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In reply to the discussion: Trump voters stay loyal because they feel disrespected [View all]Runningdawg
(4,660 posts)77. We grew up the same
Mine was a town of 400 people. Maybe 1 out of 100 left. Thank God I got the hell out. There used to be houses and some people owned businesses, now they live in trailers, and work part time at walmart to afford diapers and bullets.
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If you invited someone to a party and they took a dump in the punch bowl would you respect them ?
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2018
#2
I guess the racist, sexist, biogtry of the current occupant of the WH doesn't bother them
still_one
May 2018
#3
I'm always reading about trump voters and why they voted for him and are still loyal to him...
CatMor
May 2018
#18
Yeah, they're goin' to continue shitting on themselves if you don't stop laughing at them....
kentuck
May 2018
#20
The point of this articles is not that these voters perceptions are correct
marylandblue
May 2018
#21
I think that a better approach would be for us to promote our point of view better.
yardwork
May 2018
#49
Truth. If they weren't upset by the way Obama was deeply disrespected... well they are full of shit.
bettyellen
May 2018
#82
Good tactic. Bring up their lack of respect for Obama and make them eat crow.
LonePirate
May 2018
#38
"...when she first started voting". I'm sure she meant when it was Reagan, Bush I, Bush II...
CincyDem
May 2018
#30
They stick with trump because he gives voice to their sick ass shit. I repeat, they stick with him
Afromania
May 2018
#37
You cannot say you are not a racist if you fully support that racist man and his racist policies.
LonePirate
May 2018
#40
"Respect" to a conservative means "sit down and shut up" if you're not white, male, straight,
ck4829
May 2018
#50
They will feel "disrespected" so long as "those people" are in the public eye and not apologizing
ehrnst
May 2018
#57
"I'm supporting the guy who's handing the country to the Russians because ...
struggle4progress
May 2018
#81