Just make something up that you find funny. There is no point engaging in reality.
Say Newsom actually passed legislation that lowered prices act but trump over turned it because hes brought and paid for by the oil and gas lobby.
Whatever they reply just make up something that directly counters it. Let them see how it feels to try and debunk bullshit 24/7
I love you.
Tell them that they’re idiots and never speak to them again
Tell them they’re stupid and stop talking with them.
I cut my shithead republican family members out of my life and it’s made it much better. No more arguing with pondscum about how living under Biden was as bad as ice kidnapping and murdering people in the street.
Been a really nice year without that
I had this same argument with some dipshit the other day, except they were blaming Biden and AlL tHe ExEcUtIvE oRdErS hE sIgNeD, didn’t want to listen how gas prices were not this bad literally a year ago. These people have lost all cognitive ability to discern facts from fiction.
Maine this article explains it: https://www.psypost.org/lower-cognitive-ability-is-linked-to-stronger-christian-nationalist-views-even-after-accounting-for-education/
Don’t bother engaging. They will not change their mind, you will not change yours. All roads lead to friction.
Yes, I also don’t talk to my parents much.
And friction leads to heat, and heat to higher AC bills.
You always go crazier.
Bring up the ancient aliens that have infiltrated the highest levels of the Russian and Israeli governments and are using bisexual mind control to force Trump to cuckold himself to Newsom, causing the theta waves to destabilize the oil reserves, leading to the shortages that will allow Mongolia to rise as a global power.
That, or do the smart thing and shrug and walk away.
And the 5g chips from the covid vaccines! Don’t forget those.
What do you mean crazier? That’s just the facts?
am alien. can confirm.
Well tell them to switch to electric, gas is not coming down any time soon 1/4 of oil supply was cut because of some idiot and the prices aren’t just high in California not on the whole world.
In fact people in Europe would like to have our prices.
Going back to taxes and fees. If your parents grew up in California they sure remember when we were infamous for smog. Smog was especially bad here, because of the geological position, on one side there’s wind from ocean on the other are mountains. That configuration prevents air from circulating and traps smog.
Only after mandating catalysts, special, more expensive gasoline blend and pushing car manufacturers to lower emissions we for that under control.
I didn’t know about you, but I rather pay more than have to worry on additional lung diseases and cancers.
Also, most red states can lower their gas tax because our money partially funds their road maintenance. They should pay everything themselves instead of sucking free money. Damn socialists.
Did they bitch about gas prices under biden and solely blame him? If so, ask what’s different now. See if they can point to state level changes that affected gas prices.
This is assuming they would at least attempt a good faith argument. If not, I’d just laugh and imply they have the mentality of a child thinking they figured out the world and are dead wrong. Like listen to their inane rants and just kinda chuckle as if it’s impressive they built such a convoluted plot in their head.
You can’t logic someone out of something they didn’t logic themselves into.
Say honestly both Trump and Newsom working to reduce our oil usage is a good thing. Trump is also working harder then any president to finally cut down US ranchers to give vegan diets a better chance.
Its just too bad Trump wasnt as smart anf its costing us billions for his plan to go back to the middle east for a few decades compared to just taxing it.
Generally, I avoid people who engage in MAGA talking points. The massive, oligarch-sponsored, far-right propaganda machine that dominates social media and television viewership uses the same brainwashing techniques used on US soldiers in Korea, and there’s no cure for that yet.
We know human beings can be manipulated. It’s why we regulate advertising and prosecute grift. FOX News should be unlawful has it stands, but so should gambling and here we are.
My own father is a MAGA disciple and an avid viewer of FOX News. He’s isolated from all other news sources, which is what they do. I have to protect myself from him.
if you want people to change their minds on something, don’t tell them anything. ask them.
- what could the current administration do to help reduce the cost of gas?
- what is Trump doing to reduce the cost of living?
- do you think the war in Iran had any impact on the cost of gas?
“Have the day you voted for.”
I’m genuinely curious. What does the California state gas taxes have anything to do with any recent elections?
It sounds like the complaints are about the difference in gas prices between California and the rest of the U.S., not gas prices in general.
The complaints are because of the recent spike (or rather bump, as spike implies it will go down).
California prices are still cheaper than what rest of the world pays.
Those people purchased gas guzzlers because gas (even in California) was cheap. Now those gas guzzlers cost them much more.
Ask them if prices have risen since last year. Then ask them that you are interested in how California fucked this up recently, and if they could tell you which new Californian law has been enacted in recent months, that made gas so much more expensive.
Ignore all propaganda videos they might send you, and keep asking for that law that must have changed.
“You voted for this.”
Ok, maybe not if you’re a minor and living in their house…
It’s tough, but you cannot reason somebody out of a position they didn’t reason themselves into.
Good point
This is what you asked for
Heavy is the crown…
Tell them to move. Living on the West Coast is a privilege. If they don’t like it they are free to leave.
Also, it’s not the taxes that cause the price of gas to fluctuate daily, it’s supply and demand of things like crude oil. Trump’s stupid war in Iran has caused oil prices to spike globally, and this is easy to prove.
