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berksdem

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29. yes, and I do not disagree...

Wed Dec 28, 2016, 12:57 PM

Dec 2016

there is a larger group that I will also move-on from as well as I don't know them all that well. I coach ice hockey for a rural high school team and listening to the parents speak about politics is enough for me to quit at times. These are the type of people that I truly just walk away from b/c I don't want to get caught up in the discussion. In reality, they know my beliefs and try to bait me into discussions... most of these discussions are as intelligent as a group of children on the schoolyard.

I was speaking more for the people that I actually considered "friends" and there are only a few. I am lucky enough to live in a upper-middle class neighborhood that does have a lot of Democrats. Although, nearly everything surrounding us is Red... Again, I agree with your premise and do not fault anyone for thinking this way. I have run the gamut of the emotional scale over this election and think I am just numb at this point. Not only am I worried about the country I am also worried about our own party. We need a voice right now and we need to defeat this man....

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At this point, I am disassociating myself from people who voted for Trump. [View all] MineralMan Dec 2016 OP

Never tolerated Republicans. yallerdawg Dec 2016 #1

I have tolerated Republicans. MineralMan Dec 2016 #2

I seriously wonder how any R gets elected to any office in this country. stopbush Dec 2016 #4

It's hard to understand, isn't it? MineralMan Dec 2016 #8

Actually, it is not hard to understand at all. tblue37 Dec 2016 #23

Thank you tblue37. This is a very clear, succinct... prairierose Dec 2016 #42

The reason for this is that these billionaires do it because it pays their bottom line. Dustlawyer Dec 2016 #45

Precisely. To a right wing oligarch, the costs are like investing in lobbyists or tblue37 Dec 2016 #66

Very well laid out and very true. Thx tblue37. Hekate Dec 2016 #78

There's a simple reason, really. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2016 #11

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Once, I was optimistic. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2016 #34

Modern TV has ruined millions of minds. 7962 Dec 2016 #94

A popular sentiment, but I don't think that's the case. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2016 #98

My perspective is from the South. yallerdawg Dec 2016 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author CountAllVotes Dec 2016 #3

I'd have to disassociate from my entire immediate family. I don't see that beaglelover Dec 2016 #6

That's one of pipi_k Dec 2016 #10

Thats a GOOD weird! 7962 Dec 2016 #95

Morally bankrupt, no critical thinking skills, and usually arrogant about their deplorable behavior! FreeStateDemocrat Dec 2016 #7

Same here. Duppers Dec 2016 #109

Many Trump supporters aren't racist or sexist. oberliner Dec 2016 #9

But Trump is. If you vote for a racist and a bigot, MineralMan Dec 2016 #13

I am just sharing what Bernie and Hillary have said on the subject oberliner Dec 2016 #19

Here's the thing: I form my own opinion and MineralMan Dec 2016 #21

Understood oberliner Dec 2016 #24

They couldn't have voted for someone who wants to persecute whole categories pnwmom Dec 2016 #37

FDR put Japanese-Americans into internment camps oberliner Dec 2016 #50

I would say that that was a different era and anyone today who would pnwmom Dec 2016 #51

So the people that supported Japanese internment in the 1940s were not bigoted? oberliner Dec 2016 #56

They were part of a whole culture that, yes, was bigoted. pnwmom Dec 2016 #61

What about people who voted for Bill Clinton? oberliner Dec 2016 #63

Poke poke poke. Keep at it till you get the response you want? Hekate Dec 2016 #81

I think my point is a reasonable one oberliner Dec 2016 #86

Post removed Post removed Dec 2016 #96

That was 21 years ago and we have moved beyond that now too. pnwmom Dec 2016 #99

Maybe some Trump voters will move beyond their bigotry in 21 years oberliner Dec 2016 #101

I think many of them are beyond redemption. They have an inflexible, authoritarian pnwmom Dec 2016 #102

I agree with you oberliner Dec 2016 #115

Careful now... nil desperandum Dec 2016 #53

So he did. I wasn't around in FDR's time. MineralMan Dec 2016 #69

So you would still vote for someone who put Japanese-Americans into internment camps? oberliner Dec 2016 #88

Dump NEVER made a secret of his many prejudices NastyRiffraff Dec 2016 #60

"I lack respect for people who do not vote . . . based on thinking and information" Uponthegears Dec 2016 #76

YES, YES, YES!!! Bayard Dec 2016 #27

They are certainly not only OK with it Bettie Dec 2016 #32

Bernie's wrong about this. Anyone who's willing to support a racist, pnwmom Dec 2016 #35

Oh bullshit. They voted FOR racism and misogyny making it a Maru Kitteh Dec 2016 #80

Some of them are nice people or good people oberliner Dec 2016 #87

Good people do not vote for Grab 'Em By The Pussy sexual assulters. Period. Maru Kitteh Dec 2016 #89

Yes, they do oberliner Dec 2016 #90

No. They don't. For you to say that people people who vote for pussy-grabbing racists are GOOD Maru Kitteh Dec 2016 #105

Of course they do oberliner Dec 2016 #114

I do too. cwydro Dec 2016 #91

You think roughly half of voting americans ate just plain evil? dionysus Dec 2016 #116

Dropped several friends and I'm sorry to say my brother too maxrandb Dec 2016 #12

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It is like when someone says Bettie Dec 2016 #33

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So, have you often heard those words Bettie Dec 2016 #55

I made a huge announcement that they were all obviously lacking a moral compass sarah FAILIN Dec 2016 #14

I'm not much on rubbing people's faces in things. MineralMan Dec 2016 #16

Love that screen name! nt 7962 Dec 2016 #97

I guess I am looking at this from another point of view with respect... berksdem Dec 2016 #15

I will be happy to answer questions from people I MineralMan Dec 2016 #18

yes, and I do not disagree... berksdem Dec 2016 #29

I don't blame the people who voted for Trump lunatica Dec 2016 #20

Non-voters have never had any respect from me. MineralMan Dec 2016 #22

very good point... berksdem Dec 2016 #31

No Trump voters - No Stein Voters The Polack MSgt Dec 2016 #25

This right here JustAnotherGen Dec 2016 #44

I ask and if they say they did WhiteTara Dec 2016 #26

Somehow I doubt they will care. ileus Dec 2016 #30

You may well be right, but I DO care. MineralMan Dec 2016 #70

I was surprised a few days ago... hunter Dec 2016 #38

Find out what caused his rebound, model it, test it, and market it. ffr Dec 2016 #41

Good point, anyone who is proud of voting for Trump is truly a Deplorable. Hoyt Dec 2016 #39

This is not a strategy to win. Us vs Them is a tool of the divisive right, and I won't use it. AtheistCrusader Dec 2016 #40

Exactly my process too...... dawnie51 Dec 2016 #43

I'm doing my best. In-laws are not welcome back into my home, sad to say. Tatiana Dec 2016 #46

Would you disown your kids over it? HoneyBadger Dec 2016 #74

Yes. It's a huge mistake in judgment. Tatiana Dec 2016 #107

K & R SammyWinstonJack Dec 2016 #47

It is an absolute deal breaker. byronius Dec 2016 #48

Will they know they've been shunned? cwydro Dec 2016 #49

I can't say. If they ask me why I'm no longer MineralMan Dec 2016 #71

I don't have to dissociate myself. The Trumpeteers amongst my family and acquaintances lambchopp59 Dec 2016 #52

I started disassociating when "friends" identified themselves as proud mnhtnbb Dec 2016 #54

I feel the same way. mountain grammy Dec 2016 #57

I'm not going to do that. Throd 2.0 Dec 2016 #58

They voted for one . . . hatrack Dec 2016 #106

Me too. BlueMTexpat Dec 2016 #59

No doubt nil desperandum Dec 2016 #62

If they voted for anyone but Hillary, or did not vote. They get the oasis Dec 2016 #64

what is really sad Dan Dec 2016 #65

I did rtracey Dec 2016 #67

Understandable La Coliniere Dec 2016 #68

Just Curious Bayard Dec 2016 #72

I have no children. MineralMan Dec 2016 #73

My 29 year old son did. ReformedGOPer Dec 2016 #83

Same here Gothmog Dec 2016 #75

"There was no question about who Donald Trump is and what he stands for, long before the election." Maru Kitteh Dec 2016 #77

Would those who agree feel the same if Hillary had won? MichMan Dec 2016 #79

Understandable. We are over 300 mil;at least 30 mil are authoritarians by personality delisen Dec 2016 #82

Real life does not have an Ignore List. rug Dec 2016 #84

Well, almost all of my closest friends are conservative Republicans - I'm not throwing away 20+ year Midwestern Democrat Dec 2016 #85

and rtracey Dec 2016 #111

Same here Mineral Man. nm AmericanActivist Dec 2016 #92

You need a 'Trump Free Zone' t-shirt Angry Dragon Dec 2016 #93

I'm not but they're doing it to me on social media. MadamPresident Dec 2016 #100

No trump voters in my immediate circle but I am still pissed at those who couldn't vote for Hillary lunasun Dec 2016 #103

Same here. BigDemVoter Dec 2016 #104

I'm 100% with you on this jimlup Dec 2016 #108

yep, done that heaven05 Dec 2016 #110

At this point, I am disassociating myself from people who voted for Trump..AND usaf-vet Dec 2016 #112

I see. Well, OK then... MineralMan Dec 2016 #113