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[Sanity Claws]

1. He did say that he loves the uneducated.

He knows his audience.

[SummerSnow]

4. He knows that anyone listening to his foolishness isn't so bright.

[Brickbat]

2. Your OP headline is shitty.

[TransitJohn]

10. +1 eom

n/t

[UMTerp01]

3. I don't like the term "trailer trash"

As sure as I am that most of Donald Trump's supporters would be calling my gay Black/Latino self a half-n*gger f*ggot, I don't like the term "trailer trash". Its a dog whistle type term as much as "ghetto", "thug", or "hood rat" is. Its not right when either term is used.

[Photographer]

6. Get over it.

[UMTerp01]

12. I don't have to "get over" anything

You posted something. I gave an opinion and you shared yours back. I don't need to "get over" a DAMN thing. You have your POV and I have mine.

[enough]

15. Using derogatory names for poor people may feel good to you,

but it's just another way to promulgate hatred among us.

[cali]

16. I certainly will not. I have known wonderful poor white people who lived in trailers.

It's ugly to use smears like that one.

[Brickbat]

18. Way to stick to your classist outlook! How progressive of you.

Some people do get pleasure from looking down on others.

[lillypaddle]

23. Well, if it makes you feel any better

that's a term Rushbo uses to disparage poor white people. Get over yourself. How 'bout that?

[Mendocino]

32. Could you reconsider your tone?

I doubt JL would have called others by the term you have used here.

[OnionPatch]

19. I don't either. It's a nasty stereotype.

People aren't trash just because they can't afford better housing. The term "white trash" is pretty racist too.

[Chasstev365]

5. I really hate Nazi analogies, but

Tapping into the hate of losers, who needed scapegoats to blame for their problems seens to be a Trump specialty.

[TransitJohn]

7. Well, this died in the wool liberal

also says American when asked. I hate the whole "I'm Irish" or "I'm Italian" thing.
And on edit: I also hate your headline. I was raised by a single mother in a trailer who worked underground in a mine after my dad died working on an oil rig. I am a professional geologist, and try to make my community better. Trailer trash forever, baby.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

8. I've seen surveys that indicated some of his supporters are...

... college educated too. It was a far higher percentage than I would've expected.

His most fervent supporters are white evangelical Christians! I can only assume that most of them are desperate to have more anti-abortion Supreme Court justices, and they're willing to risk nuclear annihilation to do it.

[Warpy]

9. What did anyone expect? After 40+ years of shipping good jobs away and starving people

by not raising the wages on the bad jobs they had to scramble for, people on the bottom have had enough. They're backing a guy they know will completely wreck the political establishment in Washington, or that's what they think. They don't think he gives a damn about them, nobody does and they're used to that.

They just want a rapid turnover in the thieves at the top. They will never vote for a Clinton. They will never vote for Ryan or any of the other establishment types. They're so angry they'd rather rip it all down and start over than deal with what they've got. Which is nothing.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

13. THIS! ^^^^

There's also outright bigots in their midst, but you nailed the MAIN explanation.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

17. Good movie about this growing (and understandable) attitude...

http://123movies.to/film/requiem-for-the-american-dream-11956/watching.html

[Sentath]

24. I am posting in opposition to the OP Title &

in support of your analysis.

[world wide wally]

11. Now do you see the value of education?

[cali]

14. Ugh. Sorry. I think calling people trailer trash is horrible.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

22. It certainly doesn't help to "win them over" someday. n/t

[cali]

28. Beyond such considerations, I think it's ugly, unfair, bigoted and a silly generalization.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

30. That too!

I hate to break it to people, but we're likely always going to have poorly educated people because they have learning disabilities or academic endeavors simply don't interest them.

There's also many people living in trailer parks who are NOT dumb or "trashy."

[yallerdawg]

20. Don't be knockin' our Southern culture!

It's hereditary, you know!

[oberliner]

21. Do we really need to use phrases like "trailer trash" ?

That is a very unfortunate stereotype for poor white people.

[guillaumeb]

25. I know that if I were called trailer trash by someone that

would probably make me very receptive to that person's arguments.

Who could possibly take offense?

[CBGLuthier]

26. Nasty and elitist comments like poor white trailer trash have no business at a progressive website.

But since DU has not been such a thing for some time now go ahead and enjoy your hate while some of us vomit.

[cali]

29. I'll join you in that sentiment

[whatthehey]

27. Assuming correct data these are quite staggering

Anything above 0.5 is really stretching the concept of random association (above 0.3 is usually thought of as definitely connected) and while everybody knows the causation cliche, the higher the number the more you have to consider at least effects coming from the same root cause if not a direct A-B link. So while being very poorly educated does not drive criminality much directly, the correlation is very high because they share many of the same causes. I suspect that's what we are seeing here. Considering your ancestry to be "American" doesn't make you a Trump voter, but the combination of jingoism, lack of travel, narrow information sources and lack of empathy can easily lead to both.

The most interesting to me is the LFPR.

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[FLPanhandle]

31. Would you insult poor blacks with a similiar type of insult?

If poor people are supporting Trump, instead of insulting them, we should be looking in the mirror as to why we have failed to present a good case to them.

[romanic]

34. Agreed.

Picking on the poor and calling them trash won't win them over.

[nruthie]

33. As a senior living in a "trailer", I find that sort of insulting.

Not all people living in trailers are dumb as dirt and vote Republican. Most of the Trump fans I know are well-to-do. Sorry I don't fit your stereotype. Yes, you can
call me poor, but I am not stupid.

[NurseJackie]

35. Thank you! Half of my family live in "trailers"...

... and none of them live up to the "poor white trailer trash" stereotype either.