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  “Never believe that ~~anti-Semites~~ Republicans are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The ~~anti-Semites~~ Republicans have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.”
  Quote by Jean-Paul Sartre
  Edit by me.
context: Does the GOP sit around and come up with the most vindictive terrible ideas or what? >
  
  They do. And when you start asking questions that point out how ridiculous their suggestions are they will grouse and say "it was just a suggestion"