How do you deal with childish partisan rants?

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Arjay Phoenician

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It goes both ways, but mostly it's the conservative trolls who are the more adolescent at Y/A. I ignore most of them, how in the world do you answer EVERY piece of drivvel? Those I do answer, I try to give a bit of a history lesson, because, frankly, trolls don't care much for context if it conflicts with their hate.

How do you, as a thoughtful and conscientious user at this site, handle the childish, propaganda-driven, outright lying and manipulating, partisan rants that pass for questions at this site?
 
The heart of the issue is the number of real politicians who have mastered childish partisan ranting as an art form. They may not be ideal role models. Both Republicans and Democrats have demonstrated world class abilities in ranting, among several other types of what I like to call "BS Delivery Systems" (BSDS). Except for being performed before larger audiences, the all too familiar BSDS we get from our "leaders" is the same sort of childish, propaganda-driven, outright lying and manipulating BSDS we see on Yahoo Answers.
So what are some appropriate ways to deal with BSDS? You could always just move on to the next question. That would be a mature and reasonable way to handle things. But just between you and me, sometimes I like to take a few shots of my own.

Snap with the lag man and I'll dis ya so bad you won't even understand a word I say! You know, just like a real politician.
 
I find your childish partisan rant to be based on a false premise, because I see far more liberals disparaging conservatives.

Personally, if I don't like a 'question', I just don't read or answer it.
 
I find your childish partisan rant to be based on a false premise, because I see far more liberals disparaging conservatives.

Personally, if I don't like a 'question', I just don't read or answer it.
 
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