Why Liberals Might Think Trump Supporters Are Stupid
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An anguished question from a Trump supporter: ‘Why do liberals think Trump supporters are stupid?’
The serious answer: Here’s what we really think about Trump supporters – the rich, the poor, the malignant and the innocently well-meaning, the ones who think and the ones who don’t…
That when you saw a man who had owned a fraudulent University, intent on scamming poor people, you thought “Fine.”
That when you saw a man who had made it his business practice to stiff his creditors, you said, “Okay.”
That when you heard him proudly brag about his own history of sexual abuse, you said, “No problem.”
That when he made up stories about seeing Muslim-Americans in the thousands cheering the destruction of the World Trade Center, you said, “Not an issue.”
That when you saw him brag that he could shoot a man on Fifth Avenue and you wouldn’t care, you chirped, “He sure knows me.”
That when you heard him illustrate his own character by telling that cute story about the elderly guest bleeding on the floor at his country club, the story about how he turned his back and how it was all an imposition on him, you said, “That’s cool!”
That when you saw him mock the disabled, you thought it was the funniest thing you ever saw.
That when you heard him brag that he doesn’t read books, you said, “Well, who has the time?”
That when the Central Park Five were compensated as innocent men convicted of a crime they didn’t commit, and he angrily said that they should still be in prison, you said, “That makes sense.”
That when you heard him tell his supporters to beat up protesters and that he would hire attorneys, you thought, “Yes!”
That when you heard him tell one rally to confiscate a man’s coat before throwing him out into the freezing cold, you said, “What a great guy!”
That you have watched the parade of neo-Nazis and white supremacists with whom he curries favor, while refusing to condemn outright Nazis, and you have said, “Thumbs up!”
That you hear him unable to talk to foreign dignitaries without insulting their countries and demanding that they praise his electoral win, you said, “That’s the way I want my President to be.”
That you have watched him remove expertise from all layers of government in favor of people who make money off of eliminating protections in the industries they’re supposed to be regulating and you have said, “What a genius!”
That you have heard him continue to profit from his businesses, in part by leveraging his position as President, to the point of overcharging the Secret Service for space in the properties he owns, and you have said, “That’s smart!”
That you have heard him say that it was difficult to help Puerto Rico because it was in the middle of water and you have said, “That makes sense.”
That you have seen him start fights with every country from Canada to New Zealand while praising Russia and quote, “falling in love” with the dictator of North Korea, and you have said, “That’s statesmanship!”
That Trump separated children from their families and put them in cages, managed to lose track of 1500 kids, has opened a tent city incarceration camp in the desert in Texas – he explains that they’re just “animals” – and you say, “Well, OK then.”
That you have witnessed all the thousand and one other manifestations of corruption and low moral character and outright animalistic rudeness and contempt for you, the working American voter, and you still show up grinning and wearing your MAGA hats and threatening to beat up anybody who says otherwise.
What you don’t get, Trump supporters in 2019, is that succumbing to frustration and thinking of you as stupid may be wrong and unhelpful, but it’s also…hear me…charitable.
Because if you’re NOT stupid, we must turn to other explanations, and most of them are less flattering.
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“Moral, freethinking Americans” who hate everyone opposed to a racist liar rapist in the White House?
Brilliant.
“White men whom you all hate”. Yes, the white nationalist victim card, as played every day by the privileged racist white nationalist in the White House.
“Equality of outcome over equality of opportunity”. Two myths to evade discussion of racism and poverty.
“This new wave is essentially Marxism”. The famous patented far Right “Commie Card”, played by every authoritarian right winger from McCarthy to Trump.
“Nobody with half a brain LOVES much about Trump” Never mind the cult of bigots at the rallies.
How about another Victim Card?
“We tolerate him because the left left us with no choice”. Yes. Poor wittow Nazis had to suffer under the tyranny of the Black president.
“All you crazy fucks who are convinced that you’re batting for the right team” Yes, daring to oppose the most corrupt, dishonest, narcissistic, incompetent, cruel, racist, sociopath, criminal president in history.
The rich got tax cuts. The rest of us get the Trump Virus.
That’s hilarious. If I wrote this from the other way around we’d have 100s of pages. Not a Trump supporter, but if you can’t see the evilness behind the current Democratic party and the Post Modernists then man, idk, good luck i guess. Trump is a necessary evil unfortunately, maybe instead of calling half of America stupid and racist you should take a look at yourselves and ask, “how did this happen?” Because guess what, it happened. Why?? Hmmm heres a couple examples of what moral, freethinking Americans hate about the left: Guilty until proven innocent mindset, identity politics, extreme sexism and racism under the guise of fighting against the “tyrannical patriarchy” aka white men whom you all hate, equality of outcome over equality of opportunity (affirmative action, for example), group think and designing rights based on skin tone (seriously, how do you people not see the irony?) Man i could go on and on and on what else… A big one is thinking that you can “play fair” by offering advantages to others based on how much of a victim they are. A big reason this is a problem is because it ignores the fact that every individual on the planet experiences different advantages and disadvantages in life and in order to have a free society you must accept that. You have to draw a line in the sand you can”t have it both ways its either equality of outcome or equality of opportunity. Equality of outcome is Marxism. Equality of opportunity is a free society. If you don’t have a hard line of where it stops it ALWAYS leads to tyranny (every country ever who gave the whole communism thing a go). This isn’t even what the classical liberals believed, this new wave is essentially Marxism and it is not only dangerous but unethical. I highly suggest you get your asses off the couch, turn off CNN and go watch some opposing arguments from actual intellectuals instead of getting your soundbytes. Dave Rubin is a GREAT source (Gay liberal btw since I know identity plays such a big role in your decision making). Lol fuck it this will probably be censored anyway since you all hate free speech. Pffffft and btw, nobody with half a brain LOVES much about Trump, we tolerate him because the left left us with no choice. The only reason anyone likes him is because he isn’t afraid to stand up to all you crazy fucks who are convinced that you’re batting for the right team.
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Something I believe is true for many of this president’s supporters, not all but many, is that they get. pleasure from all the various people that are anti-this-guy getting riled up. Yes. Pleasure from other people being unhappy. And I believe that is a sickness. Furthermore, if this is true in the opposite direction, it’s still a sickness.
So nothing on this list bothers you? If not, you are morally bankrupt. I also have big news for you- trump cares not a word about this country, only himself.
What other choice was there? The Democrats didn’t have a candidate then. And you still don’t have one. Talking about anything other than unseating Donald Trump. That is not a policy,Or something that you can do for the country, Maybe you’re OK being broke and poor. Obama was a horrible president.
Don’t say this has nothing to do with Hillary because when I chose Donald Trump he was the only candidate to choose from. Hillary is a liar a cheat and a thief, Bernie wants to turn America into a socialist country, I believe Donald Trump cares about the country. Sorry , you’re all a bunch of sore losers. you haven’t stopped crying since your girl lost.
Poor Richard doesn’t know candidate Hillary got millions more votes than his Orange Fuhrer.
Poor Richard doesn’t know the “broke and poor” are the victims of his policies.
Poor Richard doesn’t know Obama brought us out of the Bush Recession.
Poor Richard doesn’t know Trump is more of a liar and a thief than Hillary.
Poor Richard doesn’t know social programs are Constitutional provision for the general welfare.
Poor Richard doesn’t know Dems are discussing real issues.
Poor Richard doesn’t know unseating Trump is the best thing one can do for this country.
Poor Richard, like his crooked authoritarian leader, is a “sore winner”.
Poor Richard thinks Trump “cares about the country” yet spends more tax dollars on golf and super bowl parties than years worth of presidential salaries.
Poor Richard forgot all the racists crying over “Obama the Kenyan Marxist”.
Poor Richard hates the majority of Americans who disagree with him.
You forgot how he stole millions from sick children’s charities and the judge ruled to give it back. So he then stole more millions from Veterans fund raiser and the judge ruled give it back. That donation he promised to the veterans while running for president he Never paid it. He has Not returned the millions yet.
The other less flattering reason for Trump supporters who are not stupid but shrewd They are self serving Republicans. These are people who want to keep and build their wealth and power at the top of the corporate global pyramid and are supporters of the murderous industrial military complex. They are willing to sacrifice the future of their grandchildren and descendants and the rest of humanity for immediate gain.
Sadly sadly – yes. This is where we are.
John,
Thanks for showing us their demented, racist, and authoritarian response. It was full of lies deflections and dishonesty, of course.
Hate for “Master Soros” is repeatedly invoked. BLM and antifa are “terrorists”. Eric Holder and Obama are slimed.
Trump’s racist attacks on the exonerated Central Park 5 are excused and defended. etc.
Stupid? Maybe. Ignorant? Willfully. Liars? Absolutely. Racist and hateful? Obviously.
Heres the other side of the isle looking at you.
https://druidikal.wordpress.com/2018/10/13/idiot-liberal-screed-debunked/
One of the best well-done pieces that describe Trumpanzees perfectly!
In politics, stupidity is relative. If you look at the way the Dem leadership has behaved during the impeachment, that was the true definition of stupidity, bad decision making and incompetent leadership. I am no Trump supporter, but the Dem party is wacko.
Notice the gleeful cruelty evidenced by the authoritarian personality above.
It’s all about who they HATE. They hate liberals, progressives, minorities, educators, scientists and journalists because they all have different experiences, or know more about the world, than they and their Orange Messiah of Hatred do.
Trump’s racist birtherism called his cult to order, and they worship him for uniting them in their anger, racism, and cruelty.
And yes, most are stupid, illiterate or outright racist. No wonder the Klan and neo-Nazis love Trump.
He has not defeated ISIS
Well as I live and breath….a reasonable answer to the trumpies
At the origins author’s request, this is the preferred version of this post.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10217374643820634&id=1310152014
Another anguished post from a Trump supporter: “Why do liberals think Trump supporters are stupid?”
The serious answer.
Sigh; we do sometimes fall into that rhetorical trap, out of frustration, but if we were to be 100% honest with you we would admit that we find quite a few people on our own side stupid as well, mostly people who have boiled all the complicated issues into slogans and really don’t comprehend what they’re saying. I think you guys probably look at the dumber of your compatriots and think, “Jesus, this guy’s barely rubbing his brain cells together, but at least he can wave a sign.”
No, this is what we really think about Trump supporters, the rich, the poor, the malignant and the innocently well-meaning, the ones who think and the ones who don’t.
That when you saw a man who had owned a fraudulent University, intent on scamming poor people, you thought “Fine.”
That when you saw a man who had made it his business practice to stiff his creditors, you said, “Okay.”
That when you heard him proudly brag about his own history of sexual abuse, you said, “No problem.”
That when he made up stories about seeing muslim-Americans in the thousands cheering the destruction of the World Trade Center, you said, “Not an issue.”
That when you saw him brag that he could shoot a man on Fifth Avenue and you wouldn’t care, you chirped, “He sure knows me.”
That when you heard him illustrate his own character by telling that cute story about the elderly guest bleeding on the floor at his country club, the story about how he turned his back and how it was all an imposition on him, you said, “That’s cool!”
That when you saw him mock the disabled, you thought it was the funniest thing you ever saw.
That when you heard him brag that he doesn’t read books, you said, “Well, who has time?”
That when the Central Park Five were compensated as innocent men convicted of a crime they didn’t commit, and he angrily said that they should still be in prison, you said, “That makes sense.”
That when you heard him tell his supporters to beat up protesters and that he would hire attorneys, you thought, “Yes!”
That when you heard him tell one rally to confiscate a man’s coat before throwing him out into the freezing cold, you said, “What a great guy!”
That you have watched the parade of neo-Nazis and white supremacists with whom he curries favor, while refusing to condemn outright Nazis, and you have said, “Thumbs up!”
That you hear him unable to talk to foreign dignitaries without insulting their countries and demanding that they praise his electoral win, you said, “That’s the way I want my President to be.”
That you have watched him remove expertise from all layers of government in favor of people who make money off of eliminating protections in the industries they’re supposed to be regulating and you have said, “What a genius!”
That you have heard him continue to profit from his businesses, in part by leveraging his position as President, to the point of overcharging the Secret Service for space in the properties he owns, and you have said, “That’s smart!”
That you have heard him say that it was difficult to help Puerto Rico because it was the middle of water and you have said, “That makes sense.”
That you have seen him start fights with every country from Canada to New Zealand while praising Russia and quote, “falling in love” with the dictator of North Korea, and you have said, “That’s statesmanship!”
That you have witnessed all the thousand and one other manifestations of corruption and low moral character and outright animalistic rudeness and contempt for you, the working American voter, and you still show up grinning and wearing your MAGA hats and threatening to beat up anybody who says otherwise.
What you don’t get, Trump supporters in 2018, is that succumbing to frustration and thinking of you as stupid may be wrong and unhelpful, but it’s also…hear me…charitable.
Because if you’re NOT stupid, we must turn to other explanations, and most of them are *less* flattering.
Thanks. I’ll try to edit it in, if not I will link it. #voteblue2020
Peni Delina Petard is not the author. She did not write this and did not have the right to grant you permission to reprint or republish it.
The actual author is Adam-Troy Castro.
Thank you. We have corrected the error.
He is writing his name with a hyphen though: Adam-Troy.
Thank you. It is fixed, and the mistake was most regrettable.
Just think. You get four more years. Lol
At the very least, credit the original author of the piece. It is a despicable thing to take credit for someone else’s labor.
Well, we thought we had credited the original author. We did our due diligence, and made a mistake. It has been corrected.
I am the author, not this plagiarist.
We’ve got your back!
My apologies, however, we always do our due diligence when it comes to ownership of intellectual property. When contacted, Ms. Petard, under whose name this was found on Facebook, granted us permission to reprint it. I have granted you credit for this fine piece, and again my apologies. #anybodybuttrump2020
It appears not only the Trumpers are stupid 🙂 – I’ve used other peoples words in articles myself, but I always let the editor know!
Great article (by you) by the way 🙂
Let’s just say it. Stupidity is one reason. Greed for those business oriented is another but the primary fuel for the Trump fire is hatred. That is plain and simple, even if you see a few minorities at the rallies. Hatred is the soul of it all.
This whole thread is the most inaccurate and hateful bunch of deplorables all bitching because they lost the election. Obama all but ruined this country and hillary would have made it collapse even further. Democrats have nothing to offer but socialism. Is that what you STUPID Democrats want for our country? You are the haters!! PERIOD!
David sounds like the “very fine people” who blame Obama for racism.
You MAGAts keep saying Obama ruined the country. What did he do that hurt you directly? Why are you so butt-hurt?
Under Obama the economy was improving, employment numbers were rising, etc. We know what their real problem was. They desperately wanted to “take back America”… from the black guy.
Poor David has no facts to support his lies, of course. He just needs to proudly display his unquestioned indoctrination, like the true believers of all cults do.
Agreed…Greed and Selfishness!
Michael : There were illegal caravans actually. I mentioned them in an article some time back. If memory serves, Timmy(?) questioned the validity as nothing was on US news outlets. He Googled as I suggested and saw that there were. In fact, one US town near the border – forget which one – was holding protests about it.
Not a fan of Trump personally so I’m assuming everything else, apart from that, is correct?
Nope. There were no old bean, at least not the hundreds of thousands claimed by Trump.
No idea of the numbers – more like hundreds than thousands I would think, but there was deffo a protest in the border town on the USA side at the time.
The economy is booming? They said that in the Summer of ’29, but face it, economics is a very difficult area in which to be an expert and one season’s genius is the next one’s goat. Yet everyone watches the TV or listens to his barber or broker and thinks he knows the economy is booming. He doesn’t remember when it really was and he listened to Fox and said Clinton’s was a “DISASTER.”
Remember when a poll of the Tea Party showed the majority had no idea whether taxes were up or down? Ersatz expertise is very effective in screwing people. Trump is good at it.
I am certainly no economist, but as every dime I make comes from the markets I pay attention. The signs are mixed and disturbing and unstable. Every good trend is a straight line beginning with Obama. The Dow Jones is not the economy, nor the S&P and when you lose a thousand points because there’s a new kind of flu in China you just might be dead wrong.
Did you forget he inherited low unemployment and a good economy . ISIS had been in it’s way to being defeated before he was elected.
His tax reform helped the wealthy & corporations more than anyone else. His tax reform had lead to the highest deficit in over 7 years.
Don’t you find it amazing that those so called caravans just disappeared after the 2018 elections.
There were no caravans, and his tax reform served the wealthy and INCREASED the deficit to the highest point in history. You talk about the deficit as if it’s a good thing? It’s not. All of the other financial considerations HE inherited from Obama, and as to ISIS it is NOT defeated, and if it were even I would give the buffoon credit. Please start watching something other than FOX News.
Lol sounds like a bunch of feelings were hurt..how about look at substantial facts for once and how he defeated ISIS, economy is booming, unfair trade agreements renegotiated to better America, asking NATO countries to contribute more to their own defense, lowest minority unemployment rates among minorities, ensuring Mexico does more to combat illegal immigration caravans, tax reform, combating opioid crisis leading to an increase in american life expectancy for the first time in years, etc. etc..like come on.
Hey turn around, see over in the yonders over there that is Felicia, she is the patron saint of farewells.
Right, so you’re fine with all of his terrible behavior and everything wrong with him because he did some things you like? Even if you could prove that anything Trump has done has actually resulted in what you listed, which you can’t, you’re willing to make a deal with the devil to accomplish your goals. It doesn’t matter to you who gets hurt or what wrongs are done, just so long as what you want is completed. You are direct proof of what the author wrote.
Excellent Reply to David!
life expectancy is a rough figure based on a multitude of factors. As others state, the ends justify the means is your thinking. Pitiful.
“…combating opioid crisis leading to an increase in American life expectancy for the first time in years” you might want to revisit that. Per the CDC, American life expectancy has declined in each of the past three years. I don’t think he has spent a dime on the opioid crisis.
“lowest minority unemployment rates among minorities”
As opposed to, say, lowest minority unemployment rates among, what? Buicks?
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I think “Fake news” was left out, but this was a great article. There must be another reason not mentioned. A reason I cannot figure out: Some trump supporters are smart, kind and are not stupid. They are trump supporters. Why?
worth Edwards I believe they fail to fully understand what has caused their lifestyle such that they want ‘to make America great again’….when they realize it is the likes of people like Trump who has ripped them off at every turn, perhaps they will redirect their loyalty???
As I have said here before, 1 out of 3 supporters of mango Mussolini is just as stupid as the other 2 and I will keep saying it, no matter who tells me but but Jess you really need to try and see where they are coming from and don’t discount their feelings. As long as they support him, they support hate that has no business in polite society.
I don’t even see this as a question because the answer is written in the faces of the fanatics. They see as he is and he is all those things you have written.
They are called deploables for a reason aren’t they. Well named HILLS!
Well said!
“Because if you’re NOT stupid, we must turn to other explanations, and most of them are less flattering.” Like You are just as self centered, fraudulent, immoral, ignorant, narcissus, bigoted, insensitive, rude, crude cruel and self-serving as he is.
exactly!
best reply!!! be sure to buddy up at the polls. Take with you a new voter or two.
Nuff said!
I can’t think of anything you’ve forgotten!
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/01/17/the-horror-of-trumps-wounded-knee-tweet-224024
Awesome read, and right on the mark everywhere you look!!!!