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Atticus

(15,124 posts)
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 04:39 PM Oct 2018

If you listen carefully, when a Trump supporter is asked WHY they support him, you will never hear

facts. You will hear unsupported conclusions ( "He's the greatest president ever!" ), unwarranted speculation ("He'll bring back our good paying factory and coal mining jobs!" ), outright lies ("He's started construction of The Wall!" ), and utter nonsense ("He won the popular vote if you don't count the five million 'illegals' who voted!" ).

These are not "alternative facts", because ---Damn it! --- there is no such thing. All of these different types of responses are simply different "flavors" of bullshit---'cause that's all they've got.

More of us need to start telling them that to their faces whenever they even begin to "explain" their Trump worship.

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If you listen carefully, when a Trump supporter is asked WHY they support him, you will never hear (Original Post) Atticus Oct 2018 OP
(I have no idea why those close parentheses printed as smilies, but they won't edit out) Atticus Oct 2018 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author gratuitous Oct 2018 #2
THANK YOU! Fixed it! nt Atticus Oct 2018 #4
I was told it was because the whole world now respects America. Doodley Oct 2018 #3
K&R, they're not living on planet Earth uponit7771 Oct 2018 #5
Or violetpastille Oct 2018 #6

Response to Atticus (Reply #1)

Doodley

(9,078 posts)
3. I was told it was because the whole world now respects America.
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 04:50 PM
Oct 2018

Lowest international approval numbers for a sitting US president since polling began.

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