Screams of pure outrage and butthurt are, predictably, being spewed from the left. They’re insisting that everyone who voted Trump is a racist homophobic low-information idiot misogynists - and they’re going to keep screaming that for the next four years.
I can only base my opinion of Trump supporters on the purely unscientific and completely biased method of examining the beliefs and attitudes of friends and acquaintances who voted for him.
Racist: Not a single one. I don't hang out with racists.
Homophobic: Nope. Not one.
Misogynist: Again, not a single one.
Anti-immigration: Most of them, although they’ll qualify it by saying they’re anti illegal immigration.
Anti-free trade: Most of them.
Anti-Obamacare: Every one of them.
Anti-abortion: Most of them.
War Mongers: Some of them. I'd say it's about 60-40 split between those who want to ramp up our wars and those who want to bring everyone home and just worry about our own borders.
People who think Snowden is a hero: All of them, which also goes for my friends on the left.
People who dislike government in general: Nearly all of them.
Hard working people who are disgusted with the status quo in government: Every single one of them.
Low Information Voters: None of them. Every one is well-informed about politics, history, and plenty of other subjects. I often disagree with their conclusions, but they didn’t reach them out of ignorance of the facts.
You're experience may be different, especially if you're a lefty who has built themselves a nice little echo chamber of Big Brother fanboys who join you in condemning anyone who has the impertinence to have a different opinion, and so has never actually had a beer or smoked a cigar with a Trump supporter.
I despise Trump. And Hillary. Both are deeply horrible people, but that doesn't mean people who voted for either of them are horrible. They're people, and with very few exceptions (on both sides) are good and decent people. Many are desperate to make things better and are under the mistaken impression that The Government can accomplish that. That is their biggest error in judgment.
If you're a lefty who is going to keep spewing your stupid, uninformed opinion that Trump supporters are all evil, ignorant rednecks, get away from me. Go somewhere else and stew in your own juices, someplace out of earshot, because I’m tired your smug superiority and hateful bigotry, which is 2.5 orders of magnitude larger than the bigotry you imagine pervades the minds of Trumpers.
And stop by CVS and pick up a four-year supply of Preparation H. I hear that helps with butthurt.
It is not that his supporters are "are all evil, ignorant rednecks" its that his polices are immoral (more torture of "terrorists" for example), anti-american (ban on Muslims or tightening libel laws) and anti-freedom (restricting trade, highly selective of press, stop and frisk).
He is not just a terrible person, he is a grave threat to the republic, IF he does what he said he would do. If he does not he could be a good president, but at the moment I can only assume he means to do what was said and that is a moral and constitutional disaster.
I agree that he is a horrible human being, a screaming howler monkey who will, no doubt, do a great deal of damage. But this article isn't about him, it's about the people who voted for him, where (at least some of them) are coming from, and the bigotry of the left against them.
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