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In reply to the discussion: I am really stumped why college educated/intelligent persons support Trump. [View all]BlueTsunami2018
(3,491 posts)21. Some people just want to watch the world burn.
I know a few people like that. They dont like Тяцмр, they know hes a joke and a criminal but they really like seeing the Washington establishment squirm and be really shaken up. They like that no one knows what to do with this guy. Its a shitty way of going about it but they hated the status quo so much that theyll take anything to change it.
Your friend has to be benefitting in some way from all this or it makes no sense at all. There has to be some latent assholism there for him to fully understand what this dude is doing and still liking him.
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I am really stumped why college educated/intelligent persons support Trump. [View all]
TruckFump
Nov 2019
OP
"But he treats everyone pretty much the same and is polite and respectful."
WhiskeyGrinder
Nov 2019
#33
Raster nailed it. It's the "Fox News Effect." Seriously, it's a whole different world & they've
catbyte
Nov 2019
#22
Dems project warmth, Republicans project power. This has been widely written about.
empedocles
Nov 2019
#45
At best He's unwittingly comfortable with racism ... That's a fact that's not in dispute
uponit7771
Nov 2019
#50
Educated smeducated, I was surrounded by business analysts and one day they start
Canoe52
Nov 2019
#66