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These are the saddest, darkest peeks into the minds of trump supporters Ive ever read (scary ignorant and racist as hell) - definitely worth the read:
This is right after the election:
https://www.politico.com/magazine/newsletter/the-friday-cover-what-trump-voters-want-now
This is now, a year later:
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/08/donald-trump-johnstown-pennsylvania-supporters-215800
Duppers
(28,134 posts)Great mind think alike....
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)Don't know if you just made an honest mistake, but it is far from Jonestown. Thank you.
angrychair
(8,758 posts)Must have fat fingered my phone and it autocorrected for me but its not far off the mark. A bunch of lost, sad people blinding following a charismatic rapist death-cult leader to the bitter end...same-same.
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)It isn't all like that. The article does paint a dire picture though.
angrychair
(8,758 posts)But it gave the clear impression that Democrats/rational thinking people, are few and far between.
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)Nevernose
(13,081 posts)But its certainly more fair. That county DID go 38 points for Trump, but other, wealthier counties nearby went for even more. Why? Poverty porn, probably.
And pragmatism. The premise was that the author had interviewed the same people a year before.
Nevernose
(13,081 posts)Be warned, all who would read this article. The Stupid is, well, really fucking stupid. It managed to even be stupider than the racism.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Can't be counted on to make sane political judgments.
andym
(5,447 posts)And his audience loves him, because he thinks just like they do.