Anti-Trump bias in Montgomery County

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's unfortunate and best to ignore the deranged types. If you can manage to get into some of the better Bethesda and Chevy Chase circles, you will find more Republicans. Also members of congress/government who are conservative

you're more likely to find Trumpsters further out places than closer in.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/upshot/election-2016-voting-precinct-maps.html#12.23/39.0021/-77.1739

My precinct voted 80% for Hillary and 12% for Trump. Which means more than 1 out of every 10 votes supported Trump.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When supporting a political candidate means supporting young children being forcibly separated from their parents and then CAGED, you have no credibility left, OP. It’s beyond politics at this point; it’s basic humanity.

This^
I wouldn't want to have anyone like that around my family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think OP you really don't understand why people hate Trump so much. No, it's not about politics. It's because of what Trump stands for, what he supports, and the fact that you support that.

I'm an Independent, former R. My spouse is a liberal. I have voted R before. Spouse also has good friends who are R, but all but one voted for Trump, and my spouse decided to drop this friend because my spouse could not accept someone who voted for someone who supports some racist policies.

This. Absolutely this.

I get along with Republicans fine. I even get along with people that voted for Trump when they thought he would support policies and judicial nominations that better supported their values.

But, none of those people really would have self-described themselves as a Trump supporter. Most, if not all, found him morally repugnant, and usually voted for him either because they were pro-life or anti-taxes.

If someone is outwardly supporting Trump himself, rather than conservative values or the Republican party in general, then I'm going to assume they support the values and statements that Trump himself espouses. And I'm not going to think very highly of those people. I certainly wouldn't want them living in my house and interacting with my kids without proper supervision.

[Anonymous]

If my child were raped and you elected a president who ensured she couldn't abort I think you're trash.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's unfortunate and best to ignore the deranged types. If you can manage to get into some of the better Bethesda and Chevy Chase circles, you will find more Republicans. Also members of congress/government who are conservative

you're more likely to find Trumpsters further out places than closer in.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/upshot/election-2016-voting-precinct-maps.html#12.23/39.0021/-77.1739

Wow I had no idea how many Trump supporters were in Potomac.

[Anonymous]

Well, let me use one of the Trump "side's" favorite slogans for you, OP: get over it!

I grew up in the Midwest and recently visited family there and it's exactly the same only in the other direction. Even back when I was in school, we were given an excused day off to attend a Bush political election rally but you bet the same permission wasn't given to anyone who wanted to attend a Dukakis event. Let's not even go into what it was, and still is, like for BIPOC and LBGTQ people in these areas. In the last election my mother's Clinton sign in her yard was defaced. Anyone supporting/voting for someone other than a Republican, anyone pro-choice, anyone who isn't a white Christian - particularly an evangelical white Christian - is treated with scorn and outright vitriol, and it's been that way since long before Trump (although it's certainly ratcheted up a notch these past four years).

So sorry, kids, I don't buy your little woe-is-me-poor-hidden-Trump-supporter sob stories for a minute. This disingenuous attitude that somehow you're these unusually persecuted victims is pretty laughable, especially considering the unhinged man you worship (with thanks to PP for the term, ha). But if it's too much for you to handle, perhaps you should move. There's plenty of "fine society" you can be accepted into as a Trump supporter down Mar-A-Lago way. Now, if what you mean is really "educated" or "decent" society, sorry, you're out of luck. Trump isn't a Republican politician like, say, Romney, the Bushes, Reagan, all of whom had actual platforms and whom one could believe genuinely wanted to do well by all of America's citizens, even if one didn't necessarily believe they were going about it in the right way. I mean, do you even listen to Trump and read his tweets? He is legitimately and quite publicly a terrible, terrible human being as well as a bad president.

Or, of course, it could be that your neighbors actually just don't like you. That's entirely possible. Nothing to do with politics at all (except in that they're a mirror into your soul).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where I come from, personal politics were a private matter and it was not polite to openly discuss. Especially with coworkers, or parents of children. If it came to that matter of a discussion then one would ASK for an opinion or where someone stands about an issue or a candidate.

Here, it's as if people just ASSUME you're against Trump. It's been like that since 2016. To be accepted into fine society you have to be liberal, politically correct, a Democrat, and against Trump. Neighbors are cliquish and don't want to hang out with you if it is known that you support Trump. Worse of all, people just casually make digs at President Trump and assume you'll go along with it. This is seen all over society whether it's schools that allow students to protest against guns but not against abortion, or casual dining room conversations where Trump is the butt of the joke or an icebreaker being like how horrible Trump is, or a small business selling "Maryland gifts" has Trump toilet paper. Do people not. get dissenting opinions, and why is it just assumed that everybody hates Trump? It's just so casually assumed that nobody could possibly support Trump and be their neighbor.

We asked a family to Bubble with us during quarantine and they declined after I finally got a Trump bumper sticker. It's disgusting.

Good. Everyone should be against him.

[Anonymous]

Even Republicans hate Trump.

[Anonymous]

Trump is not politics as usual, OP. It would be fine if you supported a standard Republican candidate. People are allowed to be conservative or liberal, how they choose, as long as they abide by certain standards of decency.

Trump is not a decent human being. He is not a Republican, or a conservative. Showing support for Trump means you are not a decent human being - either deficient in understanding or in humanity or both.

I have severed ties with Trump supporters and I would sever ties with you.

[Anonymous]

I cannot even imagine having to go through this fcking pandemic bubbled with a Trump supporter. Especially a whiny Trump supporter (I know, redundant).

[Anonymous]

I think getting along with reasonable people who are different from you is an important skill.

Some people have it, others don't.

As prior examples showed, in this area it's the far left that are intolerant while in other areas it's the far right.

I try to avoid super political places and people for that reason. (I'm here for work and family.).

I've never had any issues, but I'm not a Trump supporter, just a moderate conservative, and I usually self select away from the crazies to begin with.

People are more normal further out. So if you feel like this is an issue, just live in Rockville instead of Takoma Park.

If you hang around political activists, then you'll need to pick your side and expect to deal with a lot of narrow minded obsessives.

[Anonymous]

People assume you are anti Trump because they assume you are a good person. When they find out you support Trump, they know you are a someone they want nothing to do with, so they drop you. "Elections have consequences."

It's not a DC thing. We are not disagreeing over theoretical tax policy, we are disagreeing over what it means to be a human and an American. Your vote reflects your moral values, and people judge you accordingly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't associate with you if I knew you were a trump voter. It's not about "personal politics," it's about core values and how you view and treat others.

This.

I may have disagreed with policies of previous administrations, but I have never before felt a POTUS and his enablers were an imminent threat to our democracy and country in the way I do with Trump and Co.

If you support this guy, it isn't just a difference of opinion about taxes or school policies. This guy is a wrecking ball who cares only about himself and blatantly lies, defiantly breaks the rules, gleefully sows discord.

If you support him, I can't respect you anymore. It's different this time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I think getting along with reasonable people who are different from you is an important skill.

Some people have it, others don't.

As prior examples showed, in this area it's the far left that are intolerant while in other areas it's the far right.

I try to avoid super political places and people for that reason. (I'm here for work and family.).

I've never had any issues, but I'm not a Trump supporter, just a moderate conservative, and I usually self select away from the crazies to begin with.

People are more normal further out. So if you feel like this is an issue, just live in Rockville instead of Takoma Park.

If you hang around political activists, then you'll need to pick your side and expect to deal with a lot of narrow minded obsessives.

You don't have to be on the far left to hate Trump. Lots of moderates on both sides hate his guts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When supporting a political candidate means supporting young children being forcibly separated from their parents and then CAGED, you have no credibility left, OP. It’s beyond politics at this point; it’s basic humanity.

NP. You mean Obama?