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Not trying to make a political statement here but more about people and what they care about in general. Its amazing to me that trump's support is still at 40-4

Not trying to make a political statement here but more about people and what they care about in general. Its amazing to me that trump's support is still at 40-45% in the country. The people living in the same country can see things unfolding in front of their eyes and make completely different decisions on them is fascinating to me. When I talk to my friends who are staunch trump supporters, they give me some fox news platitudes about him and Biden. But when I talk about individual issues and the things he has done all of them agree that its bad or really bad. I went down the list about 20-25 of them and did not get a single pushback. However they still vote for him. The human mind is a fascinating and complicated thing.

adammunich 6y ago
It's about owning the libs... righteous indignation
sonotathrowaway 6y ago
How many of those things materially hurt them in the short term? I assume most conservatives don’t care about an issue unless they themselves are going to affected by it in the immediate term.
- asdff 6y ago
  >I assume most conservatives don’t care about an issue unless they themselves are going to affected by it in the immediate term Unless that issue that doesn't affect these conservatives at all has something to do with what a woman can do with her body, or having a different skin tone, or worshiping a different god, that is. Rules for thee but not for me is practically a tenet of conservatism.
mrguyorama 6y ago
Don't forget the people who vote for Trump because he "Supports the troops" Despite being Mr Bone Spurs Despite making fun of a gold star family Despite bounties on american heads Despite not improving the VA Despite the pentagon being a shitshow from Trump not filling lots of administrative positions and putting incompetent people in charge and even those people don't believe in him and try to softball the shit he is causing Despite that covid death ship that the navy pretended wasn't happening But yeah, "Blah blah supports Troops", whatever that means

adammunich 6y ago

It's about owning the libs... righteous indignation

sonotathrowaway 6y ago

How many of those things materially hurt them in the short term? I assume most conservatives don’t care about an issue unless they themselves are going to affected by it in the immediate term.

asdff 6y ago
>I assume most conservatives don’t care about an issue unless they themselves are going to affected by it in the immediate term Unless that issue that doesn't affect these conservatives at all has something to do with what a woman can do with her body, or having a different skin tone, or worshiping a different god, that is. Rules for thee but not for me is practically a tenet of conservatism.

mrguyorama 6y ago

Don't forget the people who vote for Trump because he "Supports the troops" Despite being Mr Bone Spurs Despite making fun of a gold star family Despite bounties on american heads Despite not improving the VA Despite the pentagon being a shitshow from Trump not filling lots of administrative positions and putting incompetent people in charge and even those people don't believe in him and try to softball the shit he is causing Despite that covid death ship that the navy pretended wasn't happening But yeah, "Blah blah supports Troops", whatever that means