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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump voters suffer from a mental condition I call the civil war syndrome.
This is when people know something is hurting them but don't have the ability to recognize who or what is hurting them. They end up supporting the who or what that is hurting them.
Most people in the South did not own slaves. They were poor dirt farmers, Extreme poverty. The cotton, slavery industry guaranteed they would stay that way for generations. Slavery was a job killer. The slave owners, plantation owners, owned everything.
All those poor dirt farmers marched off to war not knowing they were fighting for the people that hurt them the most. Some of them figured it out, but it was to late.
Trump voters don't know the biggest enemy they have are rich people like Trump. They are the ones that turn congress into a swamp. Right now republicans in congress along with trump and all the rich donors are doing things that make Trump voters life much worse.
hurple
(1,306 posts)Democrats kill babies!
meow2u3
(24,773 posts)Republicans kill babies--after they're born!
muntrv
(14,505 posts)DetlefK
(16,423 posts)And now we're supposed to be nice to them and pander to them and worry about how to win them back...
The Trump-voters put their gut-feelings above logic and facts and some Democrats plan to win them back with logic and facts.
Good luck.
And don't forget that we're supposed to feel bad for the Trump-voters who regret voting for Trump.
mreilly
(2,120 posts)... there are only 2 conditions in this universe which will make Trump supporters recant.
1. He has to hurt them personally. They don't give a shit about anyone else.
2. They have to recognize he's the source of said hurt.
#1 is going to happen no matter how you slice it. #2? That's what right-wing bullshit media is all about; screaming blame at Obama, Hillary, or anyone else, never them of course.