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In reply to the discussion: Two female Trump voters in a row yesterday! [View all]luvtheGWN
(1,343 posts)65. If you have chosen a partner who belittles and abuses you
(either physically or emotionally and probably both) you tend to start thinking "I'm not worthy of love or respect". If there is no one else in your life who recognizes what you're going through and can then convince you that you are indeed worthy, then it's likely you'll go from relationship to relationship with another abuser. In short, you're a sitting duck.
I sometimes think back to my school days when a supposed girlfriend said something unkind and made me feel bad. My mother would always tell me that the girlfriend was the one who should feel bad and ashamed that she was unkind.
Not everyone grows up with that sort of family support, unfortunately.
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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