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CatMor

(6,212 posts)
2. Unfortunately his followers loved it....
Thu Mar 29, 2018, 12:44 PM
Mar 2018

they laughed and cheered. It was all down hill for the country after that.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
3. I agree. Mocking a guy like that should be unacceptable for anyone, even A-hole white wingers.
Thu Mar 29, 2018, 12:44 PM
Mar 2018

Add in misogyny, sexual assault, racism, beating up Blacks at rallies, xenophobia, criminal activity, and perhaps worse, you really have to wonder about this country. We are looking more and more like South Africa mid-20th Century.

CrispyQ

(36,533 posts)
4. I thought it would be the end. So when he survived this &
Thu Mar 29, 2018, 12:48 PM
Mar 2018

the Access Hollywood tape came out, everyone said, this will be the end of him. I said, no way. If his supporters were okay with him mocking a disabled person, they will be okay with his boasting about grabbing pussy. In fact, a good number of them wish they could behave that way. I believe that is a lot of his appeal - that he behaves badly & gets away with it. His supporters would like that for themselves.

rainin

(3,011 posts)
6. His first "they're rapists...some of them are good people" speech outed him as bigoted and
Thu Mar 29, 2018, 12:52 PM
Mar 2018

unintellectual. He went downhill from there.

While I'm glad when people announce he has lost their support because of some infraction, I'm not impressed it took them this long. It says so much about them and none of it is good.

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