Trump supporters in the DC metro area

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:But refusing to engage is how we all got here. I went to school with a lot of conservative folks, and I was one of the few liberals. I was never afraid to speak up and offer my views. And my friends liked that I challenged them. It helps to understand others if you are willing to consider the opposing viewpoint. It either strengthens your own argument or can bring you to a more moderate viewpoint on a topic as you may not have known key facts before. It mostly helps with the thing so many in national politics have forgotten - compromise.

I will say most of my friends who considered themselves strong republicans in college are now much more moderate as adults. They have either declared themselves Independent or Libertarian. Most walked away from the R’s before 2016 over the hard line social or gun stands. One said he walked away over the choice of Palin and the anti-Intellectual views of the party/base. Many still consider themselves fiscally conservative, but can no longer support Rs.

I call bullshit on that. I hate republican moralizing as much as the next person, but when it comes to growing the economy and fiscal responsibility, there is no way I'm voting for a Democrat - even if I agree with abortion and other issues. The debt we are going to leave our kids is astounding.

Did I say they all vote D? No, I did not. Most will vote libertarian or independent.

Although I will argue that most of the debt and deficit problem was brought to you by R’s. Including the most recent tax giveaway to the rich

+1 I snorted at that ^PP's post.

-signed a former R

The PP didn't say Republicans have acted fiscally responsible, just stated the Democrats never will act responsibly.

Oh, please. The US debt has gone up after *EVERY* POTUS. The "fiscally responsible Rs" are long gone.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’d admit to being a serial killer before admitting to be a republican let alone a trump supporter in this area. I hate my life living under democrat domination

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We don’t discuss politics with others. No one would ever guess that we voted for trump.

I'm curious about this. How do people not know? I live in DC and I can figure out who voted for Trump from their standpoints on different things. For instance, one acquaintance made a remark about #metoo and victim mentality, chances are R. Another commented about never letting her son go to the bathroom alone because of transgender people, chances are R. People mention articles they read and news they saw and usually say I read this on the WaPo or saw this on Fox News, and then you can figure out who they voted for. You might think you're hidden, but I doubt it.

No. This is you making dumb stereotypical assumptions, which, by the way, is something very common for liberals.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:But refusing to engage is how we all got here. I went to school with a lot of conservative folks, and I was one of the few liberals. I was never afraid to speak up and offer my views. And my friends liked that I challenged them. It helps to understand others if you are willing to consider the opposing viewpoint. It either strengthens your own argument or can bring you to a more moderate viewpoint on a topic as you may not have known key facts before. It mostly helps with the thing so many in national politics have forgotten - compromise.

I will say most of my friends who considered themselves strong republicans in college are now much more moderate as adults. They have either declared themselves Independent or Libertarian. Most walked away from the R’s before 2016 over the hard line social or gun stands. One said he walked away over the choice of Palin and the anti-Intellectual views of the party/base. Many still consider themselves fiscally conservative, but can no longer support Rs.

I call bullshit on that. I hate republican moralizing as much as the next person, but when it comes to growing the economy and fiscal responsibility, there is no way I'm voting for a Democrat - even if I agree with abortion and other issues. The debt we are going to leave our kids is astounding.

Did I say they all vote D? No, I did not. Most will vote libertarian or independent.

Although I will argue that most of the debt and deficit problem was brought to you by R’s. Including the most recent tax giveaway to the rich

+1 I snorted at that ^PP's post.

-signed a former R

The PP didn't say Republicans have acted fiscally responsible, just stated the Democrats never will act responsibly.

Oh, please. The US debt has gone up after *EVERY* POTUS. The "fiscally responsible Rs" are long gone.

Who were the "fiscally responsible" Rs? I can't seem to think of any, in practice...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’d admit to being a serial killer before admitting to be a republican let alone a trump supporter in this area. I hate my life living under democrat domination

+1.

We don’t discuss politics with others. No one would ever guess that we voted for trump.

I'm curious about this. How do people not know? I live in DC and I can figure out who voted for Trump from their standpoints on different things. For instance, one acquaintance made a remark about #metoo and victim mentality, chances are R. Another commented about never letting her son go to the bathroom alone because of transgender people, chances are R. People mention articles they read and news they saw and usually say I read this on the WaPo or saw this on Fox News, and then you can figure out who they voted for. You might think you're hidden, but I doubt it.

No. This is you making dumb stereotypical assumptions, which, by the way, is something very common for liberals.

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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’d admit to being a serial killer before admitting to be a republican let alone a trump supporter in this area. I hate my life living under democrat domination

+1.

We don’t discuss politics with others. No one would ever guess that we voted for trump.

I'm curious about this. How do people not know? I live in DC and I can figure out who voted for Trump from their standpoints on different things. For instance, one acquaintance made a remark about #metoo and victim mentality, chances are R. Another commented about never letting her son go to the bathroom alone because of transgender people, chances are R. People mention articles they read and news they saw and usually say I read this on the WaPo or saw this on Fox News, and then you can figure out who they voted for. You might think you're hidden, but I doubt it.

No. This is you making dumb stereotypical assumptions, which, by the way, is something very common for liberals.

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I voted for Trump and keep a watchful eye on him. I didnt care for the alternative candidate unfortunately. I wouldn't admit to voting for him, but also wouldn't have admitted to Romney (had he won), or Bush - who did. This area is not multi viewpoint friendly. I generally like my neighbors as people. I dont need to be around only like minded. Who wants to be shunned? So I avoid politics and focus on other connections and commonalities. What's funny is Trump is actually less Republican and less socially conservative than the others I've mentioned. At some point Democrats would do well to understand that some people are more wired to the point of view of the other party/parties and to engage. Their heavy handed reprobation is silencing, and we go on quietly doing out private thing in the ballot box. What's funny is that I can mildly agree with a lot of what my.DMV neighbors express as - like most Rs in the area- I'm not that socially conservative. Guessing there are more of us than you think?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How Democrats react if you admit you are a Trump supporter:

If I know you’re a trump supporter, I’d do a slow fade and stop socializing with you. That’s it. No finger pointing, no tirade. What’s the point? I’m not going to change your mind. But I now know that you view the world very differently than I do, and you are not someone I would want to be friends with because our fundamental values are too different.

[Anonymous]

Immediate pp here. The same would be true if I found out that you were a fundy Christian. I would be polite but we wouldn’t be friends.

[Anonymous]

I guess the rest of us arent as threatened by people with differing viewpoints.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How Democrats react if you admit you are a Trump supporter:

If I know you’re a trump supporter, I’d do a slow fade and stop socializing with you. That’s it. No finger pointing, no tirade. What’s the point? I’m not going to change your mind. But I now know that you view the world very differently than I do, and you are not someone I would want to be friends with because our fundamental values are too different.

This, from a member of a party that proudly proclaims their "tolerance."
Truth is - you are not tolerant and never have been.
I would never do a "slow fade" to someone I know and socialize with due to the voting choices that person makes.
I am a conservative. Some of my best friends are liberals. We have different views on how to make our country great - but the end goal is the same, in reality.
Gain some perspective, friend.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How Democrats react if you admit you are a Trump supporter:

If I know you’re a trump supporter, I’d do a slow fade and stop socializing with you. That’s it. No finger pointing, no tirade. What’s the point? I’m not going to change your mind. But I now know that you view the world very differently than I do, and you are not someone I would want to be friends with because our fundamental values are too different.

This, from a member of a party that proudly proclaims their "tolerance."
Truth is - you are not tolerant and never have been.
I would never do a "slow fade" to someone I know and socialize with due to the voting choices that person makes.
I am a conservative. Some of my best friends are liberals. We have different views on how to make our country great - but the end goal is the same, in reality.
Gain some perspective, friend.

This has nothing to do with tolerance. I literally see the world differently than you. As with anything else, I choose friends who have similar interests, whether politics or anything else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How Democrats react if you admit you are a Trump supporter:

If I know you’re a trump supporter, I’d do a slow fade and stop socializing with you. That’s it. No finger pointing, no tirade. What’s the point? I’m not going to change your mind. But I now know that you view the world very differently than I do, and you are not someone I would want to be friends with because our fundamental values are too different.

This, from a member of a party that proudly proclaims their "tolerance."
Truth is - you are not tolerant and never have been.
I would never do a "slow fade" to someone I know and socialize with due to the voting choices that person makes.
I am a conservative. Some of my best friends are liberals. We have different views on how to make our country great - but the end goal is the same, in reality.
Gain some perspective, friend.

This has nothing to do with tolerance. I literally see the world differently than you. As with anything else, I choose friends who have similar interests, whether politics or anything else.

From your post, it seems that you were able to find similar interests BEFORE you discovered this person's voting preferences. The bolded parts of your posts are the indicators.

[Anonymous]

Rs are always touting fiscal responsibility, if it's just based on how they operate in Gov alone, I can tell you this is a major lie. I worked under both administrations, and everything from the kind of paper they order, to the amount of wasted work hours is not fiscally responsible, but they'll cut a few miserable people loose and call it a day.

[Anonymous]

This isn's a question of who is an R. OP is asking who is a MAGA. Many Rs did not vote for Trump, or did, but hate or are embarrassed by him -- just didn't want a D and hoped for not the worst. None of them are hiding or or afraid to talk about it, particularly with those of us who can distinguish between an R and MAGA. They do avoid the angry folks who can't forgive any Rs who allowed MAGA to happen.

I don't know any R friends or relatives who are MAGA and support the harmful or bizarre behaviors of the current POTUS, except for one who lives in Florida and one who lives in the Rust Belt, and both have always been the type to feel angry about people not like themselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This isn's a question of who is an R. OP is asking who is a MAGA. Many Rs did not vote for Trump, or did, but hate or are embarrassed by him -- just didn't want a D and hoped for not the worst. None of them are hiding or or afraid to talk about it, particularly with those of us who can distinguish between an R and MAGA. They do avoid the angry folks who can't forgive any Rs who allowed MAGA to happen.

I don't know any R friends or relatives who are MAGA and support the harmful or bizarre behaviors of the current POTUS, except for one who lives in Florida and one who lives in the Rust Belt, and both have always been the type to feel angry about people not like themselves.

Except Trump is,.nominally, the Republivan president. I would never admit to being Republican in the DC area. Dont you remember the vitriol directed to Bush? Democrats thought and said he was the devil . Romney seemed like the most likely bridge builder ever, and they made him out to be a woman hating 1 percenter **, despite his positive governing record in MA. In this area, yes Trump ups the ante, but it's never been safe, open dialogue as a Republican or conservative.

[Anonymous]

My best friend’s sister is very very liberal, she cried when trump won. Her husband is a trump supporter