I was just thinking about this...
Fire in the house. Democrat goes to warn Republican "Fire! Fire! Get out of the house!"
*Smoking a cigar while using a hotplate on his bed, Republican says. "Dude, you're full of shit I'm cooking. The smoke alarms stop going off.*
"There's a literal fire outside, smoke is in the hallways! I saw the fire myself."
*Republican lights his cigar again* "Yep, there's the fire right there. There's bound to be smoke in hallways when people are smoking, you leftist idiot."
*Democrat leaves and flees the building, saving himself and the Republican gets mad for being abandoned when his room caught fire. Republican dies wishing the Democrat had done something to help this guy understand there was a fire in the building.*