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Jan 20, 2022Liked by Michelangelo Signorile

An actual example of the Dunning-Kreuger effect - remember that?

"a cognitive bias whereby people with limited knowledge or competence in a given intellectual or social domain greatly overestimate their own knowledge or competence..."

In other words, they're too dumb to know they're dumb!

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Jan 20, 2022Liked by Michelangelo Signorile

These people are ridiculous. That dude and all his like-minded friends all gather around their dumpsters of mis-information and just eat it up. Calling themselves “free-thinkers” and whatnot. I love how you schooled him Michelangelo! “Calm and assertive” as Cesar Milan would say ;-)

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Jan 20, 2022·edited Jan 20, 2022Liked by Michelangelo Signorile

I heard the entire conversation live and it was spectacular. Hearing Michelangelo wipe the floor with this idiot was choice! I loved the "But ... but ... but ... but..." And when he mentioned Levin as an authority I almost drove off the road laughing. I know that physicists tell us that "nature abhors a vacuum," but how then do they explain the insides of MAGA skulls? (signed: "Mark in Illinois")

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Jan 20, 2022Liked by Michelangelo Signorile

I heard the exchange when I was driving. I had to laugh at his feeble attempt to change the question and direct the conversation somewhere else - equally idiotic! When you state the facts, they STILL cling to their ignorance. I just don't get it. When someone shows me something that I have gotten wrong, I usually thank the person for setting me straight. That way, I won't keep being wrong. But just like my Trumper brothers, they think if they keep telling me how wrong or stupid I am, they make their point. In reality, they just make me lose any respect I had for them. Keep the flame alive Michelangelo!

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Jan 20, 2022Liked by Michelangelo Signorile

That was just SO brilliant Michelangelo, and that dude ought to be THANKING YOU for schooling his dumb ass! That's the thing that drives me insane with these Trumpets, their proud ignorance! They say the dumbest, stupidist, wrongest stuff and have the nerve to say it with their whole chest. Just ridiculous. UGH!!

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EJ, "Willfully ignorant and proud of it" has generally been a growing movement for the last 40 years of loud and proud ignoramuses (ignorami should be the official plural word, sounds better). Before that was a sense of being somewhat more ashamed/quiet. Rumpy brought them out loud and proud on steroids. Remember his rally "I love the poorly educated!!" and they all cheered. I can still picture summer/fall of 2020, older, jacked up, fat tired, loud trucks driven by white guys and huge TRUMP flags flying in the wind. God help us, PLEASE not that again 2024!!! Not sure I can hack that madness yet again, twice was twice too often!! It’s "The New Dark Age" thanks to BS believed and shared all over social media, podcasts, internt. God help us. Not again 2024. But it appears his legal troubles are multiplying at last and serious. Let us hope MINIMALLY he gets slapped with "Cannot ever hold public office again", but orange jumpsuit and bars is preferred. Not holding breath at that level. Flat busted no $$$$$$ for rest of life would be OK.

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Jan 20, 2022Liked by Michelangelo Signorile

Incredible. So many stupid people like this caller who have no idea of the depths of their own ignorance. People like Dave listen to propaganda on Fox News or OAN and believe the extremist right wing lies and take conspiracy theories and opinion as truth. And just this morning GOP candidate for Georgia Governor announced that if elected he will create an election police force to enforce election laws and make arrests of those who commit (non-existent) election fraud. Insane.

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Jan 20, 2022Liked by Michelangelo Signorile

Governor DeSatan here in Florida is creating an Election Taskforce of 52 well-paid employees who will wind up doing absolutely nothing. Another waste of taxpayer money.

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Jan 20, 2022Liked by Michelangelo Signorile

The moment he said "Central" Government and not "Federal" I KNEW he was a lunatic.

They give themselves away. They think it is all communism

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Jan 20, 2022Liked by Michelangelo Signorile

It’s all fun till someone gets hurt … that someone is gonna be us , in 2024 unless the dems get some balls , and start pounding on the GOP

Put them in prison .

Make them melt like when the wicked witch got a bucket of water thrown on her .

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Jan 20, 2022Liked by Michelangelo Signorile

You should be given a Grammy Award for your patience. How are you are able to maintain that in the face of such stupidity is, in a word, miraculous. In my view, he explained perfectly why he would not listen to your precise quotes from the US Constitution by prefacing his remarks with this phrase: "I'm a Republican."

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Jan 20, 2022Liked by Michelangelo Signorile

Just in the small part of Colorado where I live this degree of ignorance is pervasive, (and I gotta say) with ignorant white people. Overwhelmingly without question. I’m personally shocked.

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Jan 20, 2022Liked by Michelangelo Signorile

Sadly I'm not shocked and all. This is what happens when white identity politics trump (pun intended) truth, reality, and common damned sense.

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Jan 20, 2022Liked by Michelangelo Signorile

It would be funny if it wasn’t for our system of government and electoral process being set up in ways that give his like so much power over the country from the minority.

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Jan 21, 2022Liked by Michelangelo Signorile

He started out sounding reasonable, but he lost me on Mark Levin, that nutcase makes Rush Lint ball sound good! The R disease is way too widespread. Well handled M!

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Jan 20, 2022Liked by Michelangelo Signorile

Yup I heard the whole call. Michelangelo took him to school. Right after I tweeted Michelanglo and added link to the actual clause in the Constitution for Dave to read! People should really educate themselves first before they start making comments.

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Jan 20, 2022Liked by Michelangelo Signorile

I think that this lack of thought from the right wingers and not reading direct sources goes back to the early days of political talabangelism in which they never question their leaders or even the lies they are spouting.

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Jan 20, 2022Liked by Michelangelo Signorile

The call was made by a true winner of a ‘Darwin’ award!

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Jan 20, 2022Liked by Michelangelo Signorile

This weirdo is from Cali? He also gave his full name lol omg. Any knowledgeable progressive could destroy mark Levine easily. Tell the dummies if they would like a dem official to override their states popular vote...they will say No...ok genius well neither do we

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