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In reply to the discussion: Why do you think so many people back Trump? [View all]RedCappedBandit
(5,514 posts)78. Lots of people are racist assholes.
Until now they've only been revealing their true selves among their own kind. Now they feel they don't have to pretend.
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my simple answer - they've broken with reality - they think reality TV IS reality.
NRaleighLiberal
Dec 2015
#1
Yes-that,and some people like openly obnoxious assholes. They're drawn to them and cheer them on.
MADem
Dec 2015
#27
That is a very astute observation--and it does sum up the way a lot of these supporters think.
MADem
Dec 2015
#75
TV has become reality for them, and he speaks its language and frames things in its context n/t
arcane1
Dec 2015
#4
I think you are right. I think a lot of his supporters are day trippers, curious, appalled even,
MADem
Dec 2015
#79
I think a lot of it's his showmanship. It's like reality TV to some and he's a branded TV image. n/t
RKP5637
Dec 2015
#6
I agree, but not as to reality shows. Think Han Solo in Star Wars or John Wayne in a Western.
merrily
Dec 2015
#14
It is far easier to listen to a loudmouth and accept what he says than engage in . . . .
Stinky The Clown
Dec 2015
#7
I've seen this same phrase repeatedly: "he always says what everybody is really thinking"
Turn CO Blue
Dec 2015
#13
"He is always saying what everybody is thinking". Ask them, "Who is 'everybody?"
pampango
Dec 2015
#43
"I call him a billionaire Archie Bunker". That is a perfect description. Thanks. n/t
pampango
Dec 2015
#44
Easy. They expect President Trumplestiltskin to tell the whole government "YOU'RE FIRED"!
hedda_foil
Dec 2015
#25
Because they are mindless effing morons. These are the same type of people that fall for cults and
underahedgerow
Dec 2015
#31
Some people like bluster and tend to buy whatever crap is peddled with obnoxious certainty.
bettyellen
Dec 2015
#34
in addition to what others have said, about 20% (if not more) of our voters tend to be fascists
steve2470
Dec 2015
#35
the teevee gnewz keep showing he matters. NEVER questioning the shit he says.
pansypoo53219
Dec 2015
#40
He 'answers' economic and cultural insecurities with simple (racist, xenophobic) solutions. There
pampango
Dec 2015
#41
Trump is the political personification of World Wide Wrestling and it's entertainment,
no_hypocrisy
Dec 2015
#47
You're not gonna like this, but the Left has gone way overboard with PC. Trump is a reaction.
frizzled
Dec 2015
#54
I'll add - outright contempt for all government. Trump's the "Screw you all" candidate
frizzled
Dec 2015
#55
They are as frustrated with the economy and scared about terrorism as the left is
Yavin4
Dec 2015
#68
He makes the other dudes in suits squirm, which is something they can't do, as individuals. n/t
winter is coming
Dec 2015
#83