I Am A Bernie Supporter And Lost A Bet To A Trump Supporter

[Coolidge23]

I am not here to argue. I lost a bet to someone in line with your ideologies. And as part of the bet, I am here to ask for things I can do over the next 72 hours to see where I have erred in my political development. So what should I read/listen to/watch or the like over the next few days in an attempt to change my mind?

The truth is that there is nothing you can do in the next 72 hours that will help you to realize how unfair, unrealistic and completely asinine the ideas that Bernie Sanders has are.

You're basically a 20 year who has  no real life experience.

Have you ever had to make a rent or mortgage payment?  Have you lived on your own?

Ever had to pay a utility bill?

Ever had to pay for your own medicine and healthcare?

Have you ever had a real job?

Ever had to feed, clothe,  pay for and take care of your own child?

Ever had manage a household budget for a family of 4-5?

I bet the sum of your life experience equals living with mommy and daddy off their dime, sleeping until 11am every morning and going to a few college campus events where your impressionable young mind is filled with all kinds of left wing BS that has nothing to do with the real world.

This is not meant to be insulting but rather to prove a point and that point is that when you're a 20 year old kid with no real life experience you have no clue what life is really about and ridiculous ideas like free this and free that may be very appealing.

My advice to you?  refrain from voting until you've actually tasted the real world and can make an educated, reality based decision.

I'll leave you with a quote from Winston Churchill:

"Any man who is under 30 and is not a liberal has no heart.  Any man who is over 30 and is not a conservative has no brain."

[Coolidge23]

If the OP wants a little something to chew on watch a video of this brilliant man:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0MaY33LJZ0

[Solar]

That's the third time you've blankly quoted yourself. What's the deal?

[Coolidge23]

That's the third time you've blankly quoted yourself. What's the deal?

Sorry I keep hitting the quote button instead of the modify by accident.

[Solar]

Sorry I keep hitting the quote button instead of the modify by accident.

OK...

[Coolidge23]

Where is our Bernie loving little friend?

[Dori]

Where is our Bernie loving little friend?

He's probably in class soaking up more of that Marxist propaganda.

[Coolidge23]

He's probably in class soaking up more of that Marxist propaganda.

and just think when he walks out the door of college he'll have no real marketable schools to show for all that indoctrination...just 80K of debt on a 7-9% loan

yay US higher education system!

[BernieSupporter]

Where is our Bernie loving little friend?

I am here in between classes. No one really gave me what I'm looking for. I'm not brainwashed: Just adhering to the terms of a bet I made where I said I won't publicly disagree with any anti-Bernie or pro-conservative opinions for the remainder of the week.

[Solar]

I am here in between classes. No one really gave me what I'm looking for. I'm not brainwashed: Just adhering to the terms of a bet I made where I said I won't publicly disagree with any anti-Bernie or pro-conservative opinions for the remainder of the week.

So what were ya looking for Bernie, maybe I can help?

[BernieSupporter]

If the OP wants a little something to chew on watch a video of this brilliant man:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0MaY33LJZ0

Thank you for this video. I have never taken an economics class and have no idea who this guy is. It's really informative.

And no offense taken to your list of stern questions/points to me. I can only agree with you -- I've never had to do any of those things.

[Solar]

Thank you for this video. I have never taken an economics class and have no idea who this guy is. It's really informative.

And no offense taken to your list of stern questions/points to me. I can only agree with you -- I've never had to do any of those things.

I find it interesting that your friend thought that sending you here would be some kind of punishment.
In truth, he sent you to a forum that prides itself in truth in discussion. Sure, we may poke a bit of fun on occasion, but if someone has a legitimate question, no one will ridicule you for it and many will join in to answer it.

[BernieSupporter]

So what were ya looking for Bernie, maybe I can help?

One of the terms of my bet was to go on a few conservative forms like this. If you don't feel like scrolling up, the loser of our wager had to work for the other person for the rest of the week. (We're both fans of the WWE and they do this stipulation on occasion.)

I had to bring my friend coffee first this morning. And I had to bring him more coffee after his class, a bottle of water and fetch him his lunch order. I have a break now for classes and to do some homework. After dinner, I'm going to drive him to his parents' house. His dad is a huge conservative (and has listened to Rush every day for the past decade, supposedly). My friend told his dad about the wager and he naturally loves it. So I'm going to do some chores at their house and then get lectured by his father about how the government has hurt his business and how Bernie's plan would further hurt it. (He started his own business and is really successful.)

So if you have any ideas along those lines please let me know. Just living up to the terms of my bet. I shouldn't have made it but, uhm, we were drunk. But I think backing out of a bet is the worst thing a person can do. And if I won, I'd certainly be making my friend pay up.

[supsalemgr]

I am here in between classes. No one really gave me what I'm looking for. I'm not brainwashed: Just adhering to the terms of a bet I made where I said I won't publicly disagree with any anti-Bernie or pro-conservative opinions for the remainder of the week.

What are you majoring in and what type job would you like after you graduate?

[BernieSupporter]

What are you majoring in and what type job would you like after you graduate?

Communication. I am a second semester sophomore. We don't get to pick a focus yet. But I wanted to be a film/video director and also write screenplays when I graduated. I'm realizing now that's not probably something really practical.

My friend is majoring in accounting and plans on also minoring in management. He's planning on working for his dad when he graduates. We jokingly call him the "rich kid" in our group because he pretty much is. But I'm admittedly pretty sure that he's got it made after school.

My student debt load isn't going to be so bad. My parents are paying for most of my tuition. My college (it's a small Catholic liberal arts school) also gives a lot in grant money. I chose here over a state school for a few different reasons that aren't important to the discussion. It's more money but when you factor the grant money, my tuition isn't that much more than what a state school would cost (according to my parents).

But I'm still going to have something like $30,000 in debt when I graduate.