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"Young democrats less likely to date/befriend/work for/support people who voted for Trump" is different on two counts from "Young democrats despise republicans.
by happytoexplain 5y ago
"Young democrats less likely to date/befriend/work for/support people who voted for Trump" is different on two counts from "Young democrats despise republicans." "Republicans" are not "Trump voters", and the alternative to befriending/supporting is not "despising". E.g. I would answer this question the same way, and yet I am friends with republicans and don't despise the Trump voters I know. Framing things this way is exactly a symptom of and instigator of the very bitterness it feigns to demonstrate.
- jfengel 5y ago"Republicans" are not "Trump voters" Effectively, they are. They may say that they don't like him, but they voted for him in droves. He got more votes in 2020 than in 2016 -- more than anybody in history except the person he lost to. There are surely some people who identify with the party but not vote for Trump, but they are a small minority. They may not like him, but if they vote for him, that's how the party will base its policy.