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The Polack MSgt

(13,200 posts)
Wed Nov 2, 2016, 03:31 PM Nov 2016

If you saw me next to the average Trump follower you couldn't tell me from him... [View all]

Last edited Thu Nov 3, 2016, 01:13 AM - Edit history (1)

I'm a white man in my 50s. The doctor wants me to lose 25 pounds & I'm so bald that shaving the remnants takes me no time at all.

I am a retired USAF SNCO married for 30 years, with adult children.

I should be a proud content man looking towards retirement, but I'm not.

My mind is bleak and my heart weeps for the future of this country.

Those are all statements that could lead you to believe that I back Trump and keep a MAGA hat in my truck. After all that's the settled narrative in this election, but in my case it means the exact opposite.

I am continuously sickened by the infantile attitudes, willful ignorance and galling sense of entitlement of people who look just like I do.

Make no mistake, I'm talking about white folks who believe themselves to be the best Americans, the driving force and arbiters of the culture of the USA.

They are weak minded, soft spine cowards afraid of any system that is not rigged in their favor. Angry toddlers looking to take out their frustrations on anyone they perceive as weak.

As much as I hate the GOP and Trump himself, we owe them our thanks for finally holding up a mirror so that we can all see the faces they usually keep hidden

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Well said. I could have written this except I'd say '60's' but the same sentiments. CurtEastPoint Nov 2016 #1
And same here, but in my 70s. trof Nov 2016 #23
You're part of the cure if more are like you Foggyhill Nov 2016 #2
I also fit the Trump supporter demographic. Mr.Bill Nov 2016 #6
And yet The Polack MSgt Nov 2016 #14
+10 Duppers Nov 2016 #17
I'm a 59 year old white male, and a salaried manager in a mid-size corporation Martin Eden Nov 2016 #7
For me it has never been how a person looked malaise Nov 2016 #9
There is only thing that counts, Mendocino Nov 2016 #12
I'm standing right next to you. Stinky The Clown Nov 2016 #13
I may have had a 🍺 The Polack MSgt Nov 2016 #15
Wow. There are lots of us GulfCoast66 Nov 2016 #16
Thank you for the reply The Polack MSgt Nov 2016 #19
Bravo! Duppers Nov 2016 #18
Congratulations, you're one of the good ones! BarstowCowboy Nov 2016 #22
Don't know what to make of this The Polack MSgt Nov 2016 #24
Thank you for giving me hope again..... llmart Nov 2016 #25
I'm a lady in my 60s, Dad was in AF for 20 years, demigoddess Nov 2016 #26
As a 36 year old black man Proud liberal 80 Nov 2016 #27
Thank you for the reply The Polack MSgt Nov 2016 #28
32 years old Turin_C3PO Nov 2016 #29
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