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SHRED

(28,136 posts)
Sun Jan 7, 2018, 11:47 PM Jan 2018

Aren't Dump supporters actually simple-minded anarchists?


They seem to be delighting in the destruction of our government.
After all they've listened for years and believed the lie that it's our government that is the enemy which needs to be destroyed and not the oligarchs behind the control levers.
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Aren't Dump supporters actually simple-minded anarchists? (Original Post) SHRED Jan 2018 OP
not at all. they only hate government when it helps ordinary people. unblock Jan 2018 #1
I agree, the problem I have with their absolutism is that the spoiled brats were able to live their Trust Buster Jan 2018 #2
Their colective hatred has given them randr Jan 2018 #3
They strike me more as nihilists. roamer65 Jan 2018 #4
Couldnt agree more. onecaliberal Jan 2018 #7
Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2018 #5
Good? Brother Buzz Jan 2018 #6
One post and just joined SHRED Jan 2018 #8
Odd way to finish. This one has been shown the door. Brother Buzz Jan 2018 #12
I dunno. It certainly is hard to tell sometimes ck4829 Jan 2018 #11
No, that would be simple minded nihilists davekriss Jan 2018 #9
Could be...the one guy I know who supported Trump... GReedDiamond Jan 2018 #10
That is a very astute statement. Thanks. Sophia4 Jan 2018 #13
They are stupid and ill-informed racists thbobby Jan 2018 #14
I dont think so most anarchist I have meet hold standingtall Jan 2018 #15
Trump supporters are racist ignorant deplorables Gothmog Jan 2018 #16
Or, as I call them, "Idiot Racist Fuckheads." (nt) Orrex Jan 2018 #17
Um, no. Downtown Hound Jan 2018 #18
nihilists, not anarchists Ken Burch Jan 2018 #19
The alt-christian "evangelicals" TrishaJ Jan 2018 #20
No, but while it's tempting to write them as nihilists, yewberry Jan 2018 #21

unblock

(52,495 posts)
1. not at all. they only hate government when it helps ordinary people.
Sun Jan 7, 2018, 11:52 PM
Jan 2018

they absolutely love government control when it keeps women and people of color down.

they love a government that protects the property of the rich and big corporations and powerful courts that prevent competition.


they only are anarchists when it comes to government trying to stop rich people and businesses from polluting, defrauding, and keeping all the money.

 

Trust Buster

(7,299 posts)
2. I agree, the problem I have with their absolutism is that the spoiled brats were able to live their
Sun Jan 7, 2018, 11:53 PM
Jan 2018

Whole lives enjoying the highest standard of living ever known to humanity. They should have to spend a month living in a third world country and that should cure them of their utter hatred for our government.

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Brother Buzz

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6. Good?
Mon Jan 8, 2018, 12:06 AM
Jan 2018

You subscribe to the notion our government is the enemy which needs to be destroyed?

Most peculiar.

Brother Buzz

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12. Odd way to finish. This one has been shown the door.
Mon Jan 8, 2018, 12:55 AM
Jan 2018

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ck4829

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11. I dunno. It certainly is hard to tell sometimes
Mon Jan 8, 2018, 12:27 AM
Jan 2018

Between a racist and classist "war on drugs"... or more correct to say some people who use some drugs. A healthcare system that's a joke, a very deadly joke. And "national security" is apparently the idea that "Sure there's a mass shooter, but he's not a funny color or religion, so... win."

Our government's not exactly doing a good job to show that it's our ally, that's for sure.

GReedDiamond

(5,319 posts)
10. Could be...the one guy I know who supported Trump...
Mon Jan 8, 2018, 12:27 AM
Jan 2018

...said he was being "an anarchist" like, he claimed, I used to be when I was a Yippie.

He fits the "simple-minded" descriptor, anarchist or not.

Turns out, on election day, he was out of the country on vacation, and never voted for anybody, much less Trump.

And I still consider myself to be (an old) Yippie!

thbobby

(1,474 posts)
14. They are stupid and ill-informed racists
Mon Jan 8, 2018, 01:37 AM
Jan 2018

I remember seeing a protest sign against Obama saying something like "Keep your government hand off my social security".

Also, remember how much better Obamacare did in poles when called ACA instead of Obamacare.

They love when the government helps them especially when they can deny it is the government helping them. And they damn sure don't want "any of them dark-skinned people mooching from the government".

standingtall

(2,787 posts)
15. I dont think so most anarchist I have meet hold
Mon Jan 8, 2018, 01:43 AM
Jan 2018

progressive viewpoints without a central government to enforce progressive policies leaving it solely up to local communities. Trump supporter are your just classic old angry republicans that want an authoritarian government.

 

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
19. nihilists, not anarchists
Mon Jan 8, 2018, 01:09 PM
Jan 2018

Anarchists generally have an inspiring, positive vision of a future based on voluntary social cooperation. At this point, what they work for may not be workable, but they are driven by a commitment to a better, more compassionate and sharing form of life.

Nihilists just want to trash shit for the sake of trashing shit...like THESE guys:



TrishaJ

(798 posts)
20. The alt-christian "evangelicals"
Mon Jan 8, 2018, 01:52 PM
Jan 2018

who support Trump do it because they despise the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. They hate the Judicial Branch of government because attempts to force other Americans to live per their "religious" creed are usually overturned, with the rights of minorities protected. In their warped world view, they see themselves as being persecuted by the government because others want to be free to live their lives as they please without someone else's religion dictating the terms.

yewberry

(6,530 posts)
21. No, but while it's tempting to write them as nihilists,
Mon Jan 8, 2018, 03:20 PM
Jan 2018

that's not quite it either.

One thing that seems to tie them all together is their universal loathing of us. This election was nothing but a huge hatefuck to all of us. We're the enemy that unites them. For years they've been listening to the fiction that we're PC baby-killing gun-stealing anti-American demonic illuminati thugs, and they believe it.

They did it for the lulz & the libtard tears. It's the 4chan presidency.

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