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In reply to the discussion: I am sorry. I am not going to keep quiet with friends and family [View all]hfojvt
(37,573 posts)Isn't it pretty hateful to call somebody a "racist/sexist/homophobic/xenophobic piece of shit"? Seems to me that it definitely is. Of course, I know that your hatred is righteous and theirs is evil.
I am pretty sure that there are Obama haters out there who already think that you DID vote for a racist piece of shit.
And speaking of racists, my Republican friends never tire of bringing up the fact that the Democratic Party was once loaded with racists. That in fact, more Republicans voted for the Civil Rights act than Democrats.
Consider this hypothetical, which I am sure you will say could never happen.
Candidate A - xenophobic (since that probably means he/she thinks the USA should have a border) pro choice, supports equal pay
Candidate B - favors open borders, anti-choice, opposes equal pay
Are there no issues that are going to trump supposed xenophobia? Speaking of Boston, does that mean you voted for Ted Kennedy?
Also, chances are very good that their vote had NO impact at all. Certainly not by itself. My Trump supporting friend from Wisconsin did not cause Trump to win Wisconsin with his one vote, or even with his scores of hateful posts on FB, and even if he did through some kind of butterfly affect where he convinced his friends who then convinced their friends ... Well, Trump could have lost Wisconsin and still won the electoral college, and a vote for Trump in Kansas or California or many other places, also changed nothing.