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In reply to the discussion: Ironically, once you decide a person or group is "stupid," you are relieved from thinking about them [View all]LAS14
(13,749 posts)We don't need to spend a lot of time posting defenses of Trump voters, and DU can be a place for venting. But in the long run we have to understand the opposition in order to beat them. Lumping them all together isn't a path toward understanding. I mean "understanding" in the coldest, most intellectual sense. Not in the sympathy sense.
I peek at Breitbart, etc., now and again.
One thing that gave me a new blick on the Trump supporter phenomenon was a man interviewed on TV who was so clearly scared to death of terrorists. He was frantic to keep "them" out of the country. Not Muslims, terrorists. I have no reason to think he was Islamaphobic or anything else. Ignorant, yes. But in the sense of having his fears flood over his thinking. There may be ways to approach this. I think we'd benefit if we could come up with some plans.