When they study the remains of American culture, I hope they see this Facebook debate. I'm not sure if these people are paid to post online as part of a strategy to discredit both major parties in the U.S., but I don't think these comments could be made by anyone in a foreign country--the language used is clearly U.S.-based.
Mateo: [posts
blog link]
KM (older white American male, appears to have some connection to the University of Kansas): "Sounds like mateo is one of those compassionate conservatives that believes in throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Punish all the children because you are too lazy to go after the few corrupt adults...
when was the last time right wringers like you ever built anything that did not benefit you or your buddies rather than the community. So tried of hearing you selfish a-holes trying to tear down any and everything that made this a great country. Tell you what, if everything in this country -- public schools, unions, EPA, minimum wage laws are so bad -- why don't you leave and move down some third world country that has no regulations or laws.
meanwhile the real Americans will stay here, pay our taxes and support our troops and work to make this a better country for everyone."
Mateo: Keith, let's try this again.
Step 1: read post:
https://willworkforjustice.blogspot.com/2017/03/why-wont-someone-think-of-children.html
Step 2: make specific points relating to the content in the blog post.
Step 3: support your comments with links to supporting evidence, preferably from nonpartisan sources.
Step 4: if you skip steps 2 and 3, you concede the debate by your inaction or inability to refute any of the facts or statements.
LS (white American female, appears to have studied at UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz): "Hey Mateo, could you post that link again please? I'm not sure everyone has seen it yet."
Mateo: (for the record, I've
never been a registered Republican, but there's nothing worse than
a well-meaning but ineffective liberal) "Step 4: first failure. Which other publicly educated liberal will fail this simple test while railing against standardized testing? Stay tuned..."
LS: [watch as white American female starts making personal attacks rather than responding to any of the content in the blog] "So, you're putting rules in place now? Why don't you go be condescending somewhere else maybe? Going around in circles and posting the same thing over and over when people are trying to engage you in another way is totally counter-productive. Controlling much?"
Mateo: Step 4: Repeat failure. Slow learner.
LS: [yes, she actually said this.] Oh I think it's clear who the repeat failure is here!
Mateo: [ok, now I
had to bring out "full snark"] Alert: native born, entitled white American unaware that much of her success is due to luck and legal structures. Completely impervious to logic. Wants to be paid 10 times more than foreign workers while bringing 10 times less to the table. Loves the Daily Show but unable to handle same tactics applied to herself.
LS: Alert: asshole. See, I can play too!
Mateo: [Um, actually, you can't.] Alert. Step 4 failure. Again.
LS: Step 5: Mateo pretends he knows everyone and everything. Should I make up rules to follow and then repeatedly say you are failing when you refuse to play? We could do this all day! [Apparently, trying to limit discussion in productive ways is somehow not permissible.]
KM: [re-enters the fray!] Please forgive matty -- he thinks the more he attacks people the smarter he is
LS: Oh I'm sure he's the smartest. I bet he thinks bigly.
