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Man draws cheers and jeers for refusing to help a stranded Trump supporterLisa Gutierrez
Kansas City Star
Any thought of helping apparently flew right out of his head when he saw the car had a Trump bumper sticker. The photo that he posted to Facebook of the car has gone viral.
He wrote that he does not support Trump supporters, rapists, trafficking, or murderers. I believe in peace and harmony. Trump didnt display that.
In May, Trump supporter and tow truck driver Ken Shupe refused to help a female Bernie Sanders supporter after she was involved in a car crash when he saw the Sanders sticker on her car.
Every business dealing in recent history that Ive had with a socialist-minded person, I havent got paid, Shupe told a local TV station.
So he refused to tow her.
Something came over me, I think the Lord came to me, and he just said get in the truck and leave, Shupe, who identified himself as a conservative Christian, told the TV station.
The motorist he left stranded told The Washington Post: You dont have to agree on anything just to be kind to one another.
Merry Christmas, one and all.
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,110 posts)kelly1mm
(4,719 posts)Trump supporter? Or would you just be an ass hat to both?
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,110 posts)BTW, I was being an "asshat," as you refer to me, by agreeing only that I would leave the Furher-Elect supporter's car stranded in the snow til someone more sympathetic came along. (Can't stand tRump supporters, sorry, I admit it.)
I would, of course, come to the aid and comfort of the stranded Bernie supporter... at no charge. Love Bernie and his supporters!!
Anyway, you take care Kelly... hope your day improves, I really do. All the best.
Iggo
(47,489 posts)shraby
(21,946 posts)leave anyone stranded, but the one with a set of horns, a trident and is red would.
edited to add:
He sold a bit of his soul right there and then.
Lint Head
(15,064 posts)goodness is one thing but doing the deeds of darkness is another.
JustAnotherGen
(31,683 posts)I'm a black woman Democratic and those nazis hate me. If I stopped they would just slash me across the face.
Votes have consequences and so do bumper stickers.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)What's wrong with you?
That's right. You want to make it back to your family.
This seems to be an exercise in "things that are said when people don't comprehend their own privilege."
JustAnotherGen
(31,683 posts)Me before thee and those people have a long history of stringing people like me up from a tree!
TexasMommaWithAHat
(3,212 posts)In some parts of the country, leaving a motorist stranded can result in death!
Both of these people were assholes.
demmiblue
(36,751 posts)JustAnotherGen
(31,683 posts)If you keep your vote to yourself and don't display it on your car - this won't happen to you.
Maru Kitteh
(28,303 posts)lest they forget how to fend for themselves.
So let them fend for themselves.
Besides - and I know some people in particular on DU seem to forget this on a regular basis - some people are not white - and often when not-white people show up to help - white folks, especially the Trump-supporting kind, roll up their damn windows at best, or reward the good Samaritan with a face full of lead because they were "afraid for their lives."
treestar
(82,383 posts)When they need help, suddenly things are different.
That said, they are against government help, not help in general. Might help you themselves, they just don't want the government to help "those people."
hamsterjill
(15,214 posts)"Helping someone" or "being kind" is a personal choice. One of those "personal freedoms" that the Republicans preach about all the time.
I would definitely exercise the personal freedom of driving on by a vehicle that had a Trump sticker on it.
There are plenty of people in this world for me to be kind to and to help.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)This can only be written by someone entitled. Tell a POC they don't have to agree with an out right racist in order to stop and help them on an isolated road.
JustAnotherGen
(31,683 posts)It's obvious they've never been a person of color. I'm not stopping to help those people and I wouldn't open my door to one either.
Bettie
(15,998 posts)and I'm a white woman.
A POC, especially a man should be afraid to stop for someone with one on their car.
Most of them would shoot as soon as they saw a not-white person coming toward them.
JustAnotherGen
(31,683 posts)And then they would get away with it.
Bettie
(15,998 posts)"I was scared" appears to be a get out of murder charges free card these days if you are white and killed a not-white person.
It disgusts me.
If I see one of those stickers on a car, I know to avoid that person.
JustAnotherGen
(31,683 posts)Then some people at DU - even one on this thread - would be even more in support of that woman. *smdh*
lpbk2713
(42,696 posts)That would have made me put all preconceived notions aside.
MFM008
(19,782 posts)but I MIGHT have a few things to say about their choice.
libtodeath
(2,888 posts)Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)Last edited Tue Dec 27, 2016, 03:23 PM - Edit history (1)
and I'm an angry white man. Angry at the morons who voted for comrade casino!! Not ready to make nice with these assholes!
pressbox69
(2,252 posts)is because so many treated the fascist like he is a hero.
handmade34
(22,755 posts)a number of times I refused to do business with Trump supporters... but I will ALWAYS help someone in trouble, no matter who they voted for or their politics...
Girard442
(6,059 posts)...help them, even if they're undeserving. You don't want to turn into a hard-hearted person who would hurt someone by an act of omission. Don't be resentful when you're not rewarded. You have your reward by being able to see someone you like in the mirror.
alarimer
(16,245 posts)I hear the same sentiment here all the time and it is disgusting.
Assholes are assholes, whatever the political label they choose. Anyone endorsing this sort of behavior is one.
dumbcat
(2,120 posts)and I am not going to help one that openly advertised the fact.
Actually, I am not going to stop on the road to help anyone, anywhere. Too much risk. I may pull over down the road aways and call 911, but I am not going to expose myself or my family to a potentially risky situation.
maxrandb
(15,192 posts)Check it out. That's how I feel about fucking Trump supporters.
They weren't just walking down the street one day, tripped, fell into a voting booth and accidentally hit their head on the Trump button!
Voting and supporting this hate-filled orange sack of pus was NOT a passive act. It took thought and effort. It was premeditated.
Let them "go Galt". It's what they've been fucking screaming they want for the past 4 decades...and probably longer than that
HassleCat
(6,409 posts)The only way to defeat them is to be like them, paranoid, judgmental, superior, righteous, deaf and blind to human suffering. Once we are as mean and nasty as they are, they will have no choice but to join us or die.
sarisataka
(18,220 posts)Have already joined them?
HassleCat
(6,409 posts)Your question answers itself.
azmom
(5,208 posts)People are complicated creatures.
Many of my neighbors are Trump supporters and they have been very kind and supportive. We are all just trying to raise our families and get by in these difficult times.
People are so much more than their politics.
sarisataka
(18,220 posts)Because I am a better person than that.
If I am going to be as mean spirited, petty and hateful then I am exactly the same as what I despise.
nini
(16,670 posts)God knows I want to shake some sense into all of those I disagree with but I would NEVER leave someone in a situation that is harmful to them and I don't care who it is.
ElkeH
(105 posts)Trump has already vowed to take away health insurance from millions, many of whom won't survive, by repealing ACA. He has already vowed to tear apart immigrant families by deporting undocumented Latinos. He has already vowed to kill innocents by bombing the families of terrorists. He has already incited violence against women, minorities, and Muslims. Even children at school are being bullied because of him, and it is not out of the question that some may harm themselves once they can no longer deal with the harassment.
How many lives has Sanders destroyed or vowed to destroy?