My Husband Supports Trump

[Anonymous]

Divorce him. No visitation rights.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Divorce him. Seriously. I couldn't stay married to someone with those values.

+1

I'm about to uninvite my ILs for the holidays. I don't want my children exposed to that kind of hate and ignorance.

This attitude right here is part of the reason Trump is having success.

As a college professor, I agree 100% with this. PP is one of those "don't expose me to ideas I disagree with" types.... the coddling students I teach on a daily basis who don't want rigorous arguments challenging them to defend their views.

[Anonymous]

My Democratic Mom is liking him too??!! I am beyond words, prewarned my teen not to discuss politics. It's going to be a long year......

[Anonymous]

Did he suffer any head trauma recently?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Divorce him. Seriously. I couldn't stay married to someone with those values.

+1

I'm about to uninvite my ILs for the holidays. I don't want my children exposed to that kind of hate and ignorance.

This attitude right here is part of the reason Trump is having success.

As a college professor, I agree 100% with this. PP is one of those "don't expose me to ideas I disagree with" types.... the coddling students I teach on a daily basis who don't want rigorous arguments challenging them to defend their views.

Except Trump isn't making any "rigorous arguments." He's just being xenophobic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Same here, OP, same here. I actually posted this on a Trump thread in politics a week or so back and got attacked as a harpy and terrible spouse and who knows what else. Saying you can tolerate political differences in a marriage is one thing. But this strikes at fundamental, core values. This guy is essentially Hitleresque. I actually don't see ANY redeeming value he has, period.

What's worse is that my husband is so vehement about him primarily for two reasons -- one, he admires his "strength" and "anti-PC" stances, and two, he hates Hillary Clinton in an irrational and really toxic way that exposes some misogyny he has that I never detected before we were married. I mean, I can't stand Hillary Clinton much, either, but I'm not enough of a nihilist about the differences between corporatist Democrats and corporatist Republicans to really think she's no better than them.

The irony is that he'd vote for Bernie Sanders if he was the nominee. He just hates Hillary.

I am dreading the next year. I honestly don't know if our marriage will survive.

Leaving politics out of it for a moment, I used to admire Hilary. In 2008, I very much hoped she would get the nomination instead of Obama. But this past year I can't help but be disgusted by her "I'll do anything to get elected and pretend to be anything to appeal to people" aura. Blech. Maybe it's not all about misogyny for your husband. Obviously I don't know him so I don't know. But it could be that he just senses something awful about her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Divorce him. Seriously. I couldn't stay married to someone with those values.

+1

I'm about to uninvite my ILs for the holidays. I don't want my children exposed to that kind of hate and ignorance.

This attitude right here is part of the reason Trump is having success.

As a college professor, I agree 100% with this. PP is one of those "don't expose me to ideas I disagree with" types.... the coddling students I teach on a daily basis who don't want rigorous arguments challenging them to defend their views.

Interesting, interesting.

I thought the the "attitude" being referred to was the attitude of just throwing away family (or a husband) when they are no longer perfectly aligned with you in every way.

[Anonymous]

OP, I can't get past Trump's bigotry. His celebration of his bigotry. Even if someone agreed with trump somehow on other stuff, doesn't his racism kill any support for him? Is your DH bigoted in general? And if not, doesn't this aspect of Trump disgust him?

I can tolerate a lot of differences in opinion, but I can't tolerate bigotry. If this is in fact an issue in your marriage, I'd probably seek counseling for that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Divorce him. Seriously. I couldn't stay married to someone with those values.

+1

I'm about to uninvite my ILs for the holidays. I don't want my children exposed to that kind of hate and ignorance.

This attitude right here is part of the reason Trump is having success.

As a college professor, I agree 100% with this. PP is one of those "don't expose me to ideas I disagree with" types.... the coddling students I teach on a daily basis who don't want rigorous arguments challenging them to defend their views.

Interesting, interesting.

I thought the the "attitude" being referred to was the attitude of just throwing away family (or a husband) when they are no longer perfectly aligned with you in every way.

But then again I guess they are basically the same thing...

[Anonymous]

This is fascinating.

What does he like about Trump?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That pretty much says it all. How do I even deal? He has gotten more and more conservative as the dems have moved further and further left, but this is just beyond the pale. I dread talking to him.

People should be more humble about their political views. OP, there are people who are smarter, more reasonable, and more knowledgeable than you who are on the opposite side from you on literally every political issue. Including Trump. This is not true only for you, however, it is true for me and for everyone else.

Maybe you should try understanding your husband's views rather than freaking out because what, after all, might the neighbors think?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Divorce him. Seriously. I couldn't stay married to someone with those values.

+1

I'm about to uninvite my ILs for the holidays. I don't want my children exposed to that kind of hate and ignorance.

This attitude right here is part of the reason Trump is having success.

As a college professor, I agree 100% with this. PP is one of those "don't expose me to ideas I disagree with" types.... the coddling students I teach on a daily basis who don't want rigorous arguments challenging them to defend their views.

Except Trump isn't making any "rigorous arguments." He's just being xenophobic.

It's not about whether Trump is making good or rigorous arguments. It's about making sure your precious snowflakes enter a world understanding it is always best to hear opposition viewpoints and learn to argue against them. Don't advocate running into a homogenous corner where you simply ignore ideas that repulse you. Fight back. Intellectual weaklings flee.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Divorce him. Seriously. I couldn't stay married to someone with those values.

+1

I'm about to uninvite my ILs for the holidays. I don't want my children exposed to that kind of hate and ignorance.

This attitude right here is part of the reason Trump is having success.

As a college professor, I agree 100% with this. PP is one of those "don't expose me to ideas I disagree with" types.... the coddling students I teach on a daily basis who don't want rigorous arguments challenging them to defend their views.

As a college professor, I would hope that you are teaching your students that there is a meaningful difference between opinions that are actively xenophobic and based on lies and opinions that are simply different from their own. Trump has repeatedly lied about things that are verifiable, suggested policies that are unconstitutional, made comments that are blatantly racist, and shown absolutely no remorse for this behavior. I would be utterly delighted to not be exposed to his ideas - not just because I disagree with them, but because they are antithetical to pretty much everything I believe - and if I found out that a close friend or relative agreed with those things, I would not want to associate with that person any longer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Democrats have moved further and further RIGHT. I'm sorry for your awful situation.

+1 to both the correct factual stated sentiment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Democrats have moved further and further RIGHT. I'm sorry for your awful situation.

+1 to both the correct factual stated sentiment.

correct factual stateMENT AND sentiment. sheesh.