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4. True. One cannot argue with many such people.

Thu Jun 18, 2020, 04:59 PM

Jun 2020

We all know that most people are not rich, and will never be rich, so my guess is that racism holds the strongest appeal.

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37% of Trump's followers might be unreachable, except by appeals to racism and greed. [View all] guillaumeb Jun 2020 OP

That is over one third of the nation Miguelito Loveless Jun 2020 #1

Again, 2018 showed how to deal with this. guillaumeb Jun 2020 #3

it's a third of the voters Skittles Jun 2020 #10

True. One cannot argue with many such people. guillaumeb Jun 2020 #4

In other words, they are sociopaths like Trump. RDANGELO Jun 2020 #5

I agree that the greedy ones might be sociopathic. guillaumeb Jun 2020 #6

Exactly I_UndergroundPanther Jun 2020 #14

Authoritarian types need someone to tell them what to do. guillaumeb Jun 2020 #8

Yes! There is always an "other" for them, or many others, Hortensis Jun 2020 #9

Bigots 'N Pigs moondust Jun 2020 #11

Those are The Deplorables Hillary was talking about. UTUSN Jun 2020 #12

Agreed. Her description was accurate, if undiplomatic. eom guillaumeb Jun 2020 #13