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Freelancer

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28. We need to take steps to secure ourselves -- sad to say.

Reply to Hokie (Original post)

Mon Jul 10, 2017, 03:20 PM

Jul 2017

Make no mistake. They aren't stopping, or dropping this insanity. Trumpists and even worse idiots out there are hell-bent to double, triple and quadruple down. A vision of a caucasian low information paradise is being sold out there and 1/4 to 1/3 of America is buying at least part it. I'm not talking about some paranoid "they" here. Members of my own family are talking about violence being justified in order to overthrow liberals who are trying to destroy "Merica" -- mostly because of crap fed to them by FUX News. It scares the shit out of me, and it should scare you too.

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What are your encounters with friends or relatives who supported Trump like? [View all] Hokie Jul 2017 OP

Revenge. n/t rzemanfl Jul 2017 #1

I stopped talking politics with my a decade ago. Eom pirateshipdude Jul 2017 #2

Maybe they actually think this election bullshit doesn't matter. yallerdawg Jul 2017 #3

I agree with your thinking yallerdawg Hokie Jul 2017 #5

I've decided jehop61 Jul 2017 #4

I accepted W even though I still think he didn't really win Hokie Jul 2017 #7

I had gone that way for many years. Girard442 Jul 2017 #8

I don't know. Whole family is anti trump lovemydogs Jul 2017 #6

Blew off a couple of relatives... Xolodno Jul 2017 #9

And that's it. It never is politics alone. It is what makes people vote that way. Please don't lunamagica Jul 2017 #31

They aren't. Xolodno Jul 2017 #33

friends/family trump supporters SWBTATTReg Jul 2017 #10

I had dinner with my neighbor who has always been a bit iffy politically SharonClark Jul 2017 #11

I have cousins who voted for the Con. All older white men, incidentally. I ignore them. CrispyQ Jul 2017 #12

I had lunch with some Trump supporters a few weeks ago. hamsterjill Jul 2017 #13

I'm the one who has clammed up. pnwest Jul 2017 #14

Both my parents voted trump. I cut them off too GhostofJFK Jul 2017 #15

Recently spoke to one. Cracklin Charlie Jul 2017 #16

Be very careful, when the election euphoria wears off, she will never forgive herself for her choice MiddleClass Jul 2017 #24

I don't think she will turn her anger on me. Cracklin Charlie Jul 2017 #25

That's good, just be cautious not to leave something out there that someone can latch on to MiddleClass Jul 2017 #27

Luckily, I can't answer this PasadenaTrudy Jul 2017 #17

I try not to push the issue but most of them are ok with it still Amishman Jul 2017 #18

Not good...a lot of yelling and screaming on their part HipChick Jul 2017 #19

They rarely talk about Trump so it's not an isse Kaleva Jul 2017 #20

Here's the thing... sagetea Jul 2017 #21

I like to take a different road, MiddleClass Jul 2017 #22

I open with "Only an idiot racist fuckhead would vote for that idiot racist fuckhead." Orrex Jul 2017 #23

My hair cutter was the only person I know who supported WhiteTara Jul 2017 #26

Yup mercuryblues Jul 2017 #30

We need to take steps to secure ourselves -- sad to say. Freelancer Jul 2017 #28

I've had civil discussions with family and friends that voted for Trump. lib-ruhl Jul 2017 #29

Such encounters rarely happen Zing Zing Zingbah Jul 2017 #32