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Ocelot II

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19. I agree 100%. Unfortunately there are a lot of people who just go about their business

Tue Feb 4, 2025, 01:27 PM

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without thinking about what they should know before they vote for anybody or anything - or whether they should vote at all. I have met some of them. I recall talking to a well-educated, presumably intelligent woman a few years ago about a controversial issue that had been headline news for days and she had absolutely no knowledge of it. Some people don't read newspapers or watch the news on TV or follow it at all in any way. They just don't understand how they are affected by what happens elsewhere in the country or the world and make no effort to find out. Politics is boring and technical so they tune it all out. Maybe it really will take some very bad shit happening to make people wake up.

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Do you think that everyone who voted for Trump is a MAGA adherent? [View all] LAS14 Feb 4 OP

No. I think some people that voted for him are Nihilists that LIKE that he hurts people and hope he destroys the country AStern Feb 4 #1

Maybe not so much MAGA supporters dclarston13 Feb 4 #2

'too far left' travelingthrulife Feb 4 #32

No, some are just dumb and/or uninformed. Ocelot II Feb 4 #3

They project what they think MAGA is on MAGA... Hugin Feb 4 #5

This is going to sound harsh. yardwork Feb 4 #13

I agree 100%. Unfortunately there are a lot of people who just go about their business Ocelot II Feb 4 #19

Michigan, Wisconsin, and Nevada all biocube Feb 4 #4

Which is automatically suspect. THIS is why I don't believe he won any of those states. n/t valleyrogue Feb 4 #20

I know, something doesn't pass the smell test there. Initech Feb 4 #24

Yes, the stole the Presidency but forgot to rig the Senate races Jose Garcia Feb 4 #33

I agree. Too many odd voter demographics. People who had zero reason to vote for Trump. travelingthrulife Feb 4 #34

If Fox is your source for news crud Feb 4 #6

Yes. By default, they are MAGA. Oopsie Daisy Feb 4 #7

The ones that trouble me are those who "liked his policies" but really do not like him. Trust_Reality Feb 4 #8

MAGA was a marketing slogan that started with *rump. haele Feb 4 #22

No. I still have anti trump republicans in my life. LakeArenal Feb 4 #9

No, but it wasn't a dealbreaker for them. yardwork Feb 4 #10

Yes ibegurpard Feb 4 #11

I believe that many voted for him because of abortion. gab13by13 Feb 4 #12

You mean to take women's rights away, right. Few of them actually care about abortion. travelingthrulife Feb 4 #36

Some are ITAL Feb 4 #46

No. ismnotwasm Feb 4 #14

No, many are fools that still think he was a successful businessman JI7 Feb 4 #15

trump supporters are either bigots, immoral or stupid or some combination of the three tulipsandroses Feb 4 #16

No, some of them are just too stupid to understand what he is doing. milestogo Feb 4 #17

They are politically stupid. valleyrogue Feb 4 #18

By definition alarimer Feb 4 #21

"Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule." Ping Tung Feb 4 #23

All politics are local jgmiller Feb 4 #25

Not necessarily, but they all share a hatred of something. Lemons UK Feb 4 #26

High prices? nt LAS14 Feb 4 #28

INFO: If you vote for a Nazi, are you also a Nazi? obamanut2012 Feb 4 #27

No DeepWinter Feb 4 #29

So they are not for trump but they are swallowing the same old tired lies about bloated government travelingthrulife Feb 4 #39

This message was self-deleted by its author AkFemDem Feb 4 #30

Yes many -black male trump supporters are Nazi adjacent bigots. I know 2 personally. tulipsandroses Feb 4 #44

Every R that I personally know is a MAGAt Arazi Feb 4 #31

However Trump voters fancy themselves C_U_L8R Feb 4 #35

No, definitely not D. Spaulding Feb 4 #37

I don't think MAGA and the GOP are distinct entities thebigidea Feb 4 #38

I'm sure a lot of them just won't vote for a Democrat. Jeebo Feb 4 #40

Yes but MAGA is a continuum qazplm135 Feb 4 #41

No, All they expect is a tax cut. Jacson6 Feb 4 #42

does it make a rat's buttocks of difference? mike_c Feb 4 #43

No, I have a lot of Republicans in my extended family Amishman Feb 4 #45

I'm certain there's some politically casual people Hitorque Feb 5 #47