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View Poll Results: Which Trump supporters do you feel the least amount of sympathy for |
Those who rely on Obamacare | 47 | 48.96% | |
Those living near the border who may loose their homes due to the wall | 15 | 15.63% | |
Those concerned about internet privacy | 11 | 11.46% | |
Those with friends/relatives who were affected by immigration policies | 23 | 23.96% | |
Other | 38 | 39.58% | |
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 96. You may not vote on this poll |
14th April 2017, 06:56 PM | #81 |
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14th April 2017, 07:01 PM | #82 |
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How about the ones that still don't know they've been conned? There was one on Fox tonight (gawd Fox is worse than ever) whining about the fact some CA cities have decided to boycott companies that put in bids on building the wall. He's upset that the majority in the country (because Trump lost the popular vote) are taking alternate actions to address Trump's damaging policies.
Nope, no empathy or sympathy for that guy. None. |
14th April 2017, 07:03 PM | #83 |
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14th April 2017, 07:08 PM | #85 |
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I have no sympathy for the angry Trump supporters here.
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14th April 2017, 07:16 PM | #86 |
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14th April 2017, 08:54 PM | #87 |
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I spoke only of my snowflake malady. Like I said I still feel sorry for those true believers, even as I felt sorry for my sister and brother-in-law: that she let him continue to abuse her, and that he let her continue to abuse him. Part of me said, they deserved each other, and part of me grieved. (Till she left the mutual abuse via an overdose.)
Please continue to be authentic in your disdain of these fools, at least the ones you can relegate to TV. |
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14th April 2017, 09:08 PM | #88 |
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15th April 2017, 12:13 AM | #89 |
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Thank you.
Where my sympathy gets dismissed is when the wretch crosses over from the sincere fool to the the ******* troll. The one that gets in your face and tells you how you don't deserve any sympathy for being a "Godless Liberal." Such a person is not the deluded victim of the con, but has a nasty agenda to be hateful. So yeah, Trump Trolls. I don't feel much sorry for them because they aren't victims but victimizes. |
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15th April 2017, 12:50 AM | #90 |
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I feel no sympathy for Trump supporters. It's not like it was ever a secret that he treats people like a petulant toddler bored with his toys. The only question I'd have for them is why did they think they would be different? This predicament we are in is their fault and was entirely predictable.
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15th April 2017, 05:59 AM | #91 |
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They thought it would be different because way too many people always think change will create change. Mostly that is not how it works. This time it is working really hard - just not in the way trumpf voters thought it would. Is interesting watching them squirm now. Their fault, not mine!!!! Their stupidity, not mine!!! Their problem, also mine due to their abject ignorance and stupidity!!!
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I cannot single out any group of Trump supporters to have less sympathy for than others. I have no sympathy for any of them. They can all go suck a lit stick of dynamite for all I care.
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15th April 2017, 06:57 PM | #98 |
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I might have some sympathy for the ones who get sick of winning. I mean, that would suck, wouldn't it?
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16th April 2017, 08:01 AM | #103 |
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I can't say I approve of the overall over the top hate-on here, but there are some considered posts too.
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I grew up on a farm in a rural backwater of a rust belt town. Today I live in a small town in a white, rural state. I understand Trump voters' frustrations with socioeconomic changes in the US that have left them behind because these people have been my friends, neighbors, and relatives for my entire life.
What I don't understand is why they didn't figure out in the 1980s when the rest of us did that trickle-down economics and deregulation are only a path to prosperity for those already at the top. Instead of thinking about the things that affect them (positively and negatively), they tend to look for blame and there are plenty of outlets on TV and radio serving up a nonstop drumbeat of scapegoats. That's bad enough, but the fact that they fell for Don-the-Con despite the mountains of evidence revealing the kind of person he is I find simply inexcusable. I have no love for the Democrats either for fielding such a lousy candidate but the people who voted for Trump who have much to lose from his presidency and have brought the rest of us down with them? Sorry. No sympathy. I'm reserving all my sympathy for my kids and grandkids. |
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16th April 2017, 02:26 PM | #107 |
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For some Trump supporters, they feel betrayed by Trump.
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Also, NO ONE with a scintilla of sense should have been stupid enough to vote for trumpf no matter what they thought of Clinton!!!!!!!
They should have simply not voted under the circumstances!!!!!! There is no universe in which voting for trumpf made sense!!!!! |
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I have a friend whose parents were Trump supporters, but since the election have come to regret their vote. If they lost their ACA it would be devastating and they know that. At the same time you can guarantee that they will vote for Trump next time if he is the Republican candidate on the ballot, as they will believe every lie spread by conspiracy theorists and fake news sites about the Democrats. It is a bit bizarre to recognize that your "guy" is a POS outside of election cycles, but then be scared back into supporting and voting for your abuser because you believe the other side wants to let grown men pee in the women's washroom etc. I want to feel sympathy for them, but I find it very hard.
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17th April 2017, 12:05 PM | #118 |
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I think I'm feeling the least sympathy for the ones on this forum.
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Another group of Trump supporters who are going to be hit hard by some of Trump's plans...
Voters in Kentucky and other areas who voted for Trump, who currently benefit from millions of dollars from the Appalachian Regional Commission but may see the funding ended. (Sort of related to the coal miners, but broader in scope.) From: http://www.salon.com/2017/03/17/trum...him-in-office/ Just look at how his budget proposes to save $340 million by cutting funds to the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) and the U.S. Economic Development Administration....The ARC is particularly important, as it works to diversify the economies in areas hard-hit by the faltering coal industry. ...Of the 420 counties in which ARC operates, 400 of them voted for Trump over Clinton...The president appeared to shrug off the devastating impact his policies will have on his own base during a Fox News interview this week. |
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The white supremacists. Duh. They can take a running dive into a swimming pool filled with double-edged razor blades for all I care.
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