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kpete

(71,980 posts) Tue Mar 1, 2016, 09:44 AM Mar 2016

This!

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I don't want categorize people..... imanamerican63 Mar 2016 #1

I have wondered about that myself EmperorHasNoClothes Mar 2016 #2

It's fear, the hate is secondary... Wounded Bear Mar 2016 #3

imanamerican63

(13,763 posts)

1. I don't want categorize people.....

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Mar 1, 2016, 09:48 AM

Mar 2016

because this is America and it is what we stand for that counts. But, I don't understand why they are drawn to this fool? Is there that much hate that people want him to lead our country?

EmperorHasNoClothes

(4,797 posts)

2. I have wondered about that myself

Reply to imanamerican63 (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 1, 2016, 09:53 AM

Mar 2016

The explanations I have seen have been as nonsensical as anything Drumpf says. I think it's more emotional than rational.

Wounded Bear

(58,626 posts)

3. It's fear, the hate is secondary...

Reply to imanamerican63 (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 1, 2016, 10:21 AM

Mar 2016

There is great fear of the future, that increasingly looks like a minority white future. Hatred is a compensatory feeling to alleviate the fear. Generally, when you find a leader who can misdirect the fear, you have a political movement based on racism, discrimination and other forms of hatred.

True Christian values would lead people to seek out the love, but historically, many Christian leaders have not been shy to use the fear their flocks feel to feed their thirst for power.

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