One of the many disturbing things about tRump supporters is...

[SHRED]

...that even now that they know he lied to them they still support him.
This tells me they are not necessarily ignorant so much as they are malicious, vindictive, and spiteful.

I guess I shouldn't be surprised considering they voted for him knowing his misogyny and that he mocked the handicapped.

These aren't Christians. No, these are vile cretins for whom the word "deplorables" is much too kind.

[lunatica]

1. They're defensively aggressive

They feel inferior so they attach.

[Hayduke Bomgarte]

3. Huh

I also feel they are inferior... So I agree with them on something after all.

[lunatica]

5. Uh Oh!

You see right through they're bullying to hide how weak they feel!!

Don't tell them that. Be careful!

[Thor_MN]

25. Do NOT let them attach to you, they might lay eggs...

[kerry-is-my-prez]

63. Lol!

[duhneece]

32. Aggressively Defensive, too nt

[JHB]

48. I call it Woim Syndrome...

"Woim" being the toady of Butch the bully in the old Our Gang/Little Rascals films.

Always an appendage ready to cheer "Yeah, GET him, hit him again!" and occasionally get in a kick at an already-battered victim.

[ProfessorGAC]

66. Or Like Grover in A Christmas Story

He was Scott Farkus' little toady in that movie. Same thing you're describing.

[sammythecat]

50. Good way of putting it

I also agree with the OP. These people, who STILL, at this point think this tin pot president is doing just fine ... I really don't know what to say. They disgust me. My "fellow Americans", ugh! Such people are going to be the ruin of this country.

[LaydeeBug]

2. Listen to me...FACTS don't matter to them...TRUTH does not matter to them

REASON does not matter to them. They *like* *AUTHORITY*. They *like* to be TOLD. They don't like freedom. I am not kidding, and the sooner you grasp this, the better off you will be

[SHRED]

4. Thanks...I realize this

[Wellstone ruled]

6. Oh so true.

[BigOleDummy]

7. I agree

[guillaumeb]

26. They are looking for a strong leader.

And they are looking for answers.

[LaydeeBug]

28. No. They aren't. They are looking to amerliorate their sense of spite

and they aren't looking for answer at ALL. That's why they openly call themselves ditto-heads. they are NOT looking for any answers. They want to be TOLD

[guillaumeb]

29. Well, they are looking for a strong leader with answers.

It does not matter that the answers and the solutions have been proven wrong time and again.

[Lyricalinklines]

51. I think this is partially true

Greater is that they are looking for someone who appears to fill their "ideal" of success, strength and truth. Many jumped in through fear rather than wanting to discover for themselves facts.



Edit: 'jumped in' meaning at some point began following national issues after feeling fear as the 2008 recession and growing political environment (elections, etc) as they wanted assurance the government was working. I hear many in such position say they realized (after listening to Faux news) that the government had been "hijacked by the Democrats" and felt "we have to save America".

[guillaumeb]

67. Welcome to DU, and thank you for the excellent addition.

[LaydeeBug]

70. They do NOT want *ANSWERS*...I promise you, they are NOT "lost"

They are FOUND.

They don't want the answers, or the truth, or the facts.

They want to be TOLD. And they admire spite.

That's it

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

53. Hence the phrase;

"vote Republican, it's easier than thinking"

[FiveGoodMen]

33. And what do we do about a group like that?

Reason is obviously out of the question.

And now we know they make up about half the country.

[LaydeeBug]

34. You *TELL* them...and they do NOT make up half the country.

Thank God for that small miracle.

[FiveGoodMen]

43. Close enough to half that every election is a toss-up

[Wounded Bear]

41. We out vote them...

take away their political power and leave them to stew in their own juices.

And no, it is NOT half the country. We haven't had a truly "majority" president or government in a while, if ever. What we get, cycle after cycle, is a group of people in government who might get more votes, but seldom get a true 50% of eligible voters. We need more people to get over their discouragement and get out and vote, and pay attention between elections.

Trump's poll numbers are basically the same as they were on election night. And it isn't a majority.

[NewJeffCT]

36. Many years back when Al Franken was on Air America

Franken would have a daily segment with a good friend of his that was a dedicated Rush Limbaugh fan. The guy would come on and Al would debunk Rush’s latest talking point as a lie, half truth or weasel words (something taken out of context, I think). However, the guy kept listening to Rush faithfully even though Al would debunk him. Finally, a frustrated Franken challenged his friend to find anything in the past month that Rush said that was 100% true – they guy could not do it, even though Al gave him a week. The friend then responded that it didn’t matter that Rush lied all the time – he just liked Rush and his talking points and the attitude in which they were delivered.

[azureblue]

37. They are "right"

, we are wrong, and that's that. That's the way they think.

[Orrex]

42. Yes, and...

Even as they're prostrating themselves before their bloated orange idol, they insist that they're the true "rugged individualists" in the True American Spirit™.

[bigbrother05]

46. A lot of them don't like to be "told" anything

They like to feel the vindication of their prejudice that Trump's election granted their hatred. They feel that now they can tell everyone how their innate superiority must be acknowledged and respected without question.

To them the only truth is that they have been right all along.

Where Trump will fail is when they realize that they will lose as much or more than the ones they hate.

[sammythecat]

54. That's a truly frightening thought

and I think you're exactly right. Facts, truth, and reason really seem to have zero effect on them! The age of "Idiocracy" is upon us and I say that in all seriousness. Trump is going to wind up worse than W ever was, it's just a matter of time.

[calimary]

55. AND they don't like to have to think for themselves.

Ever since rush limbaugh told them "you don't even have to think! I'LL do the thinking FOR you!" - they've had a free pass to ignore facts, ignore reality, ignore learning, ignore anything but the baloney from inside the bubble in which they insist on living. I remember being shocked motionless when I heard him say that on the radio, which I actually did one day, years ago. They even have a response to that when you try to question them: "I know what I know."

Gee, don't know why, but the word "deplorable" comes to mind.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

62. They are brainwashed by Limbaugh and Faux News. 24x7. Also, they're racists. They hate the

false "fact" that "those brown/black people" are getting this fictional money that should be going to them. They hate us intellectual "smarty pants" elitists or independent-thinking people who refuse to succumb and who look at them with disdain. It's the "regular dunkin donut coffee drinkers" vs. all of us (mostly imagined) Starbucks latte drinkers. Maybe you can now add "smoothie drinkers" and "organic food eating" people to that.

[MedusaX]

8. In some twisted way they vicariously become the enforcer

Through 45's words & actions.....

Never realizing that they have 'submitted' to the authoritarian ....

They get off on the visions of authoritarian oppression & suppression that dance in their heads...

Yet if you ask them if they like it when government tells them what to do/ forces them to do something
Its all a macho fuck you ... hell no... nobody tells me wut to do... blah blah

They think the authoritarian oppresses & suppresses in their name/ on their behalf..

When in reality the authoritarian does so only for himself .... and sees all his loyal supporters as submissive dumbasses who deserve to get fucked over.... soon it will be their turn.

[JDC]

18. I agree with this. It's an odd, detached power by proxy thing

[LaydeeBug]

35. This is so true. They think they've been helped when they've really been HAD. nt

[jimlup]

10. So Rachael had a good point the other night

when she said they support him because he attacks us and they hate us. That is what it is really about actually. I guess to them we are the smart kids that they hated in school and stuff.

[Ligyron]

13. It really is just that simple isn't it?

I don't give them the satisfaction.

The one thing they hate more than anything is being laughed at. That's when they're smart enough to know the joke is on them.

[azureblue]

38. It's never about reason

or logic or discussion with them. It's all emotional, coupled with an almost pathological resistance to thinking.

[smirkymonkey]

16. That's it exactly!

The enemy of their enemy is their friend.

[iluvtennis]

22. Yep, so true

[mountain grammy]

11. Exactly!

A vote for hate.

[world wide wally]

12. Every response here is spot on

America is dead.

[PdxSean]

14. America isn't dead, it's on life support.

The question is whether democrats are willing to do what's necessary to keep republicans from killing America.

[azureblue]

40. it's not political

it's deeper than that and the problem is the TV. Most people will sit and watch it, which encourages non thinking, so they will accept whatever the TV tells them. TV is geared towards a 7th grade level education, so a person gets used to thinking on that level, and it becomes the norm for communication. Plus, TV shows are all about conflict / resolution and most of them are what I call "comic book" shows, especially action shows. Gawd, what cliches, and the viewer buys them and the simplistic thinking behind them. So it doesn't take long before the mind sort of goes blank from the endless stream of reality avoiding entertainment. And them a person would rather sit in front of the tube and be entertained and not have to think or participate in the worlds around them....

[ffr]

15. They got two direct doses of tRump this week. One came this morning.

Today ==> U.S. Steel suffers biggest stock plunge in its 26-year public history - Stock plunges 25%, worst day in its history.
Monday ==> Lumber fight with Canada could raise home prices (20% tariff on Canadian softwood)
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10028981742

Those who will suffer: blue collar workers in the Rust Belt and construction workers, with housing prices going up, figure on that jobs market to retract.

[greymattermom]

17. I prefer to call them what Trump calls them

poorly educated, right?

[yallerdawg]

19. If you strictly watch Fox News...

or even worse, Fox Business News, they are promoting the Second Coming of the Savior.

What we hear and know does not pierce the rightwing bubble on cable and the internet.

We really do live in two separate realities.

[Flaleftist]

23. That is a good point.

You only need to occasionally tune in to FOX or right-wing radio and see how they are reporting things and then consider that this is the only source of information many of them use. They believe everything else
is fake.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

65. Yep.

[Mr. Ected]

20. They have been programmed to relish anything that pisses off a Democrat

They'll go down happy if they think a liberal is going down with them.

[SHRED]

21. Yes they have.

[GulfCoast66]

24. He is their weapon against us

Liberals, city slickers and most hated of all minorities and gays.

I know for a fact. I am a middle age white guy who drives a truck, has a boat, owns guns, hunt, fish and sometime wear boots. Oh, and I live in the south.

I am surprised the number of times in bars(when the wife works late I tend to eat in the bar section of restaurants...I do not hang out in real bars) someone in my 'group' automatically assumes I voted for Trump. I usually keep quite until they piss me off so much I quietly tip my hand. That is usually about the time they say something like, "yeah, Trump is not doing just what he said, but he really pissing of the liberals and blacks." By no means verbatim but you get the gist.

That's when I tell them I am a Social Democrat and became one after spending months in Europe and having it shown to me that the Republican Party fed me a line of shit for 30 years and that in many ways the Europeans live just as happy and more secure lives than most Americans. Every time I have said something like that they are speechless and look like a pole-axed cow. Wish I could have it on film. And then they always back off fast with a weak attempt at a Parthian shot.

Yeah, they hate us more than they like themselves.

[manicraven]

27. I call it "willful" denial. These fools have chosen to ignore facts, evidence, reason...

That's why they'll almost never change their minds about their loyalty to this insane, vulgar, ignorant, malignant narcissist.

[liberal N proud]

31. These are people that voted against their own best interest for years

They deny facts, they will not listen to you when you try and talk to them. It's their way or the highway.

[spanone]

39. this picture explains a lot...

[MatthewStLouis]

44. Yes, spot on!!

They are filled with spite and hatred. They know Trump is a liar. They know all the conservative media they side with are liars. The only thing that matters to them is "sticking it to those liberals" and chalking up "wins" for their side. It's all very racist, very tribal.

[Johonny]

45. Wait until their first Trump tax bill. They all love money more than Jesus and we know it.

This tax plan is a huge increase in middle class taxes, Huge!

[muntrv]

47. The only thing the deplorables care about is sticking it to libruhls.

[Amaryllis]

49. The media they consume brainwashes/hypnotizes them. Consequently, they are in a trance don't

and don't even know that he lied/lies. If you have ever talked to one, you find out that they live in an alternative universe that does not ever intersect with the one we live in. In the one they live in, he does not lie; his critics lie. I was dismayed when I first realized this when talking to one. They not only have alternative facts but live in an entire alternative universe.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

52. Willfully ignorant

is my term for them. They KNOW they made a bad choice and will not admit that or the fact he is inept, disinterested and unqualified for the job............

[lunasun]

58. Ignorant and arrogant about it . Don't forget the superior sense and overbearing attitude that goes

with the willfulness

[lunamagica]

56. That is what hurts me the most. So, trump is evil, crazy, an imbecile, etc. OK, he is just one man

but the fact that tens of millions of people supported and voted for him...that is what kills me.

After the Inside Edition tape appeared, I thought that was it. But it is obvious that no, you haven' come a long way, baby.

And mocking the handicapped? I thought everyone would be outraged, but now I think they all thought he was hilarious.

Last November I lost what little faith I still have in humanity. Sure, that are some bright spots here and there, but humans in general suck.

[TNLib]

57. The Trump supporters I know and see on TV

are nothing but a bunch of rubes from small towns with little education, are serious fuck ups in their personal lives, or either mentally ill or senile.

The problem isn't Trump supporters the problem is the people that didn't vote or voted third party.

[Orsino]

59. There is a difference between supporting Trump...

...and simply not yet being willing to admit one was wrong. Many supporters who are still answering polls as such may have huge doubts.

100 days was not going to shake many loose.

[kairos12]

60. Doesn't matter what Drumpt does, what matters is Benghazi and emails..

[rivegauche]

61. Don't forget stupid. They're really stupid.

Still supporting someone who has blatantly lied to you, over and over, disrespected you and pretty much laughed in your face about it is literally idiotic. I have yet to encounter even one Chump supporter who has a rational, mature mentality. That includes some of my own family.

[LiberalLovinLug]

64. Yup, the fact that 96% of Trump voters would vote him in again is appalling.

http://www.dailywire.com/news/15654/new-poll-shows-96-trump-supporters-would-vote-him-frank-camp

And if the vote was held today, he would also win the popular vote. I am simply astounded at that.

They simply cannot, will not even spend a second considering they may have made a mistake. They block their ears and eyes and personal morals and quickly turn on Fox News or Rush to drown out any facts that might get in the way of that. Being "right", all the time, is their gift from God. They simply cannot be wrong or it would mean that there is no God.

[bucolic_frolic]

68. They're brain dead zombies

Everything is explained in illegal alien terms

Today one attributed toxic fungal infections in NY and NJ hospitals to illegals from China
because they arrive at JFK and (the poster said) there have been outbreaks in Asia

So why no outbreaks in other cities with Chinese on international flights? I mentioned
several cities with large Chinese populations ...

No answer yet.

They have PITD

Paranoid Illogical Thinking Disorder and they get it from the Orange Crush

[Mercurian]

69. Exactly how I feel

Wish I dared say that out loud here in deep-red Gerrymanderland (NC).