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dawg

(10,620 posts)

13. I agree that it's not just Trump.

Reply to marylandblue (Reply #12)

Wed Oct 31, 2018, 03:38 PM

Oct 2018

But your approach has already been tried and found to be wanting.

Coddling these people does no good. They only perceive it as weakness and lack of resolve on our part. It only emboldens them to push harder.

There are millions of non-voters out there to appeal to. The deplorables are a lost cause.

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It's funny how we demand immigrants "assimilate" but the majority party courts the least-assimilated [View all] ck4829 Oct 2018 OP

They are "patriots" who love America. dawg Oct 2018 #1

This right here, this is both nationalism and authoritarianism defined ck4829 Oct 2018 #2

Maybe they just have a different view of what America should be marylandblue Oct 2018 #4

Nope. dawg Oct 2018 #5

They say the same thing about us. marylandblue Oct 2018 #6

So? dawg Oct 2018 #7

When you have large numbers of people on two sides of an issue marylandblue Oct 2018 #9

I think it's really sad that you still believe all that after everything that has ... dawg Oct 2018 #10

This is not about sweetness or nuance marylandblue Oct 2018 #12

I agree that it's not just Trump. dawg Oct 2018 #13

Both parties are made up of coalitions of voters marylandblue Oct 2018 #14

That's factually correct. Volaris Oct 2018 #8

People make decisions on values and emotions not facts marylandblue Oct 2018 #15

their view is America should only be for White People . that's why that party is made up of white JI7 Nov 2018 #16

Yes it is funny that way, but there have been some signs of improvement marylandblue Oct 2018 #3

I've never seen it put in these terms. Damn! But it makes perfect sense. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Oct 2018 #11