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In reply to the discussion: I finally pinpointed what it is exactly that I resent the most about Trump voters [View all]peggysue2
(12,389 posts)Think that 'let's feel for the poor Trumpsters' sentiment is a boat that's sailed and sunk in short order. The politics of resentment and F*ck you is beyond sophomoric. Grow the hell up!
Plus, who ever told these people that you should never make an effort to improve your own damn lot? I'm stuck in the South right now. We moved here because of . . . jobs, kids headed to college and not really wanting to live in our car.
Newsflash to Trumpsters: Life can be inconvenient.
Read an article in the NYT several weeks ago about a young woman stuck in a dead end job--meatpacking, I think--who was depressed and resentful of her Hispanic coworkers, most of whom did not speak English. She was lonely during her shifts, upset that she was expected to try to communicate with these workers because it was her town and it just wasn't fair.
Oh boo-hoo. Suck it up already. Could she go to school? Get additional training? Move on to an area with better employment prospects? Of course. But she didn't want to because she felt more comfortable in the area she'd grown up. Before all these 'foreign' types moved in. The nostalgia for the good ole days was strong.
And sorry, self-defeating.
And the rage? I'll never get that in a million years. But one thing seems to be true: the Trumpsters are miserable and they want everyone else to feel the same way.
F*ck 'em. Here's hoping we push them all into the sea come November! A little cold water might wake them the hell up.