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hexola

(4,835 posts)
Sun Aug 19, 2018, 08:41 AM Aug 2018

Why do Trump supporters and conservatives HATE America?

This is my new tact when arguing with these people.

"Why do you hate America so much?"

You hate Hillary, Democrats, Blacks, Football, George Bush, George W. Bush, Obama, Clintons, NATO...and the list goes on.

They hate everything about America...

And that's how I'm going to frame my interactions with these nit-wits.

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Why do Trump supporters and conservatives HATE America? (Original Post) hexola Aug 2018 OP
They hate everything vlyons Aug 2018 #1
This is accurate, and they'll never admit it. bearsfootball516 Aug 2018 #5
This is very true. smirkymonkey Aug 2018 #9
They always accuse liberals of hating America Ohiogal Aug 2018 #2
Because liberals have created a moral landscape where hexola Aug 2018 #4
+1 2naSalit Aug 2018 #6
Agree, they are miserable and they blame that on external forces. They certainly cannot be Trust Buster Aug 2018 #3
The irony is that the RW tries to don the mantle of personal responsibility The Genealogist Aug 2018 #7
They don't hate America--they just LOVE Putin & Russia MORE! TheBlackAdder Aug 2018 #8
Yes they do hate multi cultural, liberal America workinclasszero Aug 2018 #10

bearsfootball516

(6,377 posts)
5. This is accurate, and they'll never admit it.
Sun Aug 19, 2018, 08:55 AM
Aug 2018

But it's true. A lot of them grew up when times were different. They didn't adjust to the societal changes, and feel "left behind" so to speak, and it angers them that they can't act like they used to. So instead of changing themselves, they have a "burn it down" mentality, which is why they love Trump so much even though he's doing harm to their lives and paychecks.

Their mentality is, if I'm not happy, I don't want anyone else to be happy.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
9. This is very true.
Sun Aug 19, 2018, 10:03 AM
Aug 2018

They are consumed by hatred, but most of it I think is because they hate themselves and their lives and do not have the strength or intelligence to look within and make changes. They will always look to deflect the blame on something outside themselves.

Ohiogal

(31,999 posts)
2. They always accuse liberals of hating America
Sun Aug 19, 2018, 08:47 AM
Aug 2018

and that is something I will never figure out! Weird!

 

hexola

(4,835 posts)
4. Because liberals have created a moral landscape where
Sun Aug 19, 2018, 08:52 AM
Aug 2018

they can't say nigger - and hate whoever they want with impunity.

That's about it...the rest of it is just whatever Trump tells them to think.

 

Trust Buster

(7,299 posts)
3. Agree, they are miserable and they blame that on external forces. They certainly cannot be
Sun Aug 19, 2018, 08:51 AM
Aug 2018

Responsible for their own failures. Take the latest incel movement. There are 8 billion people on this planet. Roughly 4 billion are women. Roughly 2 billion are adult women. Who is to blame that they cannot attract one woman out of a population of 2 billion ? Why it’s the fault of the 2 billion women, that’s who. It couldn’t be their fault. They don’t own mirrors. That is the mentality they employ to justify all of their personal failings.

The Genealogist

(4,723 posts)
7. The irony is that the RW tries to don the mantle of personal responsibility
Sun Aug 19, 2018, 09:57 AM
Aug 2018

YOU'RE poor/sick/bad off/suffering because you won't take responsibility for your actions.

THEY are poor/sick/bad off/suffering because of someone else (non-whites, LGBTQ, foreigners, atheists, liberals etc).

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
10. Yes they do hate multi cultural, liberal America
Sun Aug 19, 2018, 10:07 AM
Aug 2018

They especially hate the anti fascist USA that defeated fascism in WW2.

They hate brown, black and liberated female America. They hate any non Republican “Jesus”.

Any religion must be prosperity preaching, money lovin, greed based, poor and sick hating, 1000% GOP political church.

Taking back America and MAGA are code words for a white kkk America with zero freedom based totally on race.

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