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JHan

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5. Laying out the reasons doesn't mean I endorse it...

Wed Dec 28, 2016, 10:34 AM

Dec 2016

Empathy doesn't mean I excuse away or justify why trump supporters voted the way they do.

All it means is that I understand - and empathy is tough in Politics.

It is a voter problem because we focus on personalities rather than policies, it's just this time around there was a Demagogue in the wings who knew how to exploit this...

But what I'm really addressing is the idea that to appeal to these people I have to whitewash the reasons they voted for Trump.

I do have a problem with all these efforts to reach out which excuse away racism and sexism- "Trump supporters aren't really sexist" "Trump supporters aren't really racist" not only gaslight me and other "PoC" but everyone who felt the brunt of Trump's BS all year.

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On Trump Supporters and Empathy: [View all] JHan Dec 2016 OP

People here keep doing this. They keep holding up one of their loved ones and saying, "This Squinch Dec 2016 #1

Laying out the reasons doesn't mean I endorse it... JHan Dec 2016 #5

We are probably in general agreement on this. But are you saying you are able to "whitewash" Squinch Dec 2016 #14

I'm saying I disagree with efforts to "whitewash" .. JHan Dec 2016 #15

Your cousin likes trump cuz he tells it like it is ! lunasun Dec 2016 #2

Exactly...............Sigh. JHan Dec 2016 #3

K & R! Va Lefty Dec 2016 #4

Ha! I posted the same cartoon below, before reading the replies to the OP! nt tblue37 Dec 2016 #11

Your cousin says he doesn't believe that. coco22 Dec 2016 #6

there are lots of low-information voters out there. JHan Dec 2016 #8

They like a man who "tells it like it is" but ... dawg Dec 2016 #7

Trump "telling it like it is": tblue37 Dec 2016 #10

That Trumpian "brashness" is the aggression display of a male chimpanzee, and tblue37 Dec 2016 #9

Yes, it explains his support among white men in particular.. JHan Dec 2016 #13

An old, dear friend once told me that she expected my liberalness to tolerate her intolerance. LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #12

I have no empathy for Trump voters. backscatter712 Dec 2016 #16