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Republican disappointment explained: "He's not hurting the people he needs to be hurting" (Original Post) kpete Jan 2019 OP
Yep, that's pretty much it for these people jberryhill Jan 2019 #1
They have submitted to the hate propaganda machine. Democrats are worse enmies than Russians. olegramps Jan 2019 #40
The problem is not that he's hurting people it's that he's not doing it competently and selectively. tanyev Jan 2019 #2
"Grand Old Party of Sociopaths." workinclasszero Jan 2019 #26
Best summation I've yet seen of the current . . . . situation hatrack Jan 2019 #3
Kick and recommend for visibility bronxiteforever Jan 2019 #4
Happy little camper ain't she? Solly Mack Jan 2019 #5
Deplorable Lucky Luciano Jan 2019 #22
Oh, yeah. And then some. Solly Mack Jan 2019 #27
Nice ... so who does she want to be hurt? UpInArms Jan 2019 #6
Well it isn't for lack of trying... jcgoldie Jan 2019 #7
in the typical racist/bigotry world of trump/gop voters, they don't see beachbum bob Jan 2019 #8
Over two decades of Faux News demonizing Dems, Liberals and Progressives... Dennis Donovan Jan 2019 #9
So true Ohioboy Jan 2019 #25
They truly are deplorable RAB910 Jan 2019 #10
Going back to 2016, I remember hearing that sentiment from more than few Trump supporters NewJeffCT Jan 2019 #11
And there you have it folks The Genealogist Jan 2019 #12
THIS BumRushDaShow Jan 2019 #13
This is also why I blister at people saying "we need to reach out to these people" RAB910 Jan 2019 #14
One could say they're deplorable. BadgerMom Jan 2019 #37
One did say that. Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2019 #51
This sums up the GOP. dogman Jan 2019 #15
Trump has hurt people his entite life... BlueJac Jan 2019 #16
Oh, brother... catbyte Jan 2019 #17
You know she meant minorities. NoMoreRepugs Jan 2019 #18
This needs to go viral. Facebook, Twitter, You Tube, etc maxrandb Jan 2019 #19
Ummm...why doxxing? irisblue Jan 2019 #32
BTW Asspickle is still really good irisblue Jan 2019 #33
"Christian" values.. CentralMass Jan 2019 #20
Just sickening karin_sj Jan 2019 #21
To be fair.... Adrahil Jan 2019 #23
republican "values" are formed of cesspool scum Achilleaze Jan 2019 #24
Perfect summation of Trumpanzis. kairos12 Jan 2019 #28
Ms Minton is a single mother of 7y.o. twins who cares for her disabled parents GusBob Jan 2019 #29
A single mother...??? Grins Jan 2019 #41
So, Crystal Minton your desire is for people to be hurting MagickMuffin Jan 2019 #30
What a sick woman! This is how they all think. They aren't for anything positive. smirkymonkey Jan 2019 #48
"Why is he hurting white people!?" Oneironaut Jan 2019 #31
+1 violetpastille Jan 2019 #44
A truly sickening sight. Fuzzpope Jan 2019 #34
Hateful people. May they (Trump voters) and their families suffer the most and the longest Scalded Nun Jan 2019 #35
Oh, He's Hurting Those Too DallasNE Jan 2019 #36
I saw this on twitter and asked who are the ppl Trump should be hurting - we are all Americans. But iluvtennis Jan 2019 #38
For Trump supporters, making colored people suffer is Job 1. dalton99a Jan 2019 #39
LOL! The base is disappointed that Trump is hurting his supporters when they think he should be Nitram Jan 2019 #42
Wow hotrod0808 Jan 2019 #43
Her poor economic anxiety... Aristus Jan 2019 #45
Reminds me of Paul Ryan saying he's sad that he wasn't able to starve EVERY retiree FiveGoodMen Jan 2019 #46
Did he really say that? smirkymonkey Jan 2019 #49
we must always hurt 'those people' Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2019 #47
WHo does he need to be hurting? Amaryllis Jan 2019 #50
He is appreciably hurting the deplorables. roamer65 Jan 2019 #52
Bless her heart mercuryblues Jan 2019 #53
Oh he is hurting them, alright... D23MIURG23 Jan 2019 #54

olegramps

(8,200 posts)
40. They have submitted to the hate propaganda machine. Democrats are worse enmies than Russians.
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 11:30 AM
Jan 2019

This is what fifty years of constant propaganda that is spewed 24/7 by the Republican Hate Machine has created. The Republicans sold their soul at any cost to win elections and now they have enslaved themselves to evil vicious propaganda machine they help create. This is especially true of the evangelical and fundamentalists whose religious leaders who have endorsed a basic dogma that Democrats, i.e. liberals, are evil immoral and unpatriotic libertines who are corrupting American society.

They view themselves as true Americans who are on a Christian Crusade dedicated to the destruction of anyone who opposes their self righteous views. Nothing is as dangerous than zealots because they believe that their cause is God ordained and that are justified to employ any means to crush the enemy. They are no different in their mentality than those who have joined extreme Muslim organizations who believe they are justified in the slaughter and abuse of anyone who stands in their way to glorious God inspired victory. They have absolutely no regard for the democratic and enlighten principle of the rights of the minority. This is the very concept upon which the nation was founded. The the alienable right of each and every citizen to pursuit of Life, Liberty and Happiness are to subjected solely to their approval. Basically they want to establish a theocracy in which they are solely the authority determine the rules of conduct.

tanyev

(42,618 posts)
2. The problem is not that he's hurting people it's that he's not doing it competently and selectively.
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 09:19 AM
Jan 2019

Grand Old Party of Sociopaths.

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
26. "Grand Old Party of Sociopaths."
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 10:37 AM
Jan 2019

Evil damn bastards!

I hope their tin god Trump destroys them all!

hatrack

(59,592 posts)
3. Best summation I've yet seen of the current . . . . situation
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 09:21 AM
Jan 2019

Wish I could recommend this a thousand times.

UpInArms

(51,284 posts)
6. Nice ... so who does she want to be hurt?
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 09:32 AM
Jan 2019

Obviously, not her ... but she would be fine if it was you or me

... what a nut junker ...

jcgoldie

(11,646 posts)
7. Well it isn't for lack of trying...
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 09:35 AM
Jan 2019

Maybe he just hasn't gotten around to those people yet... where have they been the south Pacific?

 

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)
8. in the typical racist/bigotry world of trump/gop voters, they don't see
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 09:35 AM
Jan 2019

"their" entitlements in the same way....as the same level for non-whites and democrats...They believe their skin color protects them from govt policies that should only affect non-whites and democrats.

Redstates FEED at the GOVT trough and Bluestates fill taht trough. So when the govt money stops/reduced, restates get hit the hardest.


Karma does work

Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
9. Over two decades of Faux News demonizing Dems, Liberals and Progressives...
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 09:35 AM
Jan 2019

...has led us to this situation. Two decades of hearing how Democrats, Liberals and Progressives are taking things away from them, while masking the true thieves - Repugs, big banks, Wall Street.

The Right Wing Media in general has caused more divisiveness than any other entity present today.

NewJeffCT

(56,829 posts)
11. Going back to 2016, I remember hearing that sentiment from more than few Trump supporters
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 09:47 AM
Jan 2019

they figured he was going to screw them over like every other politician, but liked him because they knew Donny was going to screw over "those other guys" even more than them. Of course, "those other guys" are not white, Christian or male.

The Genealogist

(4,723 posts)
12. And there you have it folks
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 10:02 AM
Jan 2019

This woman voted for Trump because he would go after the people she doesn't like. She was willing to be downgraded as a person, voting for Trump out of contempt for those different from her. Hate and fear of the other is what motivates these people. Economic anxiety my foot.

RAB910

(3,511 posts)
14. This is also why I blister at people saying "we need to reach out to these people"
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 10:04 AM
Jan 2019

Simply put they are plain evil and out of reach

BlueJac

(7,838 posts)
16. Trump has hurt people his entite life...
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 10:12 AM
Jan 2019

from rich to poor. He always stiffs people that have worked for him or even voted for him. What an evil man!

maxrandb

(15,358 posts)
19. This needs to go viral. Facebook, Twitter, You Tube, etc
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 10:16 AM
Jan 2019

This needs to be fucking plastered all over Social Media.

and I'm sorry, but this person needs to be fucking DOXd.

Let her employer begin fielding calls of "who are the right people to hurt"

I'll just fucking bet that she's a God Damned "Christian" as well.

Deplorable was too fucking nice a word for these ass-pickles

irisblue

(33,032 posts)
32. Ummm...why doxxing?
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 10:43 AM
Jan 2019

Her name is in the freakin' NYT. The fact that she has 2 twin children is in the NYT. The fact that her parents are disabled and she leaves close enough to help them is in the NYT. The fact that she is a secretary for the prison system is in the freakin' NYT.


You want her social security # out there? You want her mastercard/visa account # out there? Fair bet Dark Web might have it already.


Seriously why do you think she needs to be doxxed?

karin_sj

(812 posts)
21. Just sickening
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 10:21 AM
Jan 2019

People who think this way are truly deplorable. Makes me sad and a bit sick to think that there are so many of them in this country.

 

Adrahil

(13,340 posts)
23. To be fair....
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 10:31 AM
Jan 2019

I know some MAGAts who actually thought he really was going after rich people and corporate fat cats.

It's like the idiots who think the Republicans for fighting for protections for people with pre-existing conditions.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
24. republican "values" are formed of cesspool scum
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 10:33 AM
Jan 2019

republicans piss all over the golden rule of Christianity: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

That's why republicans are so shameful and without honor.

GusBob

(7,286 posts)
29. Ms Minton is a single mother of 7y.o. twins who cares for her disabled parents
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 10:37 AM
Jan 2019

(from the article) she is a secretary in a federal prison

Whom, exactly, does she want to see hurt? Seems as if she expects it actually

And should it not be plain that she has it backwards?

He is not helping anyone

Grins

(7,231 posts)
41. A single mother...???
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 11:33 AM
Jan 2019

So what failed her? Her "Christian" upbringing? "Abstinence" sex-ed?

What...?

MagickMuffin

(15,953 posts)
30. So, Crystal Minton your desire is for people to be hurting
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 10:41 AM
Jan 2019

and that it's a good thing for people to be hurting, but only your selective preferences.


What a keen outlook on life you got got going for you!


 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
48. What a sick woman! This is how they all think. They aren't for anything positive.
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 08:28 PM
Jan 2019

They just want to see their perceived enemies get punished and that is all they care about. They don't want to make the country a better place. They are filled with anger and hatred and they want everyone else to be as miserable as they are.

 

Fuzzpope

(602 posts)
34. A truly sickening sight.
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 10:54 AM
Jan 2019

No matter how many times I see it, core human ugliness of this depth just shocks and mortifies me, even as a lifelong cynic with a deep experience and comprehension of our social failings and potentials for awful behavior.

This is someone's wife of thirty years.

Someone's mother, who raised their children with the exact same love and devotion that you and I do.

This is someone's grandmother, whom the kids look forward to seeing every other weekend, cheering and yelling loudly as they run towards her open arms.

This woman, essentially conditioned now, and irrevocably, into a focused sadism that has no obvious cure.

There is no fixing her, or the millions of others just like her, who's minds have been utterly rent by hostile far-right aversive conditioning for decades.

DallasNE

(7,403 posts)
36. Oh, He's Hurting Those Too
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 11:07 AM
Jan 2019

Not in the top 1 percent then he is hurting you - exactly what he said he was going to do. Her solution, find a way into the top 1 percent. Good luck with that.

iluvtennis

(19,874 posts)
38. I saw this on twitter and asked who are the ppl Trump should be hurting - we are all Americans. But
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 11:27 AM
Jan 2019

reading your post here, I now understand they want non-white, no Christian folks hurt. Evil m/f's

Nitram

(22,890 posts)
42. LOL! The base is disappointed that Trump is hurting his supporters when they think he should be
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 11:33 AM
Jan 2019

punishing liberals and socialists instead.

hotrod0808

(323 posts)
43. Wow
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 11:58 AM
Jan 2019

I don't care who she is, what her story is, or what kind of work she does/used to do. She is a sociopath who has no business dealing with human beings if she feels that way.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
49. Did he really say that?
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 08:31 PM
Jan 2019

What a sick fuck! People like that should be forbidden from holding office. They are complete psychopaths.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,430 posts)
47. we must always hurt 'those people'
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 07:46 PM
Jan 2019

GOPers in a nutshell:
Always hurt 'those people'.
Never help, except to maintain GOPer power.

mercuryblues

(14,539 posts)
53. Bless her heart
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 10:48 PM
Jan 2019

He's hurting the exact people he said he would. It's not our fault that Ms Minton didn't think she was in that one of those groups. We tried to tell her.

D23MIURG23

(2,850 posts)
54. Oh he is hurting them, alright...
Wed Jan 9, 2019, 12:34 AM
Jan 2019

But as usual they are all too stupid to get it and read the writing on the wall.

The leaders are all graduates from that "America's Dumbest Criminals" program that used to run back in the '90s. They are the still sticking to their latest plan to rob the capital with bananas they painted black and eezy cheeze masks that are melting off their faces. They have a former FBI director on their asses, but they still seem to think they can get away with it.

Their followers, having shot themselves in the foot for the 11th time, are now storming around confused and angry. They are demanding to know why they are bleeding in an accusatory tone, from anyone who doesn't hide their face and walk in the opposite direction.

These people are being hurt, alright, and I'm not sorry they are.

It's just too bad we are all in the same boat together. I'm ashamed to be from the same planet as these people.

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