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In reply to the discussion: Two female Trump voters in a row yesterday! [View all]PCIntern
(26,439 posts)50. Hi. I certainly am not saying
That all people who are abused are Trump voters, But it is striking when it is the case. So much of life is counterintuitive, and you would think that people would avoid the situation rather than be attracted and then adhere to it, but its how people are. Very tragic.
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The LaRouchies were the same way: polite, professional, well-educated and purveyors ...
marble falls
Sep 2020
#21
in my experience with people like these women, there is deep rooted racism they hide even better
beachbumbob
Sep 2020
#3
The only time I have been surprise is when I didn't account for racism in people's
beachbumbob
Sep 2020
#39
Interesting anecdotes. I always find these stories very interesting since they give us a
smirkymonkey
Sep 2020
#5
That is an interesting nugget. Provides another glimpse of something for which one answer alone
dameatball
Sep 2020
#12
Aha! That could explain how many finally see the light when they are personally harmed.
tanyev
Sep 2020
#66
I'm afraid you hit good point. What sort of political Stockholm Syndrome is going on with ...
marble falls
Sep 2020
#19
Interesting. My brother and I who are liberal are the two who will own up to and
smirkymonkey
Sep 2020
#67
The "undecided" numbers were really bothering me because, more often than not ...
marble falls
Sep 2020
#18
I started traveling on business again just over a month ago and am blow away
Snake Plissken
Sep 2020
#20
I couldn't care less who's fault it is, I'm just telling you exactly what I see
Snake Plissken
Sep 2020
#52
I doubt they got to this level of support without heavy doses of rightwing media
LymphocyteLover
Sep 2020
#34
PCIntern, you certainly know the right things to say to your patients! Personally I don't
Illumination
Sep 2020
#46
I'll never understand how people can consistently vote against their own self-interest.
Texin
Sep 2020
#57
I don't know about 'shaking it off', but I rather suspect they married authoritarians
Texin
Sep 2020
#73
I don't know about 'shaking it off', but I rather suspect they married authoritarians
Texin
Sep 2020
#74
Again, it is base personality at play. Some folks are attracted to authoritarian relationships.
Midnight Writer
Sep 2020
#76