HabitableZone

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define "divisive"

Seriously, you wouldn't think definition is necessary, but then you wouldn't be a conservative.

I was talking to one the other day, and he told me that he's going to vote for Trump because he thinks Clinton will be "divisive".

After I regained the power of speech, I asked him if he has some objective criteria by which Hillary is more divisive than a guy whose brand is Divisive™. He went pretzel logic then, diving deep into the '90s at one point, then zig-zagging over into Arkansas...I couldn't tell you where it ended up, except that he came out the other side unshaken in his certainty that Hillary is a "divider".

We'd be making a big mistake assuming that they think like us. Clearly conservatives use words with meanings very different than we liberals (or a dictionary) would understand.

"Divisive" is one of their special victim words, and means "I'm going to be soooooo upset if Clinton is elected!!". Kind of the way "religious freedom" means "ewwww gay!". Basically "you triggered one of my phobias and/or prejudices and made me feel bad!". And that's against the Constitution (vest-pocket Tea Party Edition).

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