I had an epiphany today: I don’t hate trump - I hate his supporters.

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OP it is going to be more in the 75-80 million vote range. The same for the opposition. So glad our founding fathers set up the electoral college system.

We have reached Gladwell’s tipping point. But only one side displays hate as a constant theme. A battle of good and evil is upon us all.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll preface this by stating the obvious truth: I hate trump, yes, of course. Who doesn’t? But at the end of the day, trump is just an irrelevance. A loudmouth buffoon who will soon be humiliated at the polls again, and then spend what may be the rest of his life in a New York state prison as a 34 count convicted felon facing possibly 14 decades at sentencing, if he doesn’t flee the country first - which I suspect he will. Either way, he’s soon to be gone and won’t be our problem anymore.


But the 50-odd million people who will probably still vote for him this November aren’t going anywhere. And those are the people I really, truly, viscerally despise. Because they gave trump his power. Without these imbeciles, trump would be nothing. He’d literally have the same influence as a crazy screaming homeless man shouting at no one in a city park. That’s what trump would be without the millions of supporters who give him his power. These are the the people I hate. Not trump. trump is just a symptom. His supporters, his sycophants - they are real problem. The disease.

It really made me sad when I came to this realization today, because until now, I assumed that things were going to be awesome after the election and we’d never have to suffer his buffoonery again. But then I realized his supporters aren’t going anywhere. They’re still going to be around regardless of whatever happens to him. And that infuriated me.

I just don’t know how to get past this. I’m just consumed with anger at the realization that probably should’ve occurred to me earlier, but didn’t. I was so consumed with hating trump that I wasn’t able to see who I truly should’ve been hating even more. And now realizing that these people will still be around after he goes away, it just ruins everything.

Very upset tonight. Can barely contain my rage.

Deep thoughts (TM)

And they feel the same way about you OP. Unhinged and unintelligent losers abound on both sides.

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Anonymous wrote:OP it is going to be more in the 75-80 million vote range. The same for the opposition. So glad our founding fathers set up the electoral college system.

We have reached Gladwell’s tipping point. But only one side displays hate as a constant theme. A battle of good and evil is upon us all.

I drove through a big chunk of rural Pennsylvania last week. I did not see the same number of Trump signs as previous elections. I think his typical voters are a bit tired of him and if this persists, the election is not going to be as close as the past. It is the only way to be rid of him, so I hope it happens.

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Bone spurs is as contemptible as he is weird. It's not every GOP candidate that uses orange bronzer and is a convicted rapist and felon.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, I wish you better days ahead. Perhaps therapy and medication could help soothe your clearly troubled soul. How debilitating to be so filled with hate.

+100 Seriously get some help. People are allowed to have different political opinions than you.

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Maybe you should recognize the reasons why he resonates with his supporters. If the root causes of their discontent could be addressed, maybe they wouldn’t be so persuaded by him.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe you should recognize the reasons why he resonates with his supporters. If the root causes of their discontent could be addressed, maybe they wouldn’t be so persuaded by him.

Well their hero addressed their desire to try to force women to give birth. Nothing about that is resonating with the majority of the country. It is going to lose him the election.

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His supporters have always been here, but couldn't be motivated by candidates like McCain or Romney. Trump's superpower is that he has absolutely no shame - when called out on a lie he doubles down, triples down, then blames the media. Maybe somebody like Vance can carry on that legacy in a post-Trump world but it's just as likely that the GOP implodes in the resulting vacuum.

This. The Rs have not won the popular vote in 20 years, but can win the electoral vote by appealing to niche groups (like the evangelicals, gun rights and anti-abortion groups) in various areas of the country. They have gotten into bed with those groups and the sane Rs have gone along with it (with a few exceptions who get shunned if they make any noise). The party will implode as it becomes too extreme. Most Americans are not that extreme, but yes, extreme right has always been there. I grew up in an area with John Birchers (this was 60 years ago). They are not evil people, but they hold beliefs that most people do not hold. OP, maybe you have always lived in DC or a very middle of the road area. I am more angry with the R party (if you can call it anger) because they supported Trump and did not put up any guard rails (like maybe a felon cannot be a candidate in their party).

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Anonymous wrote:OP it is going to be more in the 75-80 million vote range. The same for the opposition. So glad our founding fathers set up the electoral college system.

We have reached Gladwell’s tipping point. But only one side displays hate as a constant theme. A battle of good and evil is upon us all.

I drove through a big chunk of rural Pennsylvania last week. I did not see the same number of Trump signs as previous elections. I think his typical voters are a bit tired of him and if this persists, the election is not going to be as close as the past. It is the only way to be rid of him, so I hope it happens.

This reminds me of when I was driving through rural Maryland last month. I also saw a relative lack of Trump signs. One house did have a bunch of Trump/Pence signs with black rectangles covering Pence's name (this was before he had picked Vance). I'm sure the residents of this house are pleased they can turn their signs into Trump/Vance with only two new letters.

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Anonymous wrote:Look on the bright side OP. Trump will be defeated in November.

I hope so too but yeah don’t make assumptions about this. 2016, remember 2016.

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MAGAs are triggered so easily. 🤣

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^ And I'm not saying that the D party is perfect. They have made mistakes as well. But nuance is a thing.

If Biden had not had to deal with the aftermath of COVID, I think more could have been done to help people in parts of America that have been ignored for too long. That said, I don't think the Rs are going to help those people (note how they no longer talk about health care for example). Also there is no talk about building the wall anymore. Trump could not come up with real solutions on those things when he was in office because those are complicated and nuanced. Unfortunately simple solutions to those problems are really not possible.

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Trump will lose

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Anonymous wrote:*millions of people

Who you have never met.

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Anonymous wrote:MAGAs are triggered so easily. 🤣

Hate has no home her... Oh yeah. Daily two minute hate, please continue.