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shockey80

(4,379 posts)
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 12:35 PM Jun 2018

If you enjoy fucking with Trump voters heads like I do, ask them this question.

Many Trump voters don't have a clue about American history. Trump voters hate immigrants, they hate people who can't speak english and they hate gay people.

Ask them this, Who trained Washington's troops during the American revolution? They probably won't know.

Tell them Washington's troops were trained by a foreigner from Germany who could not speak english and was most likely gay. Baron Von Steuben.

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If you enjoy fucking with Trump voters heads like I do, ask them this question. (Original Post) shockey80 Jun 2018 OP
They won't care. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2018 #1
K&R! n/t Different Drummer Jun 2018 #2
You're assuming they know who Washington is. Vinca Jun 2018 #3
IF they know he was a general zipplewrath Jun 2018 #5
I love to inform them that the King James safeinOhio Jun 2018 #4
OMG LittleGirl Jun 2018 #16
Going to use it now. LiberalFighter Jun 2018 #20
Hell Drumph's family is from Germany,they don't care...... Bengus81 Jun 2018 #6
Can we rid our country SCVDem Jun 2018 #14
Trump voters think you are an American if you wrap yourself in the American flag and declare, shockey80 Jun 2018 #7
I like to tell them that drumph has a secret deal to give Alaska to russia. BSdetect Jun 2018 #8
and the other secret deal with Putin is quartz007 Jun 2018 #19
I wonder how many know most of America was Spanish territory... CaptainTruth Jun 2018 #9
Or who bottled up the British Army at Yorktown exboyfil Jun 2018 #10
They will just say. NCTraveler Jun 2018 #11
Trump would have deported Steuben. shockey80 Jun 2018 #12
Fake News! Fake News! I won't take my fingers out of my ears! nt hvn_nbr_2 Jun 2018 #13
I agree with other poster. They don't care and will say history was written by liberals telling lies lancelyons Jun 2018 #15
Trumpers hate ppl who don't speak English, guess they hate themselves then iluvtennis Jun 2018 #17
Their attention span wouldn't reach the end of the sentence Awsi Dooger Jun 2018 #18
They don't care about that. JI7 Jun 2018 #21
Most Trump Voters Think Baron Von Steuben Was The Captain Of The Love Boat ChoppinBroccoli Jun 2018 #22

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,836 posts)
1. They won't care.
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 12:36 PM
Jun 2018

They're like Trump - they care only about what happens now (or what they are told is happening) and how it affects them.

Vinca

(50,303 posts)
3. You're assuming they know who Washington is.
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 12:38 PM
Jun 2018

I'd ask them if their surname (you'll also have to explain that) is Native American.

zipplewrath

(16,646 posts)
5. IF they know he was a general
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 01:06 PM
Jun 2018

I was visiting a traveling Washington exhibit with some millennial friends with a definite Trump bent. One of them asked me if Washington was "in the army". I think everything he knew about Washington he found on a dollar bill.

safeinOhio

(32,715 posts)
4. I love to inform them that the King James
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 12:43 PM
Jun 2018

of the King James Bible was a flaming gay. I always have to tell them to google it.

Bengus81

(6,932 posts)
6. Hell Drumph's family is from Germany,they don't care......
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 01:09 PM
Jun 2018

They just seem to care about ridding the World of Mooslims and Mexicans.

 

shockey80

(4,379 posts)
7. Trump voters think you are an American if you wrap yourself in the American flag and declare,
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 01:14 PM
Jun 2018

I'm a great American. This is a big civics problem. America was not born out of patriotism, it was born out of rebellion.

 

quartz007

(1,216 posts)
19. and the other secret deal with Putin is
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 09:43 PM
Jun 2018

to pack Donny's Boeing 757 with US$$$ and land it in Moscow!

CaptainTruth

(6,601 posts)
9. I wonder how many know most of America was Spanish territory...
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 01:31 PM
Jun 2018

... (La Florida) before it became British territory.



 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
11. They will just say.
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 01:37 PM
Jun 2018

Washington is no Trump and history is too kind to him.

They will throw everything away for Trump.

 

lancelyons

(988 posts)
15. I agree with other poster. They don't care and will say history was written by liberals telling lies
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 03:06 PM
Jun 2018

To the right, liberals have caused all the worlds problems. They believe liberals siding for protection of lgbtq rights has caused irreversible damage and God himself is pissed. They believe all media outlets or books or anything that holds the right in low regard are just lying liberal media set out to do damage to gods wishes. They believe liberals are doing the work of the devil. Because that is what their media outlets are telling them.

 

Awsi Dooger

(14,565 posts)
18. Their attention span wouldn't reach the end of the sentence
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 03:52 PM
Jun 2018

Trump is great and any other version is fake. That's what they'll be thinking and saying.

Yesterday I had dinner with my 75 year old aunt at her house. She now has a 60ish woman renting a room in the house. Both of them raved about Trump during the meal. That's the reality we're facing. They had the local Fox affiliate playing in the living room the entire night. That's all they hear or care about.

Naturally it's awkward when I'm there but it helps me keep perspective on why Trump's approval rating is 40% and not 4%. The simplistic fearful types love him.

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