2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Meanwhile...Over in Trumpistan... [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)For some their anti-Democrat enmity is part of who they are, a major feature of their ideology, and they can't just shuck it. Of course our happiness at an obviously successful pairing makes them mad. Not wanting Trump doesn't mean they don't also hate that we're going to win again.
Others are just too resentful over real and imagined slights. There is absolutely nothing people on social media, or even neighbors, could do that would affect my vote, no matter how offensive. I vote issues and ideals. But it's very common over there for people to claim they'll never vote Democrat "again" because of the way some faceless people on a forum treated them.
That said, there are people there who are more sensible if still antagonistic, and others who will also come around and vote responsibly enough. They're not all too silly, extremist, and/or malicious to bother with.