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Fantastic Anarchist

(7,309 posts)
Wed May 24, 2017, 09:01 PM May 2017

When You Say Youre a Trump Voter, I Instantly Know 7 Things About You

When You Say You’re a Trump Voter, I Instantly Know 7 Things About You

1. YOU WANT TO BE RULED, NOT GOVERNED:
The single trait that predicts the Trump supporter isn’t related to race, income, or education. A University of Massachusetts researches found that the top predictor of whether a voter supports Trump is a tendency to lean toward authoritarianism:

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When You Say Youre a Trump Voter, I Instantly Know 7 Things About You (Original Post) Fantastic Anarchist May 2017 OP
when you're a trump voter I instantly know the only thin g that I need to know: gopiscrap May 2017 #1
If someone says tells me they voted for Dump. I immediately know the following. roamer65 May 2017 #2
K&R smirkymonkey May 2017 #3
Yeah, but I like the details. Fantastic Anarchist May 2017 #4
So do I. smirkymonkey May 2017 #6
Most Trump supporters I run into are some flavor of anti-intellectual Christian, and authoritarians. hunter May 2017 #5
I want to see that. Fantastic Anarchist May 2017 #7
I just know they are self-affecting assholes who can not be trusted. Do not turn your back to them. TheBlackAdder May 2017 #8
Agreed. Fantastic Anarchist May 2017 #9
What if they just lost a bet and are fulfilling their end of the bargain? JoeStuckInOH May 2017 #10

gopiscrap

(23,733 posts)
1. when you're a trump voter I instantly know the only thin g that I need to know:
Wed May 24, 2017, 09:13 PM
May 2017

that you're a talking shit stain on the ass pimple of society who needs to cease to exist so you're not sucking up good oxygen

roamer65

(36,745 posts)
2. If someone says tells me they voted for Dump. I immediately know the following.
Wed May 24, 2017, 09:53 PM
May 2017

They are an asshole.

People who are more decent either admit their mistake or now lie about it.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
3. K&R
Wed May 24, 2017, 10:11 PM
May 2017

Those are the things I know as well. But I instinctively know that the person is a heartless, brainless asshole. I don't really need to break it down much more than that.

hunter

(38,309 posts)
5. Most Trump supporters I run into are some flavor of anti-intellectual Christian, and authoritarians.
Wed May 24, 2017, 10:51 PM
May 2017

They've got long lists of people they hate and people they feel superior too, and they believe their god feels the same.

But for geographical separation and elite U.S. America's Anglophile leanings, I think 30-40% of the U.S. would have folded quicker to the Nazis than France did.

Amazon's version of Philip K. Dicks "The Man in the High Castle" has got it about right.

 

JoeStuckInOH

(544 posts)
10. What if they just lost a bet and are fulfilling their end of the bargain?
Thu May 25, 2017, 10:45 AM
May 2017

I know someone who that's happened to. Made a bet with someone; the loser votes the winner's candidates choice down the whole ballot. Picture/snapchat evidence required!

Lots of people make dumb bets on "sure things"...

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