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In reply to the discussion: Cry Me a Fuckin' River [View all]MissMillie
(38,533 posts)49. I don't think the analysis was meant to make people feel sorry for them
but rather to offer an insight to the psychological barriers that may be preventing them facing reality.
The story hits me as being very similar to an article I read in our Editorials forum recently:
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/women-sharing-things-men-frighten-224503898.html
I will admit that I see the similarity because I see TFGs base as mostly white and male (but I don't think I'm off base on that one).
Fear of looking like a fool, of being laughed at or ridiculed, and (of course) being proven wrong is what drives them.
They don't want to be weak victims of a white con man. They're only willing to be victims when it's politically expedient--when it's "others" (POC, women, non-Christian, LGTBQ folks) are involved.
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Unfortunately, it is triggering violence or at least violent threats from many of these GD idiots
hlthe2b
Jun 2022
#4
I suspect it is the way they are wired. They are susceptible to being conned.
CentralMass
Jun 2022
#8
These people should be monitored as Registered Coup Offenders for the rest of their lives /nt
bucolic_frolic
Jun 2022
#9
I dare him to sing "Cry me a fucking river" :)...I love that song, Dianne Kroll sings it so good
Escurumbele
Jun 2022
#32
What is scary is even when they know they were duped they will vote trump if he is the nominee
mucifer
Jun 2022
#20
A lot of that is probably true...especially the tribalism part, but they are also
Joinfortmill
Jun 2022
#35
Unfortunately, it will get worst before it gets better. These idiots refuse to see the light, too
Escurumbele
Jun 2022
#31
Exactly! Thank you! He invited them to be their basest, ugliest, worst selves
2Gingersnaps
Jun 2022
#52
Somehow the refrain of Jefferson Airplane's "We Can Be Together" comes to mind
RFCalifornia
Jun 2022
#57
I read an opinion piece by someone like Thomas Friedman, not sure who it really
cksmithy
Jun 2022
#58
When you're brainwashed for that long you are unable to tell truth from reality.
Initech
Jun 2022
#61
Magats I know will never in a million years go against Trump. If video came out of Trump
Pepsidog
Jun 2022
#63