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GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
24. He is their weapon against us
Wed Apr 26, 2017, 07:18 PM
Apr 2017

Liberals, city slickers and most hated of all minorities and gays.

I know for a fact. I am a middle age white guy who drives a truck, has a boat, owns guns, hunt, fish and sometime wear boots. Oh, and I live in the south.

I am surprised the number of times in bars(when the wife works late I tend to eat in the bar section of restaurants...I do not hang out in real bars) someone in my 'group' automatically assumes I voted for Trump. I usually keep quite until they piss me off so much I quietly tip my hand. That is usually about the time they say something like, "yeah, Trump is not doing just what he said, but he really pissing of the liberals and blacks." By no means verbatim but you get the gist.

That's when I tell them I am a Social Democrat and became one after spending months in Europe and having it shown to me that the Republican Party fed me a line of shit for 30 years and that in many ways the Europeans live just as happy and more secure lives than most Americans. Every time I have said something like that they are speechless and look like a pole-axed cow. Wish I could have it on film. And then they always back off fast with a weak attempt at a Parthian shot.

Yeah, they hate us more than they like themselves.

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They're defensively aggressive lunatica Apr 2017 #1
Huh Hayduke Bomgarte Apr 2017 #3
Uh Oh! lunatica Apr 2017 #5
Do NOT let them attach to you, they might lay eggs... Thor_MN Apr 2017 #25
Lol! kerry-is-my-prez Apr 2017 #63
Aggressively Defensive, too nt duhneece Apr 2017 #32
I call it Woim Syndrome... JHB Apr 2017 #48
Or Like Grover in A Christmas Story ProfessorGAC Apr 2017 #66
Good way of putting it sammythecat Apr 2017 #50
Listen to me...FACTS don't matter to them...TRUTH does not matter to them LaydeeBug Apr 2017 #2
Thanks...I realize this SHRED Apr 2017 #4
Oh so true. Wellstone ruled Apr 2017 #6
I agree BigOleDummy Apr 2017 #7
They are looking for a strong leader. guillaumeb Apr 2017 #26
No. They aren't. They are looking to amerliorate their sense of spite LaydeeBug Apr 2017 #28
Well, they are looking for a strong leader with answers. guillaumeb Apr 2017 #29
I think this is partially true Lyricalinklines Apr 2017 #51
Welcome to DU, and thank you for the excellent addition. guillaumeb Apr 2017 #67
They do NOT want *ANSWERS*...I promise you, they are NOT "lost" LaydeeBug Apr 2017 #70
Hence the phrase; Dyedinthewoolliberal Apr 2017 #53
And what do we do about a group like that? FiveGoodMen Apr 2017 #33
You *TELL* them...and they do NOT make up half the country. LaydeeBug Apr 2017 #34
Close enough to half that every election is a toss-up FiveGoodMen Apr 2017 #43
We out vote them... Wounded Bear Apr 2017 #41
Many years back when Al Franken was on Air America NewJeffCT Apr 2017 #36
They are "right" azureblue Apr 2017 #37
Yes, and... Orrex Apr 2017 #42
A lot of them don't like to be "told" anything bigbrother05 Apr 2017 #46
That's a truly frightening thought sammythecat Apr 2017 #54
AND they don't like to have to think for themselves. calimary Apr 2017 #55
They are brainwashed by Limbaugh and Faux News. 24x7. Also, they're racists. They hate the kerry-is-my-prez Apr 2017 #62
In some twisted way they vicariously become the enforcer MedusaX Apr 2017 #8
I agree with this. It's an odd, detached power by proxy thing JDC Apr 2017 #18
This is so true. They think they've been helped when they've really been HAD. nt LaydeeBug Apr 2017 #35
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2017 #9
So Rachael had a good point the other night jimlup Apr 2017 #10
It really is just that simple isn't it? Ligyron Apr 2017 #13
It's never about reason azureblue Apr 2017 #38
That's it exactly! smirkymonkey Apr 2017 #16
Yep, so true iluvtennis Apr 2017 #22
Exactly! mountain grammy Apr 2017 #11
Every response here is spot on world wide wally Apr 2017 #12
America isn't dead, it's on life support. PdxSean Apr 2017 #14
it's not political azureblue Apr 2017 #40
They got two direct doses of tRump this week. One came this morning. ffr Apr 2017 #15
I prefer to call them what Trump calls them greymattermom Apr 2017 #17
If you strictly watch Fox News... yallerdawg Apr 2017 #19
That is a good point. Flaleftist Apr 2017 #23
Yep. kerry-is-my-prez Apr 2017 #65
They have been programmed to relish anything that pisses off a Democrat Mr. Ected Apr 2017 #20
Yes they have. SHRED Apr 2017 #21
He is their weapon against us GulfCoast66 Apr 2017 #24
I call it "willful" denial. These fools have chosen to ignore facts, evidence, reason... manicraven Apr 2017 #27
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2017 #30
These are people that voted against their own best interest for years liberal N proud Apr 2017 #31
this picture explains a lot... spanone Apr 2017 #39
Yes, spot on!! MatthewStLouis Apr 2017 #44
Wait until their first Trump tax bill. They all love money more than Jesus and we know it. Johonny Apr 2017 #45
The only thing the deplorables care about is sticking it to libruhls. muntrv Apr 2017 #47
The media they consume brainwashes/hypnotizes them. Consequently, they are in a trance don't Amaryllis Apr 2017 #49
Willfully ignorant Dyedinthewoolliberal Apr 2017 #52
Ignorant and arrogant about it . Don't forget the superior sense and overbearing attitude that goes lunasun Apr 2017 #58
That is what hurts me the most. So, trump is evil, crazy, an imbecile, etc. OK, he is just one man lunamagica Apr 2017 #56
The Trump supporters I know and see on TV TNLib Apr 2017 #57
There is a difference between supporting Trump... Orsino Apr 2017 #59
Doesn't matter what Drumpt does, what matters is Benghazi and emails.. kairos12 Apr 2017 #60
Don't forget stupid. They're really stupid. rivegauche Apr 2017 #61
Yup, the fact that 96% of Trump voters would vote him in again is appalling. LiberalLovinLug Apr 2017 #64
They're brain dead zombies bucolic_frolic Apr 2017 #68
Exactly how I feel Mercurian Apr 2017 #69
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