I don't know why people don't get it.

[kpete]

[doc03]

1. Who does, none of my Democrat friends can comprehend

why people vote for Trump. I saw a marker on a grave at the cemetery "This man had no redeemable qualities, but he was loved".

[Demsrule86]

3. They 'love' him because he had made OK to be a selfish racist scumbag. It is not hard to understand.

I don't care to understand them any more than I have any interest in understanding Concentration Camp guards. Trump is not just a con artist. He is pure evil. Anyone who follows him is an idiot, dishonest cruel, racist, and, misogynistic. A Trump win would lead to bloodshed and likely a civil war.

[Polybius]

18. "A Trump win would lead to bloodshed and likely a civil war"

The other side says that will happen if Biden wins. Let's not be like them.

[Charmin One]

24. My Prediction if Trump wins

Inauguration day: massive protests in DC. Trump orders troops to break up protests. Tear gas and billy clubs and arrests used on protsters. ANTIFA responds, throwing rocks at police. Police cracks down even more. Protesters respond by burning and overturning cars and spraying grafitti on government buildings. Ppolice responds even more. The gutless press blames both sides. In short, I predict a BIG riot.

[jimfields33]

28. Let's hope people stay home.

[New Haven]

44. WalMart won't let that happen

They need to stay open and sell stuff.

[LT Barclay]

29. It's not being like them because he will start arresting

rivals, protesters and critics, and the courts seem split about backing him; and we know how the SCOTUS will rule.

[soldierant]

41. If Biden wins, there will beviolence from Trump** followers/

If Trump** winds, there will be violence from Trump** flollowers.

Those are just facts. Saying so is not "being like them."

[MiHale]

34. Takes two sides to wage a war...

President Biden’s side isn’t like that. And then with that said why does a war start? They got what they wanted. Please don’t spread needless fear.
Yes I’d be angry, disappointed, disgusted, thinking the only way it could happen was cheating, but violence is not an acceptable answer.

[Charmin One]

37. I predict

I predict a mirror image of Portland, Oregon. It will get ugly.

[dpibel]

51. LOL

You do know that "Portland, Oregon" has a distinct odor about it. [On edit] You're talking about the Portland that was burnt right to the ground and is a smoking ruin, right?

Welcome to DU!

I'm pretty sure you'll be a valued member for a long, long time!!1!

[Hotler]

2. The repug voters want meanness and crulity for Dems & Libs, that's all they care about.

The orange one is their chance to hurt the Dems & Libs. He's a mean, nasty and cruel man and that is what they like about him.

[OldBoss]

23. This! ...

It’s all about hate - which is the saddest part of this equation. Hatred rules with these kooks, I don’t bother to reason with them. They know where I stand. I go out of my way to engage and reason with independents and moderates, but the cultists aren’t worth a nano-second of my time.

[OldBaldy1701E]

26. And profitable.

Being a hate-filled, racist scumbag creates many opportunities for business-minded leeches to siphon money from them by playing to their rhetoric and desires. There are whole industries that are pandering to these animals and we are doing little to nothing to call them out for it.

After all, it is just good business to bleed both sides of any issue, all the while covertly stoking both sides. The modern media is a great example of this practice.

[Uncle Joe]

4. Our culture too often promotes the mentality of "heroic" or protagonist bad guys.

In T.V. movies, music and publishing.

Good has been equated with "boring."

I believe this is purposeful as oligarchs and major corporate conglomerates have largely monopolized the media and that increasingly disconnects them from the legitimate needs of the people.

Their top decision makers on programming or publishing isolated from the masses then become increasingly cynical and alienated from the American Public.

In that sense they have more in common with fellow oligarchs overseas.

Thanks for the thread kpete

[NoMoreRepugs]

5. How deplorable are the Deplorables? They KNOW this and don't care.

[plimsoll]

6. We're overlooking the obvious.

They don't think it will happen to them.
They think they'll be the guards at the camp.
They think they'll get the jobs those evil "libruls" are stealing from them.

They may be right about the camp guards.

[AllaN01Bear]

10. love it how the rs have been screaming what u just posted for years . and it will happen to them.

he dosnt give a hoot hoot hoot abut anyone , even his followers an they don get it. late mum. wait untill it goes dow n . let it all go down and they will whine and pine how good they had it.

[AllaN01Bear]

7. i cant say what i want to say. x rated rant.

[bluestarone]

30. Lot of US ( DU'rs) in that boat!!

[Mr.Bee]

8. I say the exact thing each morning

They think he's Elvis.
They think he's Jesus.
They shun their friends and neighbours.
The devil knows how to trick you.

[KS Toronado]

9. Brain washed MAGAts only see "FAKE NEWS"

when it's something they don't like.

[krkaufman]

19. "fake news" ... "liberal media"

It’s not all that tough to see, it’s the inevitable point that’s been warned of for decades. Trump and his “fake news” is just a variation of “liberal media” that’s been used as an essential tool in equipping the cognitive dissonance firewall in the brains of Right Wing media consumers, from talk radio and Internet sites to Fox News et al.

Decades of lying and collecting an audience open to and thirsty for the lies makes an attractive and easy mark for a con man.

[Martin Eden]

25. THAT, and a lot of simple religious folk actually believe TFG was anointed by GOD

To save America.

[kimbutgar]

11. So true I knew in the late 80's he was scum !

never liked him, never watched the apprentice, before he ran for president when he came on I changed the channel, didn’t like him them really dislike him immensely now!

[PatSeg]

12. Yes

It was obvious the first time I heard him speak on TV. How can so many not see it? It is really unnerving.

[Half-step]

13. Cultists are going to cult

I agree that it is hard to believe that these people can't see clearly. However, don't forget that he is not just some solitary person ranting at the sky. In addition to legal support, the GOP allowed TFG to hitch himself to their wagon. This is basically what happens when someone who is charismatic (to some) connects with a prominent organization that has been literally marketing disinformation for decades. And it's awful.

[nikatnyte]

14. It's pure desperation

Our country has been building toward this for many years: for so long the domain of older, white males, the U.S. is becoming multiracial, multicultural, and omnisexual. The old guard (now the extreme right-wing Qanon GOP) is desperate to retain its power, and they can only do it through lies and threats of violence. As the desperation grows, look for their efforts to become more extreme. Will it come to an actual civil war? I don't think so, but it requires the rest of us (a large majority) to vote and do whatever we can to keep truth in the equation.

[dchill]

15. FoxNews says he's God.

[poozwah]

17. anagram

dog is more like it.

[krkaufman]

20. Dogs deserve better

… than any comparison to that vile creature

[Demobrat]

16. They put themselves in his place, not the place of the victim.

When they hear those stories they don’t think “Oh, the poor victim” like a normal person.

They think “I wish I could get away with that”.

And they idolize Trump because he does.

[hay rick]

21. Nice people hide their spiteful impulses.

When they support Trump they may suspect he's going to screw them too, but they think he will screw other people worse- and they are ok with that.

[question everything]

22. Because he gets away with this. So far. So the huddled masses cheer him

[Ping Tung]

27. People love him because he seems to be "successful". He has huge (and garish) hotels,

his own jets, many servants,. three trophy wives, political lapdogs,who tell him he's a "somebody" and pulled himself up by his golden shoelaces.

There is not a more perilous or immoral habit of mind than the sanctifying of success. Lord Acton

[usaf-vet]

31. In my honest opinion, one of the most egregious things they have done is to kill CIVICS classes in public schools......

I believe that at some point in the past, it was decided that the only way to really dumb down citizens was to deny them the chance to understand how our Democracy works, what made it strong and keeps it strong, and what voters/citizens need to do.

I took civics and government classes in high school in my sophomore and junior years.

So why do they support the likes of 45?

I believe no public school civics classes and the pervasive FOX's anti-Democratic fallacies and out-and-out lies, and you have the making of DUMB eligible voters. Dumb low IQ voters. Dumb, struggling voters. And yes, some very rich and powerful agents who only want more power and more riches. And they are willing to hook their wagon to a 21st-century fascist.

A short factual story:

I have a good friend who is a naturalized citizen. I'm guessing that happened in the mid-to-late 1960s. To this day when, we have frequent conversations about the state of our endangered democracy. That individual repeatedly demonstrates that that individual has a better understanding of the things that I learned in two high school classes in the early 1960s than some of my biological relatives and long-time friends.

And YES, I would bet that some of those individuals (family and lifelong friends) have and will vote for 45 again.

[BarbD]

35. You're absolutely right about the current lack of Civics classes.

Born in 1937, I had Civics in grade school where we learned how a bill became a law and other tidbits about how our government works. When my kids were in public school in the seventies, Civics was included in a general, watered down Social Studies curriculum. My granddaughter who is a teacher is now having to teach lockdown procedures.

[senseandsensibility]

32. Where did this come from?

I ask because it would make a great ad for Dems. Just put on the screen and leave it there for 30 seconds.

[moondust]

33. Raised on robbery.

Greed, selfishness, privilege, supremacy, hate, domination, ...

He's one of them.

Money money money money,
Money money money money.
Money money money money,
Money money money money.

[Passages]

36. He is a marketer. From day one he slithered off the escalator he began validating the racist base

of the Republican Party. He is good at it, the marketing. Just listen to his insurrection language after he lost Nov 2020.
Leading up to January 6th, he was constantly grooming them to attack the capital.


Trump belongs in jail.

[malaise]

38. Nailed it but sadly

There are many more like him

[Faux pas]

39. Because

they only believe the lying liars lies. They represent the 30 plus years of the DUMBING down of 'Merka. The rethug "leadership" should be proud.

[ThoughtCriminal]

40. He gets away with things his supporters...

also want to get away with.

They want to hurt people that are different, they want to embezzle and cheat on their taxes and get away with it. they want to cheat on their spouses and face no consequences. They want to discriminate, insult, threaten violence and be applauded .

Lessons for the rest of us: It is UNWISE to do business with Trump supporters. They ADMIRE his dishonesty. It is UNSAFE to date a Trump supporter - they are okay with sexual assault.

[Beartracks]

42. They believe Trump will only cheat, betray, lie to, and screw the kind of people they don't like.

As if they've never known another cheater, liar, or all-around miscreant in their entire lives.

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[Beartracks]

50. Well, a good mark can't tell when they're being swindled, betrayed, or cheated. n/t

[Beartracks]

53. Ha ha ha! This wasn't supposed to be a reply to my own post!! Oh well.

[Turbineguy]

43. We cheat the other guy

and pass the savings on to you.

MAGA code of honor.

[Kablooie]

45. Yeah but I want change and he will bring change, Biden won't.

This is what a NY Times poll heard a lot in swing state polls.
Particularly from conservative young black and Hispanic voters.

What they don’t get is that they want change because Republicans have screwed up government so much that it is hurting people. They don’t understand that voting for Trump and Republicans will bring much more of what they want to change. Not create a fresh new government that will make things better.

[bdamomma]

46. Hmm....

they think this POS "cares" about them????? He only cares about himself. They just don't get it.

The worst thing is that this trial is not being televised to the American people, it's a slap in the face to us all.

People need to know what a criminal con artist he is. Falling asleep?????? WTF.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

47. The whole party is OK with all that.

They admire those traits.

I'd like to hear from those that fled like Corker and Flake. Although they knew it was going to turn out like this. Their von Shitzinpantz has friends in dark places.

[Skittles]

52. they do it while calling themselves CHRISTIANS

they routinely judge the morals of others

[Edwcraig]

48. Racism Trumps Trump

[D23MIURG23]

49. He's giving them permission to do the same.

In Trump world you can be as offensive and bigoted as you want. You can say and believe whatever you want without regard for evidence. You don't have to worry about anything but "owning the libs".

Also, he said what they wanted to hear, so they'll go ahead and attribute the Obama economy to him.