Anonymous
Post 04/02/2019 15:02     Subject: Re:Trump supporters in the DC metro area
Anonymous wrote:There are actually a fair amount in the outerburbs.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/upshot/election-2016-voting-precinct-maps.html#10.38/38.923/-77.117

You can click district by district to see the % split. Pretty cool map.


Very interesting map.

My Silver Spring precinct got 5.9% for Trump.

Interesting how Potomac is almost 50/50...
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2019 15:01     Subject: Trump supporters in the DC metro area
Anonymous wrote:
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.


Yeah, no, this is made-up bullshit.


Why do you think I made this up? This is absolutely true. I was a northern liberal and attended college on Tobacco Road with lots of very well off southerners. They grew up in very conservative circles. And I did make friends with people despite political differences. And many of them enjoyed debating with me. We all learned a little something.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2019 15:01     Subject: Trump supporters in the DC metro area
Anonymous wrote:
That said, I am 100% voting for ol’ Trumpster in 2020. He is a blubbering idiot, but this country is in great shape, and it is going to continue that way until some other career politician from either side comes in and screws it all up again.

We must be living in two different universes. There's more to a country being in "great shape" than money, and btw, the US debt is not in great shape since the Rs took over.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2019 14:59     Subject: Trump supporters in the DC metro area
Anonymous wrote:I can’t check every R or D box, so when i am with the Rs I talk about the conservative issues We agree on. When I’m with the Ds, I talk about the liberal issues we agree on.
See? It is easy to think for yourself and not be a sheep!

That said, I am 100% voting for ol’ Trumpster in 2020. He is a blubbering idiot, but this country is in great shape, and it is going to continue that way until some other career politician from either side comes in and screws it all up again.


I 100% agree with your first statement. I learned that when I moved to DC at 23, and it's a big part of what helped me stay and grow a successful career over the past 16 years. KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE and focus on things that you both agree on. It's not likely your going to change an acquaintances mind, and it's just going to spoil your relationship.

Your second statement is so horrible that I physically shook.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2019 14:53     Subject: Trump supporters in the DC metro area
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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.


You can figure it out even without mentioning Fox News. Those who meticulously avoid the subject of politics, who are religious or appear conservative in other ways, I assume are Trump supporters and avoid accordingly. Not because I think they're necessarily bad people but because I already know we don't share values or have much in common.

so you avoid poeple based on appearances and your assumptions. You are a really icky person.


I am guessing you aren't running out and making besties with those you already know you will not have much in common with. Everyone makes assumptions based on appearances. Half the posters in this thread are using the term "libtards", yet *I* am icky. Sure, Jan.

What on earth would I have in common with a conservative religious person, whichever way they voted, and why would I befriend someone when I already know our values don't align? Yes, I am pretty liberal. My best friend since childhood is a man married to another man. I dislike organized religion. I fear guns and would never willingly get near one. Obviously when I said "avoid" I didn't mean I pretend people don't exist or run screaming the other way. I just keep a polite distance.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2019 14:42     Subject: Trump supporters in the DC metro area
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Virually every transphobic attack occurs in democrat areas by democrats


Curious as what you are referring to as a "transphobic attack"?

trans person being assaulted or murdered. A trans woman was murdered in PG county just a couple days ago


Are you saying that was a political act by a democrat?
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2019 14:40     Subject: Trump supporters in the DC metro area
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:The reason democrats talk politics everywhere is because it is their religion .


I think this is not far off the mark. I think religion's role has been replaced by politics for many people. It would be an interesting thing to study.


Dems have become the new Catholic Church.


Altar boys for everyone?


Lols...non-Catholics cannot get ENOUGH of the alter boy jokes! So original!
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2019 14:40     Subject: Trump supporters in the DC metro area
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.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2019 14:40     Subject: Trump supporters in the DC metro area
I can’t check every R or D box, so when i am with the Rs I talk about the conservative issues We agree on. When I’m with the Ds, I talk about the liberal issues we agree on.
See? It is easy to think for yourself and not be a sheep!

That said, I am 100% voting for ol’ Trumpster in 2020. He is a blubbering idiot, but this country is in great shape, and it is going to continue that way until some other career politician from either side comes in and screws it all up again.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2019 14:38     Subject: Trump supporters in the DC metro area
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The reason democrats talk politics everywhere is because it is their religion .


I think this is not far off the mark. I think religion's role has been replaced by politics for many people. It would be an interesting thing to study.


Dems have become the new Catholic Church.


Altar boys for everyone?
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2019 14:37     Subject: Trump supporters in the DC metro area
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.


Yeah, no, this is made-up bullshit.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2019 14:34     Subject: Trump supporters in the DC metro area
Anonymous wrote:I assume anyone who doesn’t bash the idiot Orange Turd is a supporter.



Pretty much this. If you are quiet then I assume the worst.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2019 14:34     Subject: Trump supporters in the DC metro area
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.


This is also true for almost all of my strong R friends from college.

Anonymous
Post 04/02/2019 14:33     Subject: Re:Trump supporters in the DC metro area
It's one thing to have voted for Trump. If you still support him I don't want to know you.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2019 14:31     Subject: Trump supporters in the DC metro area
Anonymous wrote:The reason democrats talk politics everywhere is because it is their religion .


I don't agree, but if it were a religion it'd be better than that crap you call "religion" and use to rationalize killing and hating others.