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DemocratSinceBirth

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75. I see his crowds. I read the twitter pages of his fans.

Reply to loyalsister (Reply #71)

Sun Dec 18, 2016, 12:35 PM

Dec 2016

They would physically harm you. They would physically harm me. They would physically harm us, if the could.

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Give me one reason while I should have empathy for the Deplorables... [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 OP

Many are poor, uneducated, and easily manipulated oberliner Dec 2016 #1

How much empathy should we have had for Germans who gave Hitler ... DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #2

I thought you were asking your question in good faith oberliner Dec 2016 #3

It was made in good faith. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #4

OK, well I tried to give you some possible reasons oberliner Dec 2016 #7

+1! tecelote Dec 2016 #13

That's a fair answer. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #14

That is interesting oberliner Dec 2016 #17

Here's a start DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #22

People who exclusively watch and believe Fox News live in a different reality than we do oberliner Dec 2016 #23

When they polled Israelis Hillary was marginally more popular than Trump. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #30

You are SO right. narnian60 Dec 2016 #31

Emigres ie immigrants and refugees HoneyBadger Dec 2016 #42

Just because you're doing well up there in your tower, doesn't mean your fellow countrymen/women are MadDAsHell Dec 2016 #53

My old man had a ninth grade education. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #57

Ah so no need for SS or Medicare/aid; we should all just "bootstrap" it... MadDAsHell Dec 2016 #81

Trump and the Deplorables want to unwind the safety net. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #90

Such an intellectually dishonest post. Putting words in DSB's mouth he did not say emulatorloo Dec 2016 #106

Plus 1000 JustAnotherGen Dec 2016 #112

This message was self-deleted by its author Pacifist Patriot Dec 2016 #125

I don't even have empthy for my family members who went racist enough to vote Trump bravenak Dec 2016 #67

OH PEOPLE WILL heaven05 Dec 2016 #10

Add to this in the 3 most notable losses, MI, WI and PA... Eliot Rosewater Dec 2016 #35

I have no empathy for them either. sheshe2 Dec 2016 #130

Don't see much difference between these racist deplorables and the Nazis... I sure as fuck don't have any empathy for them. InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2016 #26

They would hurt us if they could !!! DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #32

This is the most important thing you have said here, I wonder how many reading this Eliot Rosewater Dec 2016 #38

Exactly ailsagirl Dec 2016 #44

Yup yup... if only! InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2016 #66

That is the part some here refuse to get. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #70

Some of her what? InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2016 #73

k k, nm InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2016 #74

here./fixed typo. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #76

Yup yup, gotcha, couldn't agree more... "scary" is the right word. InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2016 #114

When 30%+ Dan Dec 2016 #132

Yup, well said. InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2016 #133

it is one thing to genuinely want to feel empathy DonCoquixote Dec 2016 #62

Well, I try not to determine how I treat someone until they give reason otherwise liberal N proud Dec 2016 #5

There are none...they hate us, we should hate them. ileus Dec 2016 #6

The Russian thing pisses me off the most. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #9

Letting go of hate is the first step towards leading a happy life oberliner Dec 2016 #11

Hate certainly isn't the domain of the Republicans. tecelote Dec 2016 #16

Love trumps hate oberliner Dec 2016 #18

By that logic Charles Bukowski Dec 2016 #56

Love your enemies is not a concept I came up with myself oberliner Dec 2016 #104

Then we must be happier than the deplorables treestar Dec 2016 #119

Why "love your enemies" - that is way to extreme for me womanofthehills Dec 2016 #126

Nailed it. Fuck them... they made their beds, unfortunately WE have to lay in it. InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2016 #28

We get what they deserve... ileus Dec 2016 #61

Unfortunately... this could get real ugly, real fast! InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2016 #69

I can't mercuryblues Dec 2016 #8

Wow oberliner Dec 2016 #12

I hate to say it, but right now I feel the same. It is really not like me, and I don't like it. Squinch Dec 2016 #15

I reserve my sympathy mercuryblues Dec 2016 #37

And here he is. lambchopp59 Dec 2016 #58

You are awesome bravenak Dec 2016 #77

It is mercuryblues Dec 2016 #83

Still I wonder how much of the xenophobic rhetoric is just that lambchopp59 Dec 2016 #115

Me too bravenak Dec 2016 #51

No empathy for them whatsoever. DLevine Dec 2016 #19

They're human. RedWedge Dec 2016 #20

Well said. H2O Man Dec 2016 #25

I agree Martin Eden Dec 2016 #27

"No good can come from indulging the worst angels of our nature" ailsagirl Dec 2016 #46

"Human" is being A-OK with homophobia, misogyny and racism? HughBeaumont Dec 2016 #49

Seeing people as human isn't normalizing bigotry and hatred RedWedge Dec 2016 #84

You post this in ATA JustAnotherGen Dec 2016 #113

Luke 23:34 no_hypocrisy Dec 2016 #21

What does withholding empathy make you? RedWedge Dec 2016 #24

Should I have had empathy for Hitler ? for Stalin ? for Mao? DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #47

What do you lose by exercising it? RedWedge Dec 2016 #48

" Are you putting every Trump voter on the level of Hitler? Really?" DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #50

What do you lose by exercising it? What do you gain? RedWedge Dec 2016 #87

No the point is the line is drawn somewhere treestar Dec 2016 #118

Sane. hay rick Dec 2016 #68

Interesting. RedWedge Dec 2016 #89

What does judging other's reactions do for you? nini Dec 2016 #103

I hope my questions don't come across as judging. RedWedge Dec 2016 #105

To answer your question. nini Dec 2016 #107

I get blowing off steam, absolutely. RedWedge Dec 2016 #109

That would depend on the person nini Dec 2016 #111

Who are the deplorables? MichMary Dec 2016 #29

What, in your view, is the difference? Squinch Dec 2016 #33

Racists, misogynists, xenophobes, etc. MichMary Dec 2016 #36

One more time: all the studies that have looked at it have shown that people who were primarily Squinch Dec 2016 #39

What studies? MichMary Dec 2016 #40

Anyone who votes for a man who brags about DLevine Dec 2016 #41

Here are a few: Squinch Dec 2016 #43

Based on exit polls MichMary Dec 2016 #52

The exit polls did NOT show Clinton winning ... the pre-election polls did. etherealtruth Dec 2016 #92

And a cabinet full of billionaires and major shareholders are going to help their plights . . . HOW? HughBeaumont Dec 2016 #54

Because his blather MichMary Dec 2016 #63

And their faith will grow by leaps and bounds as they become more desperate . . . hatrack Dec 2016 #93

Look at who they chose to vote for. backscatter712 Dec 2016 #136

Great post. nt raccoon Dec 2016 #137

They will get what they have given (all of US) democratisphere Dec 2016 #34

Nary a one. ananda Dec 2016 #45

What is with the new obsession with the word "deplorable" on here? MadDAsHell Dec 2016 #55

This is a serious question? Charles Bukowski Dec 2016 #59

isn't that the philosophy of conservatives? hfojvt Dec 2016 #60

I lack empathy for people who traffic in bigotry and would physically hurt others if they could. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #64

You can understand what they're about MrScorpio Dec 2016 #65

Because we all deserve better loyalsister Dec 2016 #71

I see his crowds. I read the twitter pages of his fans. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #75

ALL of them? loyalsister Dec 2016 #78

We can do an experiment. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #82

I think that would be in Milgram territory loyalsister Dec 2016 #123

"I personally saw Democratic members of the general assembly make fun of their black colleagues." DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #124

Putin got his lackey Trump into the WH. keithbvadu2 Dec 2016 #72

Oh I don't know maybe Joe Turner Dec 2016 #79

You shouldn't... SidDithers Dec 2016 #80

I have zero empathy for them. Initech Dec 2016 #85

Can't think of one... backscatter712 Dec 2016 #86

I feel nothing for the deplorables. Vinca Dec 2016 #88

They can drop dead MFM008 Dec 2016 #91

Because the world needs more empathy, not less. LeftyMom Dec 2016 #94

If I lacked empathy DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #96

The lack of empathy was at the root of all of those horrors. LeftyMom Dec 2016 #99

If you want to empathize with racists, misogynists and homophobes, DLevine Dec 2016 #98

Thank you. I don't want to harm them. Repeat, I don't want to harm them. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #101

Yup. nt DLevine Dec 2016 #102

Is there no distinguishing between treestar Dec 2016 #117

I never forgave anyone that voted for Ronald Reagan and his group of Deplorables. Rex Dec 2016 #95

Noam Chomsky's take on it... Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #97

Because if you don't, it makes it more likely Trump will be reelected. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Dec 2016 #100

Yep. Fuck them. Emilybemily Dec 2016 #108

So many of our attitudes, philosophies, political leanings, depend on our exposure. Thirties Child Dec 2016 #110

It's hard to do when we know they have none treestar Dec 2016 #116

Many of them don't have much empathy. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #120

Yeah they don't even realize treestar Dec 2016 #121

Yep. n/t Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #122

To me there's a certain irony in calls for sympathy for Trump's voters from some progressives. unpresidented2016 Dec 2016 #127

Because AllenJordan Dec 2016 #128

I can't give you one reason. blue cat Dec 2016 #129

Because they are your brothers and your sisters BRToldschool Dec 2016 #131

Because they are the Republican's first victims. briv1016 Dec 2016 #134

Sounds like my Aunt. progressoid Dec 2016 #138

I'm trying, Jamaal510 Dec 2016 #135