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yardwork

(69,380 posts)
29. Not all Trump supporters are poor at reasoning.
Mon Jan 5, 2026, 03:22 PM
Jan 2026

Many of them are successful small business owners, farmers, doctors, lawyers, military and first responders, nurses, teachers...

They have demonstrated the ability to reason and use facts in their lives and careers. They have a blind spot when it comes to Trump. The many different posts in this thread show why.

Over decades a lot of Americans have been conditioned to despise Democrats and trust Republicans. The reason for this is that most billionaires prefer to keep their stuff, not share, and squirrel away more and more. They are opposed to sharing. They are opposed to community. They're opposed to most of what the Democratic Party stands for, so they made sure we were demonized.

My point is that millions of people trust Trump no matter what he says or does. That's a big problem for democracy. Millions of us are living in a totally false alternate reality, and it's not clear to me how we fix that.

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It's useless to reason with Dumpy supporters, as they have no ability to reason. Clouds Passing Jan 2026 #1
Their minds are full of fear and anger DBoon Jan 2026 #4
No ability... and more importantly B.See Jan 2026 #25
Not all Trump supporters are poor at reasoning. yardwork Jan 2026 #29
It is a waste of time and energy. dalton99a Jan 2026 #2
Or like I said DOZENS of times, B.See Jan 2026 #21
They all lack morals and brains Johonny Jan 2026 #3
The only way to properly present this is as more of BootinUp Jan 2026 #5
Trump jayes those that they hate, and acts on it BlueWaveNeverEnd Jan 2026 #6
I learned long ago not to talk politics with my right-wing uncle who's now 91 years old. MIButterfly Jan 2026 #7
Why the fk do you even spend time with this moron? Who gives a damn if they are related. OMGWTF Jan 2026 #18
IMO, Trump supporters don't believe anything. Oneironaut Jan 2026 #8
They trust Trump on all the issues because he is the only 'politician' who they feel gets them (ie. their bigotry). Doodley Jan 2026 #9
The best explanation malaise Jan 2026 #10
No Character OMGWTF Jan 2026 #19
Perfect malaise Jan 2026 #20
My response.... multigraincracker Jan 2026 #11
Orcs are not intellectualists. They only know blind loyalty, anger, and nihilism. Efilroft Sul Jan 2026 #12
They like him becsuse he is a bigot like them JI7 Jan 2026 #13
"To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason Ping Tung Jan 2026 #14
Worst thing I could say is: They ARE Trump. chouchou Jan 2026 #15
and he, THEM. B.See Jan 2026 #26
Your words are True chouchou Jan 2026 #39
A cult of millions, created by right-wing control of the mass media Mysterian Jan 2026 #16
I think that this is the main creation story. yardwork Jan 2026 #28
Not just invading other countries...pulling back on US interests as well. Safety nets, education, intelligence wiggs Jan 2026 #17
One of the main reason they voted for Trump hibbing Jan 2026 #22
Everybody on all sides of the politica spectrum used to agree on the provable facts. They might have different opinions Fil1957 Jan 2026 #23
Yep....Watergate comes to mind Bengus81 Jan 2026 #27
This is MUCH WORSE. The corruption of this administration is at levels many many times that of Watergate Fil1957 Jan 2026 #33
I was just replying to your first line of your post,not the point of severity Bengus81 Jan 2026 #40
It's useless to argue with hardcore Trump supporters ... OldBoss Jan 2026 #24
My concern is that they might sour on Trump but not the GOP. yardwork Jan 2026 #30
It's useless to argue. H2O Man Jan 2026 #31
I'm feeling pretty discouraged. yardwork Jan 2026 #32
There are literally tens of millions of people of voting age who don't vote, valleyrogue Jan 2026 #37
yup Skittles Jan 2026 #34
K&R for, yip futile to communicate with them. UTUSN Jan 2026 #35
They are just like Trump, complete assholes. valleyrogue Jan 2026 #36
Arguing with MAGAts violates one of my basic rules to live by. TomSlick Jan 2026 #38
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