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41. I'm not sure if that would matter either.

Sat Jan 28, 2017, 12:10 PM

Jan 2017

http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2010/04/neuroimage.html

In a rare neuroscience look at racial minorities, the study shows that African-Americans showed greater empathy for African-Americans facing adversity - in this case for victims of Hurricane Katrina - than Caucasians demonstrated for Caucasian-Americans in pain.

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Stop thinking like a Democrat for a moment. Think like a Trump supporter. [View all] Mr. Ected Jan 2017 OP

If losing their Social Security and Medicare doesn't bother them, then you are right, nothing will still_one Jan 2017 #1

They haven't lost those things yet. Mariana Jan 2017 #47

Trump promised to preserve those marylandblue Jan 2017 #53

That's a big IF. Mariana Jan 2017 #56

Can't do it. fmdaddio Jan 2017 #2

"Think like a Trump supporter" Dave Starsky Jan 2017 #5

Too foreign to me... can't be done. InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2017 #31

Can't either El Mimbreno Jan 2017 #9

Among other things, they want to see someone stick to the "elites" marylandblue Jan 2017 #3

We can't give them any policies because republicans are in power. In case you didn't notice. LisaL Jan 2017 #6

But their concerns are fictitious. tazkcmo Jan 2017 #38

First of all, you'd have a hard time explaining to them what a "policy" is. Dave Starsky Jan 2017 #40

We can suggest ideas that will help them marylandblue Jan 2017 #55

They also really believe Putin is a good guy helping the cause dalton99a Jan 2017 #4

Shame and ridicule work with them...I wish it weren't so LaydeeBug Jan 2017 #7

Deplorable Johnny2X2X Jan 2017 #8

Our objections are simply categorized as "partisan behavior" Mr. Ected Jan 2017 #10

Worse winetourdriver01 Jan 2017 #13

Yup Johnny2X2X Jan 2017 #15

The only way to turn an Afrikaner nationalist wellst0nev0ter Jan 2017 #11

kind of what I was thinking... anarch Jan 2017 #28

Nope not even for a nano second onecaliberal Jan 2017 #12

"In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king." Jim__ Jan 2017 #14

I cant. easttexaslefty Jan 2017 #16

The only way is for trump to be completely humiliated LuvLoogie Jan 2017 #17

Ain't gonna happen - short of maybe a vast war that trump clearly starts jmg257 Jan 2017 #18

How can I think like a Trump supporter when they DON'T. Barack_America Jan 2017 #19

They won't care unless he affects THEM or their loved ones. Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #20

What if we had another Katrina-like event in the south, pnwmom Jan 2017 #21

No. Bush and the GOP philosophy of defunding government were not blamed for guillaumeb Jan 2017 #27

no, indeed, somehow Obama is blamed... anarch Jan 2017 #30

President Obama is also blamed for the Iraq war, guillaumeb Jan 2017 #32

What if the people who were trapped and dying on TV were mostly white? n/t pnwmom Jan 2017 #37

That would be different. guillaumeb Jan 2017 #39

I'm not sure if that would matter either. Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #41

They would conclude those dying Runningdawg Jan 2017 #50

this is the warped fucked up image we need to overcome. good luck Takket Jan 2017 #22

My brother is one of them. manicraven Jan 2017 #23

Ugh, that's too bad. My niece used to be married to a man like that. Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #24

Glad your niece is out of the situation. I could never be married to someone like my brother. manicraven Jan 2017 #42

It's really odd to me too. Some people really think that they earned everything... Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #43

Oh Boy! You put up the MFKER I love to hate! coco22 Jan 2017 #57

Santelli? Yes, he enraged me too! Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #59

He talked his big shit while leading his TEABAGGERS with lies.. coco22 Jan 2017 #60

And probably the main difference that has boosted his career? Being a white man who was willing to bettyellen Jan 2017 #65

Democrats need to offer them something better. C_U_L8R Jan 2017 #25

all else being equal, if both sides had the same compelling economic promise anarch Jan 2017 #33

Absolutely. And we've gotta offer something better. C_U_L8R Jan 2017 #35

the idea that he is a loser? treestar Jan 2017 #26

It will probably require tanking the economy... which will probably happen under him. n/t Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #29

lol tazkcmo Jan 2017 #34

I live in the most liberal part of CA marlakay Jan 2017 #36

The impression I get is that many are thinking of jobs... CBHagman Jan 2017 #44

Why? rusty fender Jan 2017 #45

Thanks a lot! I sat for a moment and thought like a Trashpot follower and now I have a splitting TrekLuver Jan 2017 #46

Exactly, a lot of moderates went for Trump marylandblue Jan 2017 #52

Look, you can't save your clueless neighbors. Blue_true Jan 2017 #48

Forget it, I tried to think like a Trump supporter Blue_true Jan 2017 #49

Short of a video showing him Phoenix61 Jan 2017 #51

We can beat him next time without Trump supportered because they are just as evil as he is. Demsrule86 Jan 2017 #54

46% of us voted for Hillary. dawg Jan 2017 #58

I have only met 3 people since Election Day that admitted they voted for Hillary Mr. Ected Jan 2017 #63

I'm in rural Georgia. dawg Jan 2017 #64

How do they look at Trump and not see a mentally unstable clown? ecstatic Jan 2017 #61

He promised them jobs. If those azmom Jan 2017 #62

A Health Care System Collapse. Motown_Johnny Jan 2017 #66

Sadly I think it's going to be when the nukes are launched nt maryellen99 Jan 2017 #69

Are any of them hunters or fishermen? Burn them to their cores and have fun doing it. ffr Jan 2017 #67

The only way that I'm able to understand tRump supporters is by assessing them using psychological VespertineIconoclast Jan 2017 #68

They'll never be convinced. Sadly they are a lost cause. underpants Jan 2017 #70

Honestly, they'll bail on him whenever he starts looking weak. dawg Jan 2017 #71