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>I make sure to read r/the_donald (if only to scan their vile talking points). I did the same. It's easy to assume that Trump supporters agree with all of Trum

>I make sure to read r/the_donald (if only to scan their vile talking points). I did the same. It's easy to assume that Trump supporters agree with all of Trump's wacky policies and so must be horrible people. Closer to the truth is that very often they only focused on one issue that they thought was very important to them and think the rest of it is just as nutty as you do. It's a good thing to understand their positions as best we can because the mid-terms are coming in just 2 years and we're going to need their help to reign in some of this guy's excesses. The US can (and has) survived unfortunate choices for president. Its built into the system.

KirinDave 10y ago
Ugh. The problem is that these people, while the majority, are just happy to ignore or go along with basically anything and anyone's talking points. Folks like VA-issue voters have a reason you can empathize with, but the harm they're causing to get the "single issue" that wasn't even promised on redressed is stunning. Sorry to vent at you, I just think these single-issue folks are the worst. They're the ultimate selfish category of voter. In many cases, it wasn't even the democrats who dropped the ball on them, they just have this weird idea DJT is an outsider somehow and not a massively connected rich man with ties to the GOP.