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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm going to start by saying that I hate him with the fire of a thousand suns and think he's a stain on this country and the major contributing factor to the current state of the US civil discourse.

However, I am sick to death of the knee jerk reaction here being "but, racist" as if that's the be-all and end-all to his issues and an open and all that is needed to divorce someone.  It's not actually on my top three reasons why he sucks and why he's bad for the country. He's not even a conscious racist -- he's a petty narcissistic moron who doesn't even understand optics or subtext. He doesn't have the mental capacity to do something for the good of anyone but himself, and his understanding of what is good for himself is very basic. He wants to be a king, and only because he can sit and sh*t on on a gold throne.  He doesn't understand international and interpersonal dynamics, so he has destroyed US credibility around the world and our ability to do the things that we normally do so well. He doesn't actually care about the needs of anyone, let alone minorities. The only people who seem to like him overlap heavily (but not entirely) with white people (and in particular white males) who feel like life has done them wrong, so he says the things that makes his fans happy. He has infantile images of what "strong" means, so as long as someone is banging heads together in his name, he feels good. He's willing to let the nation burn if he can have happy rallies.

That's the kind of evil I couldn't support in a partner. If you can't see that you are willfully blind and ignorant. I could live with a George Conway, but not a Kellyanne. [/quote]

All that gibberish just say racism isn't that big of a deal to you, and you're fine with your partner supporting a racist.[/quote]

My partner hates him as much as I do. But I do know several Trump supporters who aren't actually racists. They have some weird conspiratorial issues with the "Democrat Party" and "Nancy Pelosi" and "SOCIALISM" and "but the dead babies" and "Law and Order". They believe the narrative that there are people out there who don't want to work and just want to take money from others because they're lazy -- black, white, or brown.  They don't actually understand what Black Lives Matter means, and they attribute it back to "political correctness" and are afraid of violence. They don't understand geo-politics. They don't understand how the economic models have changed from 40 years ago when advancing the interest of an American corporation would actually result in investment in and benefits for American workers and not today when the corporation's first responsibility is to its shareholders and making short term profits. (Do people actually realize that investing in a company's stock doesn't actually support a company unless its the IPO?) I am far more concerned if my partner doesn't understand fascism when they see it. And there is so much gentle racism on this board anyway --" Don't put your kids in South Arlington Schools! How do I avoid non-W schools! No one actually wants to live in PG County!"[/quote]

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