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This isn't just a hat. . . (Original Post) Arkansas Granny Apr 2019 OP
It's what it means to each individual. Hortensis Apr 2019 #1
OK if I vilify the people underneath? Cause I really don't like em'! stopdiggin Apr 2019 #2
You can, but remember these people only watch Fox, Hortensis Apr 2019 #5
Oh, I know! gratuitous Apr 2019 #3
+1000 smirkymonkey Apr 2019 #6
LOL! lunatica Apr 2019 #7
Oh they care all right. They care so much they buy those stupid hats, go to hatefest rallies Doremus Apr 2019 #4

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
1. It's what it means to each individual.
Mon Apr 29, 2019, 08:33 AM
Apr 2019

Many people are so deluded that they believe he’s a good man and they know they are, and to their minds none of those insults apply.

To vilify a stupid hat and mistakenly assign one hostile meaning for all is to be distracted into the same kind of mistaken reactions-replacing-reason that led trumpeters where they are now.

We all need to give these rabbit holes wide berths.

stopdiggin

(11,296 posts)
2. OK if I vilify the people underneath? Cause I really don't like em'!
Mon Apr 29, 2019, 04:28 PM
Apr 2019

So, would it be OK if I just vilified Trump supporters .. and left out the hat?

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
5. You can, but remember these people only watch Fox,
Mon Apr 29, 2019, 04:37 PM
Apr 2019

and many of them have no idea that they're hate-filled bigots, brain-dead science deniers, trashers of the the constitution, and traitorous supporters of foreign enemies against their nation.

Many do know they're America's defenders of liberty and justice against the Democratic threat of fascist, socialist, commie takeover, and of course against continuation of the current moral breakdown that in itself will destroy our nation.

Yes, they've been transformed into despicable idiots, but imo their biggest betrayal is allowing themselves to be turned into mindless attack dogs and turned against Democrats and anything that whiffs of liberalism. To the point that that is their ideology: Oppose Democrats.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
3. Oh, I know!
Mon Apr 29, 2019, 04:34 PM
Apr 2019

I used to think all manner of hatefulness against people who wore KKK robes. Goodness! So many of Klanspeople couldn't understand the hostility their robes engendered. It was plain that their robes didn't mean what everyone else thought of them; they were good people! I shudder now to reflect on how distracted I was, and how that reaction replaced reason in my estimation and dealings with Klansmen. I can only thank the good lord above for letting the scales from my eyes at last.

Doremus

(7,261 posts)
4. Oh they care all right. They care so much they buy those stupid hats, go to hatefest rallies
Mon Apr 29, 2019, 04:35 PM
Apr 2019

and vote for Hitler45.

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