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In reply to the discussion: I know this is going to be unpopular but I am friends with and I understand many Trump supporters [View all]PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,857 posts)Who don't give a flying fuck as to what's really happening around them.
And if they've never heard of the Donald's gross and crude comments about women, or how he's insulted many of our allies and praised vicious dictators, then they are willingly ignorant and there may be no hope for them. Until, of course, they lose their health care or their military retirement, and then they'll say, "OH NO! Why didn't someone TELL me???"
I keep on being reminded of the smokers whose heads are firmly in the sand about the dangers of smoking, and then are shocked and angry when the heart attack or the lung cancer or the COPD happens to them.
People really are responsible for knowing what's going on out there.
I'll say I was extremely disappointed that Hillary became our candidate. No need to go into any reasons, but I wasn't going to vote for Trump, I wasn't going to vote for a third party candidate, and I wasn't going to not vote. For years I've been angry about the Electoral College and when I lived in a red state I knew my vote didn't count. Now I'm in a blue state, but I'd vote to eliminate the EC in a heartbeat.