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An anguished question from a Trump supporter: Why do liberals think Trump supporters are stupid?
That when you saw a man who had owned a fraudulent University, intent on scamming poor people, you thought "Fine."
That when you saw a man who had made it his business practice to stiff his creditors, you said, "Okay."
That when you heard him proudly brag about his own history of sexual abuse, you said, "No problem."
That when he made up stories about seeing Muslim-Americans in the thousands cheering the destruction of the World Trade Center, you said, "Not an issue."
That when you saw him brag that he could shoot a man on Fifth Avenue and you wouldn't care, you chirped, "He sure knows me."
That when you heard him illustrate his own character by telling that cute story about the elderly guest bleeding on the floor at his country club, the story about how he turned his back and how it was all an imposition on him, you said, "That's cool!"
That when you saw him mock the disabled, you thought it was the funniest thing you ever saw.
That when you heard him brag that he doesn't read books, you said, "Well, who has time?"
That when the Central Park Five were compensated as innocent men convicted of a crime they didn't commit, and he angrily said that they should still be in prison, you said, "That makes sense."
That when you heard him tell his supporters to beat up protesters and that he would hire attorneys, you thought, "Yes!"
That when you heard him tell one rally to confiscate a man's coat before throwing him out into the freezing cold, you said, "What a great guy!"
That you have watched the parade of neo-Nazis and white supremacists with whom he curries favor, while refusing to condemn outright Nazis, and you have said, "Thumbs up!"
That you hear him unable to talk to foreign dignitaries without insulting their countries and demanding that they praise his electoral win, you said, "That's the way I want my President to be."
That you have watched him remove expertise from all layers of government in favor of people who make money off of eliminating protections in the industries they're supposed to be regulating and you have said, "What a genius!"
That you have heard him continue to profit from his businesses, in part by leveraging his position as President, to the point of overcharging the Secret Service for space in the properties he owns, and you have said, "That's smart!"
That you have heard him say that it was difficult to help Puerto Rico because it was in the middle of water and you have said, "That makes sense."
That you have seen him start fights with every country from Canada to New Zealand while praising Russia and quote, "falling in love" with the dictator of North Korea, and you have said, "That's statesmanship!"
That Trump separated children from their families and put them in cages, managed to lose track of 1500 kids, has opened a tent city incarceration camp in the desert in Texas - he explains that theyre just animals - and you say, Well, OK then.
That you have witnessed all the thousand and one other manifestations of corruption and low moral character and outright animalistic rudeness and contempt for you, the working American voter, and you still show up grinning and wearing your MAGA hats and threatening to beat up anybody who says otherwise.
What you don't get, Trump supporters in 2019, is that succumbing to frustration and thinking of you as stupid may be wrong and unhelpful, but it's also...hear me...charitable.
Because if you're NOT stupid, we must turn to other explanations, and most of them are less flattering.
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(52,387 posts)katmondoo
(6,457 posts)You can't be smart if you think Trump is.
johnp3907
(3,733 posts)If theyre not stupid they must be evil.
SWBTATTReg
(22,176 posts)of why are they (the supporters of rump) viewed so cynically and hatefully by the rest of America and this post/article lists quite a few of the good reasons why they are viewed with distrust and disgust by the rest of Americans in this country of ours. Founded ironically enough, by immigrants believe it or not.
abakan
(1,819 posts)So if it looks like a duck
Walks like a duck
And quacks like a duck
a reasonable conclusion can be made, it's a duck.
same thing goes for trump supporters
Martin Eden
(12,880 posts)Deplorable is as deplorable does.
Voting for Trump is:
A. Stupid
B. Deplorable
Take your pick.
abakan
(1,819 posts)We should describe them by their actions and they deserve all the humiliation coming to them.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Or some combination of the above. There is no Trump supporter who does not have at least one of these qualities.
Takket
(21,644 posts)Link to tweet
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abakan
(1,819 posts)MAGATS are STUPID!
broiles
(1,370 posts)jmowreader
(50,567 posts)If any person in the world was even a third as evil as Donald Trump - that is the only word you can use to describe him - they would not only reject and shun that person but demand everyone else do the same.
Were not supposed to notice that Trump goes against everything they stand for.
paleotn
(17,989 posts)Not all Republicans are racists, but all racists damn sure are Republicans. Not all magats are stupid. Not all are out there on the left tail. Some just like authoritarianism. They like being told what to do, when to do it, and for how long. Some think they will in some way benefit from a fascist state. Some just don't like the whole idea of liberal democracy. Some are just despicable individuals. But if they're white and stupid, I'd bet dollars to donuts they're chest thumping magats.
colsohlibgal
(5,275 posts)If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck it is almost certainly a duck. A large percentage of them are pretty stupid combined with serious gullibility.