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Related: About this forumJust because a person supports a different candidate than you doesn't mean that person is stupid.
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Just because a person supports a different candidate than you doesn't mean that person is stupid. (Original Post)
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2016
OP
There are several posts in this forum suggesting other posters are stupid.
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2016
#8
My thoughts are confined to my fellow progressives. Why would I compare them to Trump supporters?
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2016
#12
70% of women went for HRC but only we black people are being harassed for our votes...
Liberal_Stalwart71
Feb 2016
#11
morningfog
(18,115 posts)1. Should go without need of saying.
Some of the most intelligent people I know support Hillary.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,716 posts)6. I have a friend with a PhD in Applied Mathematics.
He has a verifiable I Q (Stanford Binet) of 170. He votes Libertarian. He reads Wittgenstein for fun, go figure...
stonecutter357
(12,697 posts)2. K&R!
virgogal
(10,178 posts)3. What on earth is the point of this?
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,716 posts)8. There are several posts in this forum suggesting other posters are stupid.
I would link them but it is an "alertable" offense.
virgogal
(10,178 posts)9. Thanks--I ws not aware of that.
TCJ70
(4,387 posts)4. No it doesn't...
...but it could mean they're wrong.
basselope
(2,565 posts)5. It may mean they aren't intellectual curious.
Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)7. And that goes both ways.
Matariki
(18,775 posts)10. What about Trump supporters?
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,716 posts)12. My thoughts are confined to my fellow progressives. Why would I compare them to Trump supporters?
Thank you in advance.
Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)11. 70% of women went for HRC but only we black people are being harassed for our votes...
...and called stupid, ill-informed, propensity for Schadenfraude, and any insult you can think of.
Thank you as always!!
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)13. Of course not!
Logical
(22,457 posts)14. I never think "stupid" I think misguided or they are not wanting a change, just the same old dems!
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,716 posts)15. That's fair
But I have seen it suggested other posters are stupid and I have seen posters literally call other posters stupid, on more than one occasion. That's what prompted me to start this thread.
Logical
(22,457 posts)16. I disagree with that. They should be hidden. nt
yodermon
(6,143 posts)17. Agreed. And just because a person supports a different candidate than you
doesn't mean they are patronizing you when they make the case for their candidate.