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Kablooie

(18,571 posts)
26. They want to go back to an imaginary white past.
Thu May 9, 2019, 02:39 AM
May 2019

And are willing to discard American democratic freedoms and live in a dystopian dictatorship in order to get it.
And they call themselves conservatives.
They are the most radical extremists in the country.

Trump supporters hate anyone who isn't white and straight. leftofcool May 2019 #1
And Christian. Funtatlaguy May 2019 #28
You forgot to put "Christian" teenagebambam May 2019 #32
Point taken Funtatlaguy May 2019 #35
That's what Hillary told us in 2016. RandySF May 2019 #2
Hillary was right about the deplorables... except that they aren't just HALF of tRump supporters... InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #6
Yep. And I recall hearing her say it. I recall Trump, sweating, nervous, denying it. C Moon May 2019 #16
Hillary herself next day said regretted saying "half" delisen May 2019 #27
Yeah, it's not half. Probably closer to 85 or 90% ecstatic May 2019 #41
They hate SHRED May 2019 #3
Not all of them. My 2 next door neighbors are nice people, but they believe in TrumPutin. C Moon May 2019 #20
Are you certain they aren't Russian immigrants or plants? sarabelle May 2019 #31
If they weren't hate filled SHRED May 2019 #46
They love to hate. BigmanPigman May 2019 #4
Nailed it (n/t) PJMcK May 2019 #5
It's called #ExtinctionAnxiety underthematrix May 2019 #7
I'm actually reading a book called 'Dying of Whiteness.' PatrickforO May 2019 #8
Like I said this country is very sick and I don't know the cure saljr1 May 2019 #12
When I wrote this post a few minutes ago I thinking about the southern white lady who was on saljr1 May 2019 #9
This is an oldie but goodie: spooky3 May 2019 #10
lol how ill-informed the American people are or they just don't like Obama saljr1 May 2019 #11
It's not Obama they don't like. Control-Z May 2019 #23
They never had souls. ooky May 2019 #13
I know one Trumper who viscerally recoils at the sight of interracial couples. SunSeeker May 2019 #14
All true... Hulk May 2019 #15
Trump wouldn't be caught dead with his so-called base. Pepsidog May 2019 #17
it's easy to understand if you listen to a little rw talk radio once in a while. or if you watch certainot May 2019 #18
Hate talk radio permeates the atmosphere. I live in a Midwest farm town and it is everywhere. Midnight Writer May 2019 #24
I agree: they are everywhere Skittles May 2019 #25
Agree. And they were taught not to think nor question sitting in church pews. sinkingfeeling May 2019 #37
i think that talk radio propaganda operation is largely responsible for that ignorance and apathy certainot May 2019 #39
Thats pretty much all there is to it. That's why I honestly can't stand all the hand wringing done Afromania May 2019 #19
The power of propaganda... PoiBoy May 2019 #21
Their mantra in ALL things (not just race) is, "Whatever it is, I'm against it!" Brother Buzz May 2019 #22
That was the Republican Party's policy from 2006 through 2016. Vogon_Glory May 2019 #38
They want to go back to an imaginary white past. Kablooie May 2019 #26
Reading Comments on Various Websites, not all political is very revealing. it's all about bitterness JI7 May 2019 #29
Who are these Con supporters malaise May 2019 #30
They are sick people and that goes for all my Trump loving relatives katmondoo May 2019 #33
Nope. It's not a "feeling." GoCubsGo May 2019 #34
AND his supporters include the alt-Christians, TrishaJ May 2019 #36
Right-wingers have long desired a dictatorship - this mentality precedes Chump bullwinkle428 May 2019 #40
...are racists. jcgoldie May 2019 #42
I get a feeling that a lot of Trump Supporters just plainly hate most Americans Fresh_Start May 2019 #43
The problem is, we haven't definitively decided if 2016's results were valid ecstatic May 2019 #44
from the beginning AmandaRuth May 2019 #45
yeah, remember those T shirts "I'd rather be Russian than Democrat" or something similar? Grasswire2 May 2019 #47
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