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MicaelS

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15. Marks.

Reply to shockey80 (Original post)

Sat Apr 22, 2017, 04:18 PM

Apr 2017

Con men have a saying. "It takes two to make a con. The Con-Man and the Mark."

That means people are greedy, and want something for nothing. They'll believe the most outrageous shit, to get rich quick. Trump promised these people shit they wanted and believed they could not get any other way. So they voted for him. All the complaints about racism and sexism did not matter to them one damn bit. And yes, many of them, especially white men (of which I am one), are out and out bigots.

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When people are conned by a good con man we call them victims. What do you call people [View all] shockey80 Apr 2017 OP

Um... stupid? kydo Apr 2017 #1

Suckers malaise Apr 2017 #2

I couldn't decide bewteen, stupid or sucker kydo Apr 2017 #3

Well let's combine them malaise Apr 2017 #5

sounds like a plan kydo Apr 2017 #14

redumbliCONs. democratisphere Apr 2017 #4

Uninformed Faux pas Apr 2017 #6

Exactly the case. Famously part of our heritage. mikehiggins Apr 2017 #7

still victims. While in a lot of ways people have let themselves and society down, society has JCanete Apr 2017 #8

Hopefully a generation of young people have now learned the importance of voting, and voting Dem. JudyM Apr 2017 #18

No one to blame but the voters for even allowing it to be close enough to steal world wide wally Apr 2017 #9

Easy Marks. maveric Apr 2017 #10

In some respects Trump is a very good con man. After all, The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2017 #11

Good con--oxymoron? randr Apr 2017 #12

Crumps? duncang Apr 2017 #13

Marks. MicaelS Apr 2017 #15

They have been hypnotized by FAUX and the like. I know a number of intelligent people Amaryllis Apr 2017 #16

And they don't ask the important question...Is this true? Is this a lie? Stuart G Apr 2017 #19

Exactly...you may be being sarcastic, but that is true. It stuns me that intelligent people can Amaryllis Apr 2017 #20

Fools and Suckers Blecht Apr 2017 #17

Citizens of Danascot Apr 2017 #21

Bigots. moondust Apr 2017 #22

W C Fields Doc_Technical Apr 2017 #23