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brooklynite

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2. I'm going to say something that you won't like...

Reply to shockey80 (Original post)

Sun Jan 21, 2018, 11:35 AM

Jan 2018

Last edited Sun Jan 21, 2018, 04:17 PM - Edit history (1)

They DON'T all hate so much, and it's a bad idea to imagine that they do.

Yes, the 33% core of the Trump voters hat anything different: Blacks, foreigners, Muslims, Gays, etc. But we're never go to shift their votes, nor do we need to.

However, a fraction of the Trump voters were middle of the road working class who became tired of what they saw as Government failing to address their economic needs, and decided that, as bad as Trump might be, any change was an improvement over the status quo that wasn't working for them. Some of them had previously voted for Obama. And those are the voters we need to win back. Stereotyping and confronting them based on that stereotype isn't a productive strategy.

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I Like to confront Trump voters. I ask them this question. [View all] shockey80 Jan 2018 OP

i like it... hlthe2b Jan 2018 #1

I'm going to say something that you won't like... brooklynite Jan 2018 #2

Let such people come back to us on their own. Paladin Jan 2018 #9

This Hatred of Liberals Was Created by the Republican Party at the End of the Cold War dlk Jan 2018 #3

The Trump voters I meet all talk hate. shockey80 Jan 2018 #4

Ask Them If They Are Against Leith Jan 2018 #8

You forgot SS and Medicare Gabi Hayes Jan 2018 #11

I Was Keeping It Specific to HRC's Accomplishments Leith Jan 2018 #12

Sorry; thx......could go on and on about how almost every plank in the KGOP platform leads to Gabi Hayes Jan 2018 #14

I ask them if they realize that hatred leads to randr Jan 2018 #5

The other night my right wing coworker goes off RhodeIslandOne Jan 2018 #6

They only tell you Ohiogal Jan 2018 #7

"The greatest country in the world" that doesn't even have healthcare. lindysalsagal Jan 2018 #10

Yeah, if you can't afford to pay for your own health care Ohiogal Jan 2018 #13

How do you know who is a trump voter? Tipperary Jan 2018 #15

I spent a day with some other business women at a networking event. CrispyQ Jan 2018 #16

strange thing here is 99% of them cannot bluestarone Jan 2018 #17

Twitler supporters are also so angry kimbutgar Jan 2018 #18

They might not have been born that way Runningdawg Jan 2018 #19

I dont mess with his voters and loyalists because... erinlough Jan 2018 #20

I find that excellent with one proviso DFW Jan 2018 #21

For one thing, they've been conditioned to believe that they hate us MrScorpio Jan 2018 #22

They would say it's the Democrats that hate so much oberliner Jan 2018 #23

I don't bother. It's a cult-like religion, replacing whatever perversions of Christianity they had. TheBlackAdder Jan 2018 #24