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backscatter712

(26,355 posts)

16. I have no empathy for Trump voters.

Reply to JHan (Original post)

Wed Dec 28, 2016, 11:11 AM

Dec 2016

They can wallow in their own shit.

They heard that asshole live on TV call Mexicans rapists and murderers, they heard him call for Muslims to be denied entry and discriminated against solely because of their religion. They heard him call for bringing back Stop And Frisk. They heard him bragging about grabbing women "by the *****". They watched him mock a disabled man.

There's one word I have to describe those who watched and saw all that, and still voted for him.

SCUM.

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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