On Trump Supporters and Empathy:

[Squinch]

1. People here keep doing this. They keep holding up one of their loved ones and saying, "This

person doesn't fit the stereotypical racist, sexist Trump voter, and therefore he is not really to be held accountable. He's different from the others." And then they proceed to detail the ways in which the loved one exactly fits the stereotypical racist, sexist Trump voter.

Here's what you say about him: "And when he targets "others" unlike themselves, they feel safe."

What is it, if not that, that would define your cousin's sexism and racism?

So no, it is most emphatically NOT a voter problem. It is a problem with those people who are racist and sexist. The stereotypical Trump voter. The ones like your cousin. I get it. My brother and a beloved aunt are two of them. But it's time we face what they are.

Trump is not your cousin's blind spot. Your cousin's racism and sexism is his "blind spot" though I would characterize it more as a fatal flaw of Greek tragic proportions. It will get people killed.

Unlike you, I cannot and do not empathize. I DO NOT understand this mindset, and I DO NOT wish to.

The data is showing us that, contrary to the conclusions of the erroneous press and many here at DU, people did not in large numbers switch from Obama to Trump. Instead, Obama voters stayed home, and Trump racists and sexists voted where they usually do not.

We need to get those Obama voters out next time, but we MUST NEVER empathize with any of the sexist, racist Trump voter motivations. They are not acceptable, and they MUST be characterized that way by all of us, all the time.

You have listed the behaviors from Trump supporters that you will not coddle. Well, I will not tolerate the "soft" racism and sexism of ALL Trump voters - YES! ALL OF THEM! - that has led us all into danger and inevitable misery.