Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search
32 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Am I the only one who has zero tolerence for ignorant Trumpers right now? (Original Post) Marrah_Goodman Mar 2020 OP
I am really glad to be working from home right now. redstatebluegirl Mar 2020 #1
Right now? Aristus Mar 2020 #2
You beat me to it. n/t customerserviceguy Mar 2020 #25
Me either. I can't bury my anger. hlthe2b Mar 2020 #3
If you made it until just recently before going zero tolerance, you are more patient than I am... RockRaven Mar 2020 #4
No. It's more than anger here, it's pure unadulterated rage. I fucking hate these fucking soulless onecaliberal Mar 2020 #5
Not quite zero yet, but close...nt Wounded Bear Mar 2020 #6
I've been like that since November 2016 ibegurpard Mar 2020 #7
No, You're Not The Only One ProfessorGAC Mar 2020 #8
Yes I am. :) Marrah_Goodman Mar 2020 #9
Yep! ProfessorGAC Mar 2020 #12
Thanks hun, it's nice to be remembered ... Hugs Marrah_Goodman Mar 2020 #22
Me too snowybirdie Mar 2020 #10
Had been blunt before shelter at home WyLoochka Mar 2020 #11
I'm throwing punches at TrumpWorld 24/7. Progressive Jones Mar 2020 #13
You aren't wryter2000 Mar 2020 #14
I know one thing that I'll bet folks on both sides would agree with: Towlie Mar 2020 #15
I'm being very unlady-like and telling them - OhZone Mar 2020 #16
I had a shouting match... orwell Mar 2020 #17
"Right now"? Different Drummer Mar 2020 #18
No. I have uncharacteristically lost it a few times on social media with people I used to be smirkymonkey Mar 2020 #19
My personal solution gratuitous Mar 2020 #20
I cut any I knew out of my life over a year ago. ooky Mar 2020 #21
Been FURIOUS? Brainfodder Mar 2020 #23
Right there with ya FiveGoodMen Mar 2020 #24
I don't do twitter, facebook, or any other so-called social media bubbazero Mar 2020 #26
A friend of mine told me this morning her children and grandchildren were in NO lynintenn Mar 2020 #27
I avoid them Windy City Charlie Mar 2020 #28
I've had zero tolerance since November 8th 2016 SallyHemmings Mar 2020 #29
A glimmer of hope Freddie Mar 2020 #30
No. I hate 'em all and have since he got the nomination. hamsterjill Mar 2020 #31
You are not the only one, for damn sure, and count... 3catwoman3 Mar 2020 #32

redstatebluegirl

(12,487 posts)
1. I am really glad to be working from home right now.
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 11:03 AM
Mar 2020

If I had to go to work it is a mixture of Trumpers and supporters of an Independent Senator I won't mention.

Aristus

(68,504 posts)
2. Right now?
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 11:04 AM
Mar 2020

I've never had any tolerance for them. Ignorance I can live with. Proud, willful stupidity drives me crazy.

onecaliberal

(36,130 posts)
5. No. It's more than anger here, it's pure unadulterated rage. I fucking hate these fucking soulless
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 11:06 AM
Mar 2020

Bastards.

ProfessorGAC

(70,223 posts)
12. Yep!
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 11:16 AM
Mar 2020

You and I agreed on tons of things over the years. Not everything of course. That would be Borg like!
Welcome back to active posting!

snowybirdie

(5,662 posts)
10. Me too
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 11:13 AM
Mar 2020

For years I've been political bantering with a repub. cousin. Today, after he sent an email bashing my hubby's profession and another praising DJT, I lost it. Sent back snarky messages saying what I think of all this mess were in. Probably won't hear from him anymore. Don't care. He's hopeless!

WyLoochka

(1,638 posts)
11. Had been blunt before shelter at home
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 11:15 AM
Mar 2020

Looked them in the eye and told them I do not agree and exactly why. Especially those fundie frauds who pretend to be so nice then go all out to support a cruel, amoral thug who runs a criminal operation.

I don't mix it up with them on social media though, avoid and block them right away. Need some peace and tranquility.

Progressive Jones

(6,011 posts)
13. I'm throwing punches at TrumpWorld 24/7.
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 11:21 AM
Mar 2020

One doesn't want to be seen by me as an existential threat.
I bring a knife to a fist fight, so to speak.

Towlie

(5,463 posts)
15. I know one thing that I'll bet folks on both sides would agree with:
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 11:27 AM
Mar 2020

I think most of us on both sides would like to see Trump attend a major church service on Easter and mingle with everyone there. Wouldn't that be nice?

OhZone

(3,216 posts)
16. I'm being very unlady-like and telling them -
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 11:28 AM
Mar 2020

Trump fired the pandemic response team 2 years ago, and that he's basically a freakin murderer.

Sometimes I tell them in person.

Guess I'll get shot before I get the virus.

ha

orwell

(7,982 posts)
17. I had a shouting match...
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 11:30 AM
Mar 2020

...with an older man who is one of my customers. The gist of the conversation:

Trump is great. What a leader!
Pelosi is the devil.
It's all Pelosi and Schumer's fault.
Obama was slower to respond to H1N1 than glorious leader.
Nobody could have known how bad it was.
Glorious leader shut down the border to the Chinese or it would be much worse and the left ripped him for it.
Cuomo is a grandstanding idiot and the reason NY is in such bad shape.

You get the drift. This is how 40% of the country sees this.

We yelled back and forth for almost 20 minutes on the phone. He is so freaked out that anyone who comes in his house, his maid, his wife from her job at a rest home, must strip in the garage, shower in the bathroom off the garage, and change into new clothes to come in the house.

He is really upset that some people will make up to $15 per hour with the Investor Bailout Bill's unemployment provision. He is also upset that couples who make more than $150,000 will have their $2,400 of "bailout bucks" reduced. The reason he called me in the first place was to tell me he had figured out a way around this clause and he would tell me about it for a 2% kickback. A special favor for us "special people." When I told him that my wife and I barely make 30K a year he was shocked. I am an IT consultant in a poor NorCal county and I give a lot of my services away to poor people and businesses trying to stay alive. My wife is a retired artist living on SS.

This is what we are dealing with people. This is a highly educated lawyer.

We are so fucked...

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
19. No. I have uncharacteristically lost it a few times on social media with people I used to be
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 11:32 AM
Mar 2020

friends with. I just have no tolerance for their right-wing idiocy and lies anymore. I am generally pretty non-confrontational, but I just couldn't hold back. I have decided to stay away for my own sanity going forward.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
20. My personal solution
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 11:33 AM
Mar 2020

I post where I know they'll see it with undisputed facts. For example, the news today that based on his belief, Trump thinks the country isn't going to need a whole bunch of ventilators. My response is, "You know, I don't think it's a good idea to base our nation's response to this public health crisis on the unsupported belief of a man who's stupid enough to look at the sun during a solar eclipse."

ooky

(9,601 posts)
21. I cut any I knew out of my life over a year ago.
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 11:36 AM
Mar 2020

I don't talk to them or waste time arguing with their stupid talking points anymore. I hope they enjoy losing their lives and watching their families die while Donald Nero fiddles. I'm sure their last dying breaths will be "but, but her emails".

Brainfodder

(7,181 posts)
23. Been FURIOUS?
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 11:48 AM
Mar 2020

I am avoiding people .

The rage is only going to go ^ so I have coped via video games as needed.

He's normalized TREASON ffs at this point?

Beyond the pale level treason?

Be nice to him or no masks, what kinda other sick games are next?

Threatening TV stations for playing ads?

He has a death wish, but whose death, uh huh!?!







bubbazero

(296 posts)
26. I don't do twitter, facebook, or any other so-called social media
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 01:15 PM
Mar 2020

Hell, I don't even like texts. But have never been really "socially nimble" anyway, (Family tradition) Have been accused of being like my late father; Kind hearted and caring--but pretty blunt, particularly toward willful ignorance and stupidity. (Trumpers) Dad's description at funeral--in part--"DO THE DAMN MATH--THEN THINK FOR YOURSELF" let's just say the dear old man DID NOT SUFFER FOOLS WELL!

lynintenn

(749 posts)
27. A friend of mine told me this morning her children and grandchildren were in NO
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 01:17 PM
Mar 2020

during Mardi Gras. She was on her way to Kroger and Lowe's and said she was worried but her husband still thinks it is all fake news. He is out every day. I just sat speechless. I love both of them dearly but they racist and true trumpets. They know I am a democrat but I know if I needed anything they would be the first to help me out.

Windy City Charlie

(1,178 posts)
28. I avoid them
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 01:19 PM
Mar 2020

It's gotten to the point I avoid them, as it's nearly impossible to reason with them. They constantly move the goal posts to fit their narrative.

Freddie

(9,715 posts)
30. A glimmer of hope
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 01:39 PM
Mar 2020

In the past few days 2 Trumpies I know are having serious doubts. A co-worker of my husband finally admitted that he’s disillusioned. And a church friend, whose mother is in a nursing home, is really angry at the insinuation that people like her mom should just die to “save the economy.” Took her a long time to see the light but I think she finally did.

hamsterjill

(15,518 posts)
31. No. I hate 'em all and have since he got the nomination.
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 02:33 PM
Mar 2020

I’m sorry but this is all their fault. The fact that we - all Americans, my family, my friends, myself are living this nightmare is THEIR fucking fault.

3catwoman3

(25,553 posts)
32. You are not the only one, for damn sure, and count...
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 03:07 PM
Mar 2020

...me in as feeling like this since the Republican primary 2015-16.

Latest Discussions»General Discussion»Am I the only one who has...