David Weissman: "I was a mess back then as an angry Trump supporter."

[Dennis Donovan]

Link to tweet

I think if more Trump supporters sought therapy, we'd have more converts from deplorability!

[donkeypoofed]

1. Alot of Trumpers are angry....and Spanky is their bomb

....to throw into the system that hurt them. They have to help themselves to change, like this guy did. Not many people can do that, though.

[mucifer]

2. Well he's Jewish so it's getting pretty hard for any of us Jews to ignore what

he is trying to do to us.

[bitterross]

4. It does seem incompatible to be a supporter if you're not a fake Christian

I find it difficult to understand how anyone who practices a faith other than the fake Christianity Trumpers practice can support him. It is good to see some people standing up for their Christian faith - finally. A bit too little too late in my opinion though. They've gotten all the corporatist, "religious freedom", anti-choice, racist, xenophobic, LGBTQ-phobic judges they need already. So it seem a bit of a sham to me to come around now after having been silent for long enough to get what they wanted.

[MartyTheGreek]

11. We now have Christians and Trump Christians...

Would love to see more Southern Baptists split away. How long will it take for Liberty University students to walk out?

I read this today somewhere: God didn't vote for Trump, people did.

[bitterross]

15. I grew up as a Southern Baptist. They're the worst racists. Not gonna happen.

As a recovering Southern Baptist I can assure you there is no way in hell (pun?) they are going to leave Trump. ZERO, ZIP, NILCH, NADA.

You must remember the reason there are Southern Baptists is because they split off from the main Baptist convention over slavery. They needed to keep their free labor and rejected seeing African Americans as humans like themselves. Not much has changed since then. Except that they have spread across the country from the South and taken their racist beliefs with them.

[lambchopp59]

16. Trumper "Christians" have the blood of innocents on their hands

Jesus would bring up some issues with just exactly who is deserving of a good life.
When Melania Trump wore that hateful, grungy jacket enroute the detention camps, she and all the hateful MAGA's who giggled in childish glee earned the term "deplorables" they have been so proud of, aside from smashing to pieces the tradition of the office of First Lady to be a pinnacle of class and style.
Now that 5 children lost their lives in detention camps, and now one more mowed down with someone who decided she would become judge, jury and executioner based on deplorable "morals".
I don't have a better word to describe it, Thank You Hillary Clinton, you hit the nail on the head.
This holiday season it's time to take these Nazi's to task on their crimes. Yes, THEIR crimes. They ignored all the horrible acts of their Jinn president, even cheered on the hateful rhetoric. Now that much of that is coming unraveled, some of them are sheepishly issuing excuses for bringing on pure evil to lead the country.
Every time I see those "Trump 2020" stickers on environmentally uncaring vehicles I cringe.

[redstateblues]

26. I've got a friend who sent his Liberty diploma back

[Traildogbob]

13. Wow, wait....

Gooliani is Jewjsh, more than Soros, tRump loves and protects HIM..........for now.

[Lucky Luciano]

17. I was thinking the same. A Jewish person has got to be nuts to be on the same side as the neo-nazis

[The Animator]

24. *cough* Stephen Miller *cough*

The guy who sent over 500 pro white-supremacist emails to Brietbart...
yeah..
He’s jewish too

*atomic facepalm*

[Lucky Luciano]

34. Like I said - Nuts!!

[defacto7]

27. How do Jews view tRumps son-in-law?

It seems like a dichotomy.

[mucifer]

29. That's a loaded question since we are very diverse politically

[defacto7]

31. I guess that sort of answers my question.

Diverse in this context would have to cover a huge spectrum. I'm not Jewish but I do go to lectures and occationally to study groups at a local synagogue where although I do find religious views quite diverse I find little support or even respect for Mr. Kushner's politics. But I'd admit my experience is limited.

[empedocles]

3. 'Therapy helps'

[tblue37]

28. But it was Sarah Silverman's kind response to his ugly Twitter trolling of her, followed by the vile

mobbing he suffered from his online RW "friends" (just for daring to interact with her civilly online once she responded to him), that opened his eyes and led him to do some research outside of the RW bubble. He was shocked to encounter so many obvious facts that he had been protected from by never having ventured outside the RW propaganda bubble before.

Of course, it took right wing attacks on him personally to lead him to reconsider his false beliefs.

[empedocles]

35. Therapy and the 'friction of everyday life - a common combination

[Cracklin Charlie]

5. He looks remarkably healthier.

Good for him!

[rickyhall]

6. Education makes a big difference.

Why the Repugs have made education so expensive. When I attended the U of A, Fayetteville in '79 Tuition was $17 an hour, in '80 in went to $23, now its over $250 an hour. That mostly started with Raygun, who stopped my financial aid just as I was re-enrolling for my junior year, thus ending my prospects for a degree. Why I still hate that son-of-a-bitch and all the fascists who followed his sorry ass.

[abqtommy]

7. I remember that successful therapy is largely due to the particular therapist. I hope everyone

chooses wisely!

[defacto7]

25. It's time consuming and expensive to be choosy.

but you're absolutely correct.

[Javaman]

8. Aka he decided to become an adult nt

[lunatica]

22. This is it in a nutshell

Bullseye!

[yaesu]

9. Reversing a fox news lobotomy is very, very rare indeed, I'm happy for him. nt

[I_UndergroundPanther]

10. I agree

But people who think they're perfect usually don't seek therapy
Which is sad.

[Ilsa]

12. I have a friend (almost ex) who appears to

have been persuaded by her friend to be a trumper. Her family has plenty of assets, and he's her only son. He dropped out of college, but wonders why everyone else is getting ahead but it's so hard for him. Him paying hundreds for health insurance was what made her angry for her son, along with how mistreated this middle class young white man is.

I wonder what had caused Weissman's ptsd?

[Tanuki]

19. Per his Twitter profile, he is an Army vet.

[Amimnoch]

14. Must get Critical Thinking courses in High-schools and mandatory.

I honestly believe this is a must if this Republic will survive the mis-information age.

[rockfordfile]

18. BSSSSSS

[chia]

21. No, he's genuine, I've been following him on Twitter for a while now

[Hortensis]

20. Hope this is the real person. Liberal has two very different meanings,

social and political attitudes and basic personality type. Environment's huge, of course, apparently even more than just gentically linked personality traits, but if this really took and sticks it'll be because new understandings are supported by underlying personality traits.

[CatWoman]

23. look at the difference in his face

a kind of serenity has taken over

[FM123]

30. So proud of him!

I was reading his twitter feed and a woman asked how to get through to her trumpy husband and he told her to "show him undeniable facts from the source.". And it reminded me of just how many of these trumpsters are such low information voters.

[oldsoftie]

32. They STILL wont believe it. I showed one a poll from DAILY CALLER!!

Theres NO WAY you can call them a left wing news source. Showed 40+% of evangelicals approved removal of trump. He just dismissed it saying "do you know how easy it would be to just SAY you're an evangelical?"
And he's a well educated person. Just leaves it at the door when it comes to trump. They've turned into Scientologists.

[stillcool]

33. the absence of reality can be fun...

but it never lasts. Little bits and pieces reveal themselves until you can't swallow it anymore. I think it is like an addiction, and for lots of people they will never give it up. They're in too deep.