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Skidmore

(37,364 posts)
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 02:31 PM Aug 2016

When a friend or relative tells me they support Trump, they do not support me

or my AA husband or my children whose father was a Muslim Middle Easterner, or my nieces who have AA spouses and mixed race children. Nor do they support my brother and his wife, the child of Mexican immigrants, and my nephews and niece. They do not support the gay son of my best friend, who has been beaten up walking home from work, nor do they support my young transgender friend who has struggled with so much for his age. They do not support achievement for my granddaughters and all the women I know. When they grin in my face and try to tell me that Trump is the man, I ask them what I missed about them in the past that they ignore the struggles of those they claim to care about to embrace the cause of a man steeped in racism, bigotry, and mysogyny. Is this future the one they really want? Is this really who they are?

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When a friend or relative tells me they support Trump, they do not support me (Original Post) Skidmore Aug 2016 OP
+1000 sheshe2 Aug 2016 #1
It's one thing to be a conservative, or a republican, KMOD Aug 2016 #2
I don't know what it means to be conservative anymore. Skidmore Aug 2016 #3
That's very true. KMOD Aug 2016 #4
If you look mercuryblues Aug 2016 #6
Kudos to the DUer who said it. KMOD Aug 2016 #8
I actually have distanced myself from my acquaintances who support cheeto kimbutgar Aug 2016 #5
That is the way I feel. Skidmore Aug 2016 #7
They don't support thinking caucasians either ... moonscape Aug 2016 #9
I agree with you. neeksgeek Aug 2016 #10
Thank God no friends or family members of mine support cheeto ailsagirl Aug 2016 #11
They don't support me, who's disabled and in an interracial relationship sakabatou Aug 2016 #12
I forgot to add Skidmore Aug 2016 #14
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2016 #13
k and r. I am lucky in that I have only had to distance myself from one person who niyad Aug 2016 #15
Great post, Skidmore. Thank you! pnwmom Aug 2016 #16
I have no issue with anyone supporting anyone they want bigwillq Aug 2016 #17

sheshe2

(83,710 posts)
1. +1000
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 02:56 PM
Aug 2016

I am with you all the way. Thanks so much for posting this. He is the polar opposite of everything I believe in.

 

KMOD

(7,906 posts)
2. It's one thing to be a conservative, or a republican,
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 03:15 PM
Aug 2016

but anyone who willingly votes for trump, sickens me. I do have respect for those on the right who have strongly denounced trump. The one's who haven't have lost all integrity and I have no interest in being associated with people like that.

Skidmore

(37,364 posts)
3. I don't know what it means to be conservative anymore.
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 03:25 PM
Aug 2016

Those on the right who have denounced Trump are only able to articulate what about him that they are against. However, they do not appear to be able to articulate what they stand for any longer.

 

KMOD

(7,906 posts)
4. That's very true.
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 03:31 PM
Aug 2016

And I believe that is why we are witnessing the collapse of their party. In many ways trump is just strongly stating what many of them have been quietly insinuating for years. It should be a big wake up call. It will be interesting to see just how many recognize how ugly their party has become.

mercuryblues

(14,526 posts)
6. If you look
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 04:50 PM
Aug 2016

you will see that many on the right who have "denounced" him have the same principles he does. Believe the same things. They just dress it up with fancier words.

I forgot who it was, but awhile back a DUer put it this way. Trump put down the dog whistle and picked up the bull horn.

kimbutgar

(21,104 posts)
5. I actually have distanced myself from my acquaintances who support cheeto
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 04:42 PM
Aug 2016

And they make me rethink them being someone I trust or respect. To me if you support Cheeto you are a not someone I could trust.

Skidmore

(37,364 posts)
7. That is the way I feel.
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 05:09 PM
Aug 2016

It is a betrayal of the worst kind. How do you trust someone who would think these "values" are ok?

neeksgeek

(1,214 posts)
10. I agree with you.
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 05:40 PM
Aug 2016

I'm dealing with a rift in my immediate family. My father and I support Clinton, my sister and mother - apparently swallowing the "Law and Order" fear-mongering hook, line and sinker - support Trump.

I'm married to a woman who is a descendant of Mexican immigrants. My sister in particular doesn't understand why I find taco jokes offensive. It's made for some very tense moments. I admit I've given up trying to change their minds. They've become fact-averse.

ailsagirl

(22,893 posts)
11. Thank God no friends or family members of mine support cheeto
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 05:44 PM
Aug 2016

It must be very difficult to deal with-- I know it would be for me

Skidmore

(37,364 posts)
14. I forgot to add
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 05:55 PM
Aug 2016

those who are disabled, and we have a couple of people with disabilities in our family. I don't understand the mindset of Trump supporters at all, let alone those who have familial ties or friendships with people from groups he has disparaged. How can they not see that the force of that anger he is commanding could be directed toward people they know. Would they stand silently and let that happen or help out? I find this so frightening.

Response to Skidmore (Original post)

niyad

(113,213 posts)
15. k and r. I am lucky in that I have only had to distance myself from one person who
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 06:45 PM
Aug 2016

supports this piece of filth. like you, I wonder how I missed the signs.

 

bigwillq

(72,790 posts)
17. I have no issue with anyone supporting anyone they want
Sun Aug 21, 2016, 12:12 AM
Aug 2016

That's life. That's freedom. That's America.

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