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Anybody else noticing that Trump supporters have become very quiet on Facebook? (Original Post) ThoughtCriminal Aug 2016 OP
No, I reported my brother for hate post that was from a Trump site. liberal N proud Aug 2016 #1
Then it appears my "friends" have taken up their mantle. MANative Aug 2016 #2
Definitely my circle exboyfil Aug 2016 #3
Uh, NO! Daemonaquila Aug 2016 #4
Yes notawinger Aug 2016 #5
Quiet around here, too. Cracklin Charlie Aug 2016 #6
Yes and no JenniferJuniper Aug 2016 #7
This entire General cycle is about one thing: Volaris Aug 2016 #9
Yep GusBob Aug 2016 #8
No. I have somehting like 300 'friends,' all over the world. pangaia Aug 2016 #10
Nope Matrosov Aug 2016 #11
I haven't seen anything in the past couple of days. Grammy23 Aug 2016 #12
Most people aren't political junkies like us davidn3600 Aug 2016 #13
Had A Real Facepalm Moment Tonight ChoppinBroccoli Aug 2016 #14
I just saw this post from someone who has been posting the usual Republican crap on FB trackfan Aug 2016 #15
I had a lot of Trump supporters on Facebook. texanwitch Aug 2016 #16
My anti-Hillary posts are from Bernie supporters. Saphire Aug 2016 #17
They're becoming TRUMP explainers. "Well, what Trump really meant was..." GOLGO 13 Aug 2016 #18
Probably running out of money to pay sock puppets... Wounded Bear Aug 2016 #19
I had one friend who would post Trump stuff on a daily basis. Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2016 #20

MANative

(4,112 posts)
2. Then it appears my "friends" have taken up their mantle.
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 09:35 PM
Aug 2016

The "Hillary's such a lying piece of crap" line is all over my page tonight. The irony is most definitely lost on that crew, and the proverbial Koolaid has been fully consumed.

exboyfil

(17,863 posts)
3. Definitely my circle
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 09:37 PM
Aug 2016

I can't imagine what they are really thinking about the Purple Heart incident that happened today.

Unless Trump somehow gets handled, I can't see this going three months. He desperately needs a crisis right now.

JenniferJuniper

(4,512 posts)
7. Yes and no
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 09:53 PM
Aug 2016

My crazy right-wing relatives have stopped talking about Trump although they still attack Hillary with great regularity.

Volaris

(10,272 posts)
9. This entire General cycle is about one thing:
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 10:28 PM
Aug 2016

Republican Projection.
Written in shit across the billboard of the Public Square.
I'm glad for it, because it let's the rest of the Nation see these ignorant, bigoted, hateful fucks for what they really are. Let the white man-children scream. Their rage is impotent. I find it FITTING.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
10. No. I have somehting like 300 'friends,' all over the world.
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 10:40 PM
Aug 2016

Mostly musicians and artists.
More than half are 'foreigners.' from South Korea to Russia to Brazil to Italy to Oman.

One of my friends, ONE, much to my great surprise, is a trump lover and hillary hater. I mean he REALLY, REALLY despises her. Was that a shock to me or what !! The guy is a superb musician. Who would have guessed.

I just don't associate with people with that kind of taste.

So no.. I have seen very little if any of that stuff.

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
12. I haven't seen anything in the past couple of days.
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 11:40 PM
Aug 2016

But then again, I started opting out of seeing every reposted item from certain right wing sites. Not unfriending relatives....just the right wing trash they reposted. I don't get upset with them so much now and my blood pressure stays normal!

 

davidn3600

(6,342 posts)
13. Most people aren't political junkies like us
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 11:47 PM
Aug 2016

They dont wake up every morning and look for new polls. They don't turn on cable news and see what the talking heads are saying.

Now that the conventions have ended, most people will tune out until the debates.....especially when football starts.

ChoppinBroccoli

(3,784 posts)
14. Had A Real Facepalm Moment Tonight
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 11:56 PM
Aug 2016

One of my friends from high school is a cop and is one of those "the cops are always right" types that always sides with authority over the little guy. Tonight she posted some article from some conservative website talking about how the Fire Marshall here in Columbus (the one who Drumpf claimed kept people out of his little Klan rally) is a P.O.S. who needs to be fired for corruption. According to this article, Drumpf was right, and the Fire Marshall was picking on poor Li'l Donny for purely political reasons. Their smoking gun proving this? The fact that he was seen at an event with Andrew Ginther (Columbus' Mayor, who is also a Democrat), and it was rumored that he contributed to Hillary's campaign. Case closed, right?

Too bad not 2 replies later, someone posted an article showing that Dumb Donald AGREED to the crowd size of 1,000 people............IN WRITING a month before the event. Oops.

Other than this twit, though, there hasn't really been anyone pimping Drumpf. They've been staying out of my anti-Drumpf posts entirely, and many of my friends who are hardcore, "I'll never vote for a Democrat" Republicans are now talking about what a disgrace Drumpf is. Most of them are saying they'll either not vote or they'll vote for Gary Johnson, but I figure that any Republican who doesn't vote for Drumpf is a vote that can only help Hillary.

trackfan

(3,650 posts)
15. I just saw this post from someone who has been posting the usual Republican crap on FB
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 12:44 AM
Aug 2016

for years:

"Wishing Facebook would ban ALL political Post" Liked by about 20 people. I could identify about 15 of the 20 - all of them are also people who have been posting Republican/Conservative crap for years. Now they wish all political posting would stop.

texanwitch

(18,705 posts)
16. I had a lot of Trump supporters on Facebook.
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 05:59 AM
Aug 2016

After a few weeks of trying to educate them, I defriended them.

I don't miss them.

It was that block their postings.


Life is to short to deal with fools like that.

Saphire

(2,437 posts)
17. My anti-Hillary posts are from Bernie supporters.
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 06:03 AM
Aug 2016

I'm friends with 2 trumpsters, but they've always been quiet .

GOLGO 13

(1,681 posts)
18. They're becoming TRUMP explainers. "Well, what Trump really meant was..."
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 10:03 AM
Aug 2016

Getting a LOT of that. I giggle often at them.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,182 posts)
20. I had one friend who would post Trump stuff on a daily basis.
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 10:51 AM
Aug 2016

Nice guy from a nice family but a total Trumphead. Sadly.

This past week he's said absolutely nothing. Nothing.

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