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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Trump voters are fearful voters.    They are afraid foreigners will take our jobs or kill us. When you are very frightened, you fall back on your basic survival instinct - see threat, get rid of threat. So Trump promises to get rid of all the scary foreigners. That makes the frightened people feel safer.

So don't be angry with your friends for falling for Trump's comforting BS.  Pity them for being consumed by fear.  And don't talk politics with them until after the election.[/quote]

No, we are not fearful.  We are just sick of what is happening to this country.  Our military.  Our economy.  Our foreign “policy” (of which there is really no policy at all).  
So, we are just fed up.  Not fearful. 
Don’t pity us.  [/quote]

Our country?  Yes, you can't stand the sight of brown people and you freak out when you hear someone speaking in any language other than English.
Our military?  What the fuck are you talking about?  We STILL spend more than the next ten biggest countries combined on our military, and yes, that includes both Russia and China.  If you think our military is being cut back in any meaningful way you are delusional.
Our foreign policy?  Ah, yes, what you mean by that is the continuing fall out of fucked-up BUSH foreign policy, which got us into multiple wars, destabilized the entire Middle East, gave rise to Al Qaeda and ISIS, and put us trillions of dollars in debt.

You're fed up?  No, I'm fed up, because it was your kind of bullshit that's been screwing up our economy, letting our infrastructure fall apart, and making America a less safe.  Trump needs to go.  Needs to LOSE.  Needs to BE FIRED.[/quote]

Amen. Every Trump supporter I know is a racist and a hypocrite. Thinks their "bad luck" is other people's fault, and that other people are getting rich off their taxes. When in reality, it's the Trump supporters who like him because they think he's going to give them a bunch of stuff --- when in reality, he plans to slash everything to make the 1 percent richer. They are such suckers. [/quote]

Op here.[b] I don't believe all or even most Trump supporters are racist. [/b]I do; however, believe they are ignorant. And what they don't realize is that in their blindness in hating the Clintons or any other Democrat, they are supporting, in my opinion, a modern day, more dangerous version of George Wallace. A person who is promoting policies that would actually strip our freedoms away. That's not even the half of it either. [/quote]

How much difference is there really, between people who are bigots and people who tolerate bigotry?  This is the possible leader of our country that we are talking about.  [/quote]

Not much difference. But I think there is a difference intent. Some of Trumps supporters truly may not understand what the impact some of his policies will have on others..

For example, I have a friend who supports Trump bc he believes Trump will do a better job of protecting our country from Muslim extremists. He thinks some level of banning Muslims from the middle eastern region may be effective in accomplishing this objective. I don't believe he is a bigot, as I know him well and know the company he keeps. But his fears have lead him to support policies that promote bigotry and that are against this country's founding values. In order to have a serious conservation with him about this issue, it's important to understand where is coming from. So simply calling or labeling him a bigot is too simplistic. It's more complex than that.[/quote]

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