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imanamerican63

(13,817 posts)
Tue Oct 18, 2016, 10:24 AM Oct 2016

According to Morning Joe, we have to feel Trump supporters' pain...

Why? They, the media filled the frenzy of Trump and those who support him, giving Trump way to much coverage. I can't feel sorry for those who wants to destroy our democracy and political system. I know it is not always fair, but the rhetoric and hate coming from Trump & his followers is deplorable. I wonder if we had rebelled against the outcome of the 2000 election, what the right wing would have felt sorry for those wanted Al Gore to win? I don't think so!

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According to Morning Joe, we have to feel Trump supporters' pain... (Original Post) imanamerican63 Oct 2016 OP
If he won get the red out Oct 2016 #1
Very true! And so will we! imanamerican63 Oct 2016 #2
Yep get the red out Oct 2016 #3
Perhaps they can devote their hours of pain and look at the guy they wanted as president. Thinkingabout Oct 2016 #4
Up Joe's blowhole MFM008 Oct 2016 #5
Lol! PunksMom Oct 2016 #17
Gore DID win....SCOTUS gave Shrub the chair... Moostache Oct 2016 #6
I know this, I agree with you! But no one felts sorry for us! imanamerican63 Oct 2016 #11
Feel their pain? Stupidity should be painful, hypocrisy very painful, bigotry incapacitating. NightWatcher Oct 2016 #7
K&R this for sure!!! Moostache Oct 2016 #18
What "pain"? The vast majority of Trump supporters are well off. They have good-paying jobs, 4lbs Oct 2016 #8
He think he's a dictator skwira001 Oct 2016 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author Mass Oct 2016 #10
It a pain that is impossible for me to feel because I cannot relate to Jarqui Oct 2016 #12
My point exactly! imanamerican63 Oct 2016 #13
It's already been stated that Trump supporters aren't worse off than Hillary supporters. qdouble Oct 2016 #14
Racism/sexism/homphobia/hate and genuine economic pain are not mutually exclusive. But the degree pampango Oct 2016 #15
There is no justification for supporting evil dalton99 Oct 2016 #16
To stop the pain...use you brain! world wide wally Oct 2016 #19
As usual, everything is subjective The2ndWheel Oct 2016 #20
How can I feel pain JustAnotherGen Oct 2016 #21
Their pain is self-induced. They voted for Reagan, W, and countless other politicians that hate them Johonny Oct 2016 #22

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
4. Perhaps they can devote their hours of pain and look at the guy they wanted as president.
Tue Oct 18, 2016, 10:36 AM
Oct 2016

This guy wants everyone to place $2000 a year in an account to cover their medical issues throughout their lives. Where in the hell does he expect a person on minimun wage to get this moneyb and he doesn't even want minimum wages. He is a business man without a plan to be president.

Moostache

(9,897 posts)
6. Gore DID win....SCOTUS gave Shrub the chair...
Tue Oct 18, 2016, 10:39 AM
Oct 2016

Just sayin'...

As far as the Yam and his cabal of racists goes, I will NOT feel their pain...I will FEED it. Snide comments everyday. Loud statements wondering how Hillary will perform in her first 100 days...big announcements for every cabinet position...overt pining for liberal justices and speculation on when Clarence Thomas will die to join Scalia in hell....

I am planning a huge election night party to spill into the early Wednesday morning hours...complete with flags, yard signs, neon lights and more...and that is solely to rub the noses of my fascist red-state moron neighbors in it all night long.

I am going to not only spike the football, I am going to endzone dance until I pass out...in fact, there is actual video footage of what I have planned:


Moostache

(9,897 posts)
18. K&R this for sure!!!
Tue Oct 18, 2016, 10:55 AM
Oct 2016

If only stupidity was painful...the world would be a far better place if being a grade A moron was as painful as passing kidney stones or childbirth...

4lbs

(6,865 posts)
8. What "pain"? The vast majority of Trump supporters are well off. They have good-paying jobs,
Tue Oct 18, 2016, 10:40 AM
Oct 2016

health insurance, retirement plans, homes, etc.

 

skwira001

(45 posts)
9. He think he's a dictator
Tue Oct 18, 2016, 10:40 AM
Oct 2016


Trump thinks the President is a dictator. He talks like Hillary alone should have fixed the tax code and carried interest during the debate.

But the biggest thing about Trump is if more people watch this video and share it on Twitter and Facebook and get friends to retweet and share this, Trump would be losing by 20%:
?t=1m38s

Response to imanamerican63 (Original post)

qdouble

(891 posts)
14. It's already been stated that Trump supporters aren't worse off than Hillary supporters.
Tue Oct 18, 2016, 10:42 AM
Oct 2016

They are just crying because they think minorities are getting ahead.

pampango

(24,692 posts)
15. Racism/sexism/homphobia/hate and genuine economic pain are not mutually exclusive. But the degree
Tue Oct 18, 2016, 10:48 AM
Oct 2016

to which people in genuine economic pain gravitate to Trump is directly related to the racism, sexism, homophobia and hatred in their hearts.

OTOH, people in genuine economic pain who have little racism, sexism, homophobia and hatred in their hearts gravitate to Hillary and other Democrats.

The2ndWheel

(7,947 posts)
20. As usual, everything is subjective
Tue Oct 18, 2016, 10:59 AM
Oct 2016

Including empathy. Feel bad for me, but not the other side. Everyone can justify and rationalize anything they want. Everybody does that. Whoever is on the other side is usually considered to be just bad enough, that it's not worth the effort. People usually end up being lumped into the extreme of whatever side they happen to be on, because it's easier to demonize whoever the other side is that way. Then nobody has to listen to anyone, because then you might agree with people on the other side about something, and they're bad, but of course you're not bad, so you can't do that.

That seems to be the reality of being human. We're all guilty of it to some degree.

Johonny

(20,889 posts)
22. Their pain is self-induced. They voted for Reagan, W, and countless other politicians that hate them
Tue Oct 18, 2016, 12:57 PM
Oct 2016

Instead of getting angry at the politicians that continue to screw them each time they double down on a more horrible option and wonder why it doesn't work. They're angry about mythical things Obama did, a mythical liberal power structures that don't exist, mythical enemies that aren't out there, and mythical solutions that aren't being offered.

Their pain is completely imaginary. I can't feel it because I don't believe in the myth. This isn't to say REAL things aren't affecting these people, but those real things these people have been taught to ignore, or celebrate.

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