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In reply to the discussion: My Best Friend is a Trump Supporter [View all]Fla Dem
(23,785 posts)33. Yes, my good friend and her sister who is also my friend. Known for 40 years.
We avoid politics like the plague. We both have short fuses and it doesn't take much to ignite a shouting argument. So we don't talk about it. Otherwise they are good people. Lots of fun, family oriented, caring and would give her right arm for me. But, I know with them, it's ingrained bigotry since childhood. Not overt. Just a lifetime of seeing "the other" as less and a drain on society. Trump appeals to those types. He expresses in word and deed what they've not been able to express their whole lifetimes. They've worked with minorities and even socialized with a few. To them, they are the few good ones, not the ones who are criminals, do drugs and are living off the American gov't. They'll never change.
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Cultists can't easily give up their cult without reprogramming and this is Cult45. nt
tblue37
Sep 2017
#35
Maybe it's you who has evolved also . Did you just start to notice he thinks all blacks are on
lunasun
Sep 2017
#3
Maybe the 'no evolution'came from his church . Totally wierd if he picked up beliefs like that just
lunasun
Sep 2017
#6
Glad you have been awake all this time. Racism didn't come with trump and anti gay religions
lunasun
Sep 2017
#32
Life, my patience and my temper are too short, so I avoid them whenever possible
Siwsan
Sep 2017
#16
Very sensible! You are a good example of how to deal with political differences.
Doodley
Sep 2017
#79
I feel for you. It's a tough situation, particularly when it's someone you love who has
smirkymonkey
Sep 2017
#18
I'm sorry for your loss, but that relationship has died...we all grieve on different timelines.
Moostache
Sep 2017
#24
The worst thing about twitlers election was how he has divided long term family and friends
kimbutgar
Sep 2017
#40
Rolling Stone, Newsweek, Fortune and some other right wing sources that are scorching Trump
uponit7771
Sep 2017
#48
+ 1 this is a good idea . Look at the history of Germany and how the Nazi movement grew with in
lunasun
Sep 2017
#72
No way my "best friend" could support Trump, because I would find a new one. Easy! n/t
USALiberal
Sep 2017
#70
I think there's been some kind of embarrassment on the part of hard righties, especially
janx
Sep 2017
#73
Dumping Trumpers and forcing them to be only with like-minded people does not help.
Doodley
Sep 2017
#87