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In reply to the discussion: Why do liberals think Trump supporters are stupid? [View all]Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)I'm sure that most of them take care of business like normal Americans --- love the kids, pay their mortgages,
etc. However, they are on a completely different plane in terms of citizenship, moral direction, levels of compassion and empathy.
I'm 61, and I've never seen our society look as fractured to me it does right now. I've also never encountered the levels of political
ignorance in Americans that I see now. I had to pass civics and Constitution tests in the 8th grade, and in my Senior year at High School. What drives me insane is the number of people my age, who I've known all my life, who have become far right nuts and hard core magaheads. I see footage from those MAGA rallies, and most of the people look just like my neighbors. We were the 70's youth, who entered our 20's as Reagan was being installed. We also didn't live in 24/7 news feed times. A little younger than the Woodstock kids, but only a year or so too young for the draft. We cared about the World, and our nation. So many I know have lost that. They were broken somewhere along the way. Mostly because the jobs went away long ago. They've been underemployed and pissed off about it for 30+ years. They're aiming their anger in the wrong direction.