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In reply to the discussion: I think progressives need to understand Trump voters. No, really. [View all]Initech
(100,063 posts)18. They don't want to understand us. Why should we return the favor?
If they actually took time to understand us, that would be one thing. But they want us gone. Dead. They would prefer we didn't exist. Don't believe me? Check your Twitter and Facebook feeds. They want us gone. They drink out of their "liberal tears" coffee mugs with pride and wear Trump t-shirts. I've seen extreme violence and hatred advocated toward us since the election. They wear their anti PC sentiments with pride. If you dare speak against Trump or any republican, you get called a libtard, a Marxist, out of touch elitist, or worse and run out of town. We don't need to understand them. They need to understand us. We need to turn that line of thinking around.
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Do you think the people you know who voted for him understand they voted for a man who
BeckyDem
Feb 2017
#8
I think what I understand is some will never see past their own bigotry and we must not pander to
BeckyDem
Feb 2017
#26
who said, "the line between voting for a bigot and being one is so fine as to be invisible"?
unblock
Feb 2017
#19
I've never bought this argument. They moved to the Republican party for cultural reasons.
geek tragedy
Feb 2017
#35
Trump voters I have talked to largely voted for him because he's something different,
PatsFan87
Feb 2017
#36
Bullshit. A Trump voter who is not racist or islamophobic or both is an extremely rare beast.
retread
Feb 2017
#37
Technically, an English teacher or an Editor would instruct you to fix this...
Talk Is Cheap
Feb 2017
#68