Reply to Trump supporters in the DC metro area

Forum Index » Metropolitan DC Local Politics

Reply to "Trump supporters in the DC metro area"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]I am absolutely NOT a Trump supporter.

I am a Fundamentalist Christian and a social conservative.

I live in MOCO and am registered independent because:

1. I disagree with Republicans on significant issues  (the environment, gun control, regulation, tax cuts).  I kept hoping a Democrat would run who wasn't rabidly pro-choice (something that was slightly less inconceivable decades ago, when I moved here, than it is today).

2.  Democrats here support tolerance for everyone besides Republicans/conservatives.  The hatred I heard expressed around me as I kep quiet during political discussions was extreme.  I did not want to have to identify myself publicly at the polls as a Republican to vote in the primaries.

I really wish Maryland had open primaries.  As it is, while I can't ever support Trump, neither can I support any of the Democratic candidates  who seem to be running as far to the left as they can, as fast as they can.  Unfortunately, as a registered independent, I'm disenfranchised during the primaries leaving me with candidates on both sides that are growing more partisan and less appealing to choose between in the general election.

At this point I'm thinking that I will probably change my registration from Independent to Republican, so that I can vote for a candidate that is more of the traditional Republican.  I do not consider Trump a Republican.  Nor do I consider any of the Senators and Representatives who supported him Republicans.  I think they sacrificed this country for political expediency, because of their fear of the primaries.  I intend to vote against anyone who protected him and supported his lunacy.  I hope all of those fleeing the current party will either form a new party that I can join or reconsider and rejoin the Republican party so that we can return it to sanity.

To my Democratic neighbors:

1.  I have had countless interactions with Democrats who feel that since they want to help people and support positions they feel will help people, they conclude that anyone who disagrees with their position is doing so because they hate the population in question.  While I can't speak for others, I can say that my political opinions are in no way shaped by hatred.  I either think there are better ways to help the population in question and/or think that other groups needs should be considered as well.  Rather than condemning me for being cruel, please be willing to listen to my viewpoint.

2.  I worry about the tendency towards extremism in both parties.  Long before Trump, when I studied history I formed the opinion that politics seemed more like a loop than a linear spectrum.  On the far right you had fascism.  On the far left you had a Communist Dictatorship.  Either way led to Totalitarianism.

Before you jump all over me, I'm not comparing any of the current Democrats to Stalin or Pol Pot.  I think they're a long way off.  However, I think that reacting to Trump's extremism is pushing them further from the middle.  The discussions here about not being able to befriend a Trump supporter or firing someone have me worried.  The worst injustices in humanity seem to occur when we stop seeing each other as people much like ourselves and instead start classifying people as "other".

As for the Republicans, I feel they're already on dangerous ground.  Trump scared me during the campaign when he talked of a Muslim registry.  What terrifies me even more is that the historical echoes weren't enough for America to stop his candidacy there.  I feel like America is forgetting history, which can be disastrous.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics