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> I too had this prejudicial stereotype It's not prejudicial stereotypes. Most people don't want to share their political views specially when they are controv
by hartator 7y ago
> I too had this prejudicial stereotype
It's not prejudicial stereotypes. Most people don't want to share their political views specially when they are controversial and a perceived minority.
- jMyles 7y ago> Most people don't want to share their political views This has not been my experience.
- masonic 7y agoMost people don't want to share their political views with complete strangers has absolutely been my experience, for one.
- happytoexplain 7y agoFor what it's worth, my experience has been that many strangers are borderline ecstatic over the opportunity to share their political opinions in a somewhat hostile tone. And many, I'm sure, are not.
- krapp 7y agoThings really must have changed, then, because I remember when Trump supporters wouldn't shut up about winning and how much they enjoyed the taste of bitter liberal tears. And then provide a laundry list of everything progressives, liberals, feminists and Democrats ever did to deserve this.
- jMyles 7y agoIndeed I remember this noise as well. My experience has been that this loud, aggressive, often insensitive minority drowned out thoughtful, reasonable, well-informed Trump voters, especially in the American South, where I ran into them every night at campfires and watering holes. The narrative that all Trump voters are part of a troglodytic, unsophisticated, callous constituency, failed by the American educational system, is pervasive throughout major media and, as far as I can tell, not a significant explainer of the results of the 2016 election. Make no mistake: I think Trump is a total, umitigated disaster, but I think that his supporters are far more reasonable than is typically depicted.