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babylonsister

(171,102 posts)
Sat Jan 11, 2020, 03:50 PM Jan 2020

An anguished question from a Trump supporter: 'Why do liberals think Trump supporters are stupid?'

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An anguished question from a Trump supporter: ‘Why do liberals think Trump supporters are stupid?’

The serious answer: Here’s what we really think about Trump supporters - the rich, the poor, the malignant and the innocently well-meaning, the ones who think and the ones who don't...

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 they’re 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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An anguished question from a Trump supporter: 'Why do liberals think Trump supporters are stupid?' (Original Post) babylonsister Jan 2020 OP
Yup. Never ascribe to malice what can adequately be explained by stupidity unblock Jan 2020 #1
Because they just are with their Trump rhetoric. katmondoo Jan 2020 #2
Calling them stupid is almost a compliment. johnp3907 Jan 2020 #3
Thanks for sharing w/ us here on DU. I kind of have to shake my head when I hear this cries... SWBTATTReg Jan 2020 #4
They act stupid, they think? stupid, they say stupid things. abakan Jan 2020 #5
Stupid is as stupid does Martin Eden Jan 2020 #7
I agree abakan Jan 2020 #10
They can only be one of three things: stupid, evil or greedy. smirkymonkey Jan 2020 #6
can't imagine why anyone would think they are stupid......... Takket Jan 2020 #8
Your honor we rest our case! abakan Jan 2020 #11
Duh! broiles Jan 2020 #9
An even simpler answer jmowreader Jan 2020 #12
It's like racism.... paleotn Jan 2020 #13
We Get Ample Evidence colsohlibgal Jan 2020 #14

SWBTATTReg

(22,176 posts)
4. Thanks for sharing w/ us here on DU. I kind of have to shake my head when I hear this cries...
Sat Jan 11, 2020, 04:11 PM
Jan 2020

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)
5. They act stupid, they think? stupid, they say stupid things.
Sat Jan 11, 2020, 04:14 PM
Jan 2020

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)
7. Stupid is as stupid does
Sat Jan 11, 2020, 05:04 PM
Jan 2020

Deplorable is as deplorable does.

Voting for Trump is:
A. Stupid
B. Deplorable

Take your pick.

abakan

(1,819 posts)
10. I agree
Sat Jan 11, 2020, 05:23 PM
Jan 2020

We should describe them by their actions and they deserve all the humiliation coming to them.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
6. They can only be one of three things: stupid, evil or greedy.
Sat Jan 11, 2020, 04:22 PM
Jan 2020

Or some combination of the above. There is no Trump supporter who does not have at least one of these qualities.

jmowreader

(50,567 posts)
12. An even simpler answer
Sat Jan 11, 2020, 05:48 PM
Jan 2020

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.

We’re not supposed to notice that Trump goes against everything they stand for.

paleotn

(17,989 posts)
13. It's like racism....
Sat Jan 11, 2020, 07:42 PM
Jan 2020

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)
14. We Get Ample Evidence
Sun Jan 12, 2020, 09:53 AM
Jan 2020

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.

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