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In reply to the discussion: Stop pleading for understanding and kindness for Trump Voters [View all]Pholus
(4,062 posts)191. Maybe...but then I have this whole list of questions for them about why these quotes are okay.
http://www.ibtimes.com/donald-trump-racist-15-controversial-quotes-president-elect-said-about-blacks-2447531
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-racist-examples_us_56d47177e4b03260bf777e83
http://fortune.com/2016/06/07/donald-trump-racism-quotes/
http://presidential-candidates.insidegov.com/stories/5187/23-ridiculously-offensive-donald-trump-quotes
Please...give me some insight as to how this deserves a pass?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-racist-examples_us_56d47177e4b03260bf777e83
http://fortune.com/2016/06/07/donald-trump-racism-quotes/
http://presidential-candidates.insidegov.com/stories/5187/23-ridiculously-offensive-donald-trump-quotes
Please...give me some insight as to how this deserves a pass?
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Stop pleading for understanding and kindness for Trump Voters [View all]
The Polack MSgt
Dec 2016
OP
Will get none from me! Fuck that Cheetoh-faced Nazi pig and ANYONE who supports his racist agenda!!
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2016
#30
I agree. A vote for trump was a calculated attack on America and American values.
bowens43
Dec 2016
#3
One person's economic anxiety does not outweigh another's right to human decency.
LonePirate
Dec 2016
#4
Especially when you consider "economic anxiety" was just a cover for the bigotry in most cases.
HughBeaumont
Dec 2016
#147
agreed. the misogynistic bastard is a representation of the hatred for women in this
niyad
Dec 2016
#81
The only way to get our country back is to express outrage for outrageous acts.
yardwork
Dec 2016
#15
Well, I think so too. Because a very, very little info about Trump says a lot about him.
yardwork
Dec 2016
#19
Sometimes think merely getting a white guy back in the WH was enough "change" to
dionysus
Dec 2016
#176
Fuck all of them,I want them to be in endless misery for what they have done.
libtodeath
Dec 2016
#38
It's good to know that you can promise that everybody who voted for Trump is racist
mythology
Dec 2016
#41
+1, would they ever tell their kids "yeah, cheering for the racist bully is good" ?!?! How the fuck
uponit7771
Dec 2016
#141
Your appear to maintain the pretense that words have no meaning, merely sentiment.
LanternWaste
Jan 2017
#221
That is not dispositive. There are certainly members of groups who are self loathing.
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2016
#64
Lots of members of minorities internalize the negative stereotypes of them advanced by the majority.
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2016
#169
Some voted for a racist because they thought there was something in it for them.
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2016
#174
Ahhhh, so we're to be good meek little liberals and STFU. Thanks for your opinion but NO.
Pholus
Dec 2016
#161
Maybe...but then I have this whole list of questions for them about why these quotes are okay.
Pholus
Dec 2016
#191
Remember, this is the guy who thinks our nuclear arsenal is a shiny new toy.
Stonepounder
Dec 2016
#133
It wasn't openly bigoted for WJC to oppose equal rights for the LGBTQ community?
MadDAsHell
Dec 2016
#170
False bar, they don't have to be a racist... they supported one and that's bad enough
uponit7771
Dec 2016
#142
Which group should Democrats abandon so that the cheeto horde will like us more?
The Polack MSgt
Dec 2016
#77
I am intrigued by your logic and would like to sign up for your newsletter
The Polack MSgt
Dec 2016
#154
Sorry, I disagree.... You can't put every Trump voter in the same bucket...
Chakaconcarne
Dec 2016
#49
Apologists for racism, sexism, and religious discrimination at the very least.
MarvinGardens
Dec 2016
#50
They are totally void of critical thinking skills either by heredity, conditioning or both. For many,
RKP5637
Dec 2016
#110
dementia or alzheimer's are the only excuses for which I will overlook a vote for
niyad
Dec 2016
#79
Beleive me I am not under the illusion that only trump voters are racist
The Polack MSgt
Dec 2016
#121
Amen. Seems strange how many brand new posters suddenly want us to all play so nice.
Pholus
Dec 2016
#162
To me, "President Donald Trump is a great idea" . . . was really all that NEEDED to be heard.
HughBeaumont
Dec 2016
#209
Plenty of Auntie Millies in Germany voted for Hitler and plenty enjoyed his economic turn around
lunasun
Dec 2016
#113
Agree completely. Said that a few days ago, calling it "be kind to bigots" week
Feeling the Bern
Dec 2016
#125
Anyone who voted for a man who's proud of being a pussy grabber deserves no sympathy.
OregonBlue
Dec 2016
#130
Trump voters view "pleading for understanding and kindness" as a sign of weakness
0rganism
Dec 2016
#135
Our party needs to win elections so we can advance our progressive policies
IronLionZion
Dec 2016
#153