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DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
Tue Apr 5, 2016, 07:29 AM Apr 2016

New right-wing talking-point: People get persecuted for supporting Trump.

We have the christian persecution-complex.
We have the white persecution-complex.
We have the gun-owner persecution-complex.


And now we're gonna get the Trump-supporter persecution-complex.


http://www.rawstory.com/2016/04/fox-news-hosts-trump-bro-who-says-hes-being-mistreated-at-college-a-girl-called-me-a-racist/

“From the students, mostly negative. They’ve mostly been lashing out. One time I had this girl, she started yelling at me and screaming at me, calling me ‘racist,’ ‘fascist’ — all of these random claims just because it came up that I was a Trump supporter.”

“Were you stunned?” said Kilmeade.

“Yeah. I was stunned at how negative the reaction was, and how emotional the reaction was.”

...

“I’m gonna hold strong,” Perera answered. “But it is discouraging. I know other people are afraid to say anything — afraid to come out, just because they’re afraid of getting bad grades, just because they might get on the bad side of a professor. They need that letter of recommendation, they’re not gonna say who they who support, just because they need to get ahead — especially with all this college debt. A lot of them really just want jobs and internship. They can’t be dealing with getting in political trouble.”

At no point in the interview was there any mention of actual threats that have been made against a student’s grades or job prospects on the basis of their preferred president candidate.

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New right-wing talking-point: People get persecuted for supporting Trump. (Original Post) DetlefK Apr 2016 OP
My hemorrhoids bleed for Trumpsters meow2u3 Apr 2016 #1
Well, maybe they're on to something. Vinca Apr 2016 #2
Like Nazis complaining they're getting dirty lucks mainer Apr 2016 #3
Silly folks continutally confusing the words persecuted and ridiculed. salin Apr 2016 #4
oh goodness! ^^^^^ This ^^^^^ KarenS Apr 2016 #7
Thank you 'Nova! oswaldactedalone Apr 2016 #5
Yes let's complain about higher education debt levels Volaris Apr 2016 #6

meow2u3

(24,771 posts)
1. My hemorrhoids bleed for Trumpsters
Tue Apr 5, 2016, 07:33 AM
Apr 2016

So does my nose, so cry me a river, paranoid racist, fascist, sexist swine!

Maybe there should be some threats to racists' job prospects. This way, they won't be able to act on their bigotry and discriminate on the job.

Vinca

(50,302 posts)
2. Well, maybe they're on to something.
Tue Apr 5, 2016, 07:41 AM
Apr 2016

If a friend told you they were supporting Trump, could you not say "Are you out of your fucking mind?"

mainer

(12,028 posts)
3. Like Nazis complaining they're getting dirty lucks
Tue Apr 5, 2016, 07:44 AM
Apr 2016

because they voted for Hitler.

I have no doubt what they're saying is true. It explains why there are so many secret Trump voters -- yet we personally "know" so few of them.

KarenS

(4,085 posts)
7. oh goodness! ^^^^^ This ^^^^^
Tue Apr 5, 2016, 08:23 AM
Apr 2016

I will most certainly use this line in the future ~

"confusing the words persecuted and ridiculed"

Volaris

(10,274 posts)
6. Yes let's complain about higher education debt levels
Tue Apr 5, 2016, 08:06 AM
Apr 2016
and then not vote for the candidate that advocates for tuition-free Public University

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