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Leith

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5. Can Anyone Direct Me to a Trump Supporter

Reply to Ken Burch (Reply #2)

Sun Jan 22, 2017, 10:08 PM

Jan 2017

Who is actively trying to gently help us to see it their way? Is there such a person out there? All I've ever seen is vicious shit throwing, insults, mockery, and the same old "we won! fuck you! get used to it!"

It isn't hard to make nice with people like that - it's impossible.

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Again, we're not talking here about folks who still think they were right to vote Trump. Ken Burch Jan 2017 #6

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This isn't about me. I just thought the article represented an interesting viewpoint. Ken Burch Jan 2017 #8

Remorseful Trump voters are a day late and a dollar short. LisaL Jan 2017 #10

while I can understand the point of the article, it is hard to treat these people with anything less niyad Jan 2017 #11

There aren't many of them at the moment who've changed their minds. Ken Burch Jan 2017 #13

actually, since I am currently rereading the harry potter books, these people remind me of niyad Jan 2017 #12

Valid analogy. n/t. Ken Burch Jan 2017 #14