On election night, when it still looked like Hillary was going to win, commentators said she must

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8. The problem is some people are not too bright.

(Before I'm jumped on here, I'm incognito and posting on a Democratic forum. This is the place to hash out these harsh realities. I don't say things like this when I deal with voters in the wild.)

They feel something and that becomes their new reality. Then they find others who agree with their feelings and split off in a pack. Even if they're wrong, they exist in a self-validating world of social media and small private groups that reinforces their anger, hatred and biases. They believe to their core that they're correct and they're the victims.

The reality is many Trump supporters had opportunities open to them to better their lives, but they didn't have the guidance, drive or intelligence to utilize them and are now bitter others have done better than they did. This is a fact, and I personally know many such people. Their bitterness has lead to an irrational anger, and blind hatred that some people think we (Democrats) can somehow bridge. We can't. They have to want to heal themselves first, and they don't want to by a majority. They're like addicts lost in their addiction, they don't see themselves as having a problem, and until they do there's no reaching them.

We can't reach people who can't accept they're lost until they have their personal epiphany that leads them into the light. They have to start searching for the light before they can be reached.

They have to look for us before any hope is possible for them.