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kpete

(71,991 posts)
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 09:08 PM Jun 2018

"I have no feelings for them at all."


President Donald Trump’s supporters see themselves as victims of a manipulative media reporting on child detention camps for young migrants taken from their parents at the border.

Trump supporters in Arizona insisted the president was simply enforcing the law — although no such law exits — by separating immigrant families as part of the administration’s zero-tolerance policy on illegal border crossings, reported CNN.

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An 84-year-old Trump supporter admitted he felt nothing for the children taken from their parents and compared the family separation policy to a citation he once got for illegal swimming.

“Here’s how I feel about it: When I was a kid, 16 years old, I got fined for swimming in a lake ’cause I didn’t follow the rules,” said retiree Carl Bier. “These people that we have coming across the border illegally are breaking the rules. I have no feelings for them at all.”

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https://www.rawstory.com/2018/06/trump-fans-whine-reports-baby-jails-quit-trying-make-us-feel-teary-eyed-children/
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eleny

(46,166 posts)
2. This is what we're up against. We need to overwhelm them comletely this November
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 09:12 PM
Jun 2018

There's no reasoning with them.

spooky3

(34,450 posts)
3. A lot of us have relatives that age who would say the same thing.
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 09:17 PM
Jun 2018

Rethugs are empathy-challenged.

Luckovich’s comic was spot on.

BigmanPigman

(51,590 posts)
4. 84 years old...so are my parents who are die hard Dems.
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 09:25 PM
Jun 2018

They told me last weekend when I visited, "tRump has a cult" and "This is like Nazi Germany". BIG difference in attitudes...no difference in age. This is why we know that these attitudes continue through the generations (we are fighting generations of hatred and willful ignorance).

Different Drummer

(7,614 posts)
9. True. I know people my age (56) and younger who have the same attitudes.
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 09:32 PM
Jun 2018

Unfortunately, it's not limited to just one generation. If we're waiting for the people holding those attitudes to die out, I'm afraid we're in for a long wait. They breed and pass the hatred and willful ignorance they feel along to their progeny.

Cha

(297,196 posts)
13. Fraud's fans are stupid and brainwashed.. foxsux
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 03:54 AM
Jun 2018

started them off years ago and trump is finishing them off.

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