuummmmmmmmb."
The problem is this: you can lead an idiot toward knowledge, but you can't make them think.
They'll just parrot Fox/Breitbart/Drudge/Beck/chain emails, and you just can't counter with reason.
So, I need a reply--something I can send to people who persist on telling me lies in the name of humor. Because I'm tired of my values being the butt of jokes. I'm tired of putting up with it. I'm tired of trying to rise above it and be better than it, because it doesn't stop. It just. Doesn't. Stop.
So far, the only thing I can think of is the line from Toy Story: "What a sad, strange, little man you are." Anyone got any better suggestions?