Poll- In the last several weeks have you had more or less empathy for the Deplorables?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

I am afraid to say with every passing day I have less.

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[LakeVermilion]

1. Deplorables practice the politics of resentment...

Rather than stand up to corporate America, they chose to take away any gains, political and economic, by organized citizens.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

2. Definitely less

They have no idea how much of a mess they've made and won't appreciate what they would have had with Hillary (though I suppose that they'd probably be spending most of the time still fuming over her email server and cracking "Billary" jokes to care, with their easier lives under a sane and stable Democratic WH)

[Vogon_Glory]

3. Ask Me A Year From Now

Ask me about a year from now. I'll have processed more anger and grief, and the deplorables a will have had a chance to savor what happens when they let their emotions override cold reason when they pick a Republican-controlled Congress and a leader like Donald Trump.

Oh, there'll be trouble / Right there in River City / That's trouble with a capital T ! The same as he / That stands for "Fooled!"

Chorus: "Trouble! Trouble! Trouble!"

[DaleFromWPB]

4. Neither ...

I think one of the biggest mistakes was HRC's statement about the deplorables. It reinforced the the idea that politicians look down on ordinary working people.

In fact, HRC told her close staff that she 'stepped in it' with that remark.

They are not deplorables, they are hard-working people concerned for their future.

I personally believe that remark is a major factor is her loss easily as bad as Romney's 47% comment.

[pscot]

5. Deplorables became a rallying cry

and gave a focus to their resentment for many voters. I feel sorry for them and for the country. They made a yuge mistake and we'll all be paying for it for the next 30 years, or until the end of civilization as we know it; whichever comes first.

[fleabiscuit]

7. From a current trending post...

…you
…watched an adult mock a disabled person while addressing a crowd and still supported him.
…saw a candidate spout clear racism day after day and still backed him.
…heard him advocate for war crimes and still thought he should be given the reins of government.
…watched him equate a woman's worth to where she landed on a scale of 1 to 10 and still got on board.
...stood by silently while he labeled Mexicans as criminals and Muslims as terrorists.

…your willingness to support someone who spouts racism, sexism, and cruelty almost every time he opens his mouth.
…sided with a bully when it should have mattered most, and that is something I will never be able to forget.

Sure, it was a 47% comment.

[DaleFromWPB]

9. As far as doing damage to a campaign ... Yes

[Nwgirl503]

6. Less

There's idealism and then there's realism. Ideally we'd love to live in a world where good triumphs over evil. Realistically, we don't.

And there's intention and impact. You can intend to feed me, but if you don't, I'm still going to starve.

Where do we draw the line between these things?

[LandrosT]

8. I never had any respect for those jerks to begin with

If anything, I despise them with the fire of a thousand suns. Bunch of selfish, bigoted pricks.

[LWolf]

10. I have empathy for people.

I don't measure it, which seems bizarre. Empathy should not be a measured commodity.

No empathy = sociopath. It's nothing to be proud of to have "less" empathy.