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steve  ·  3201 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Can some explain to me why would anyone vote for Trump?

dumb is the wrong word... I remember thinking it wasn't quite right... but I was in a hurry... I still haven't figured out the right word.





BrainBurner  ·  3200 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Perhaps uneducated? Or willingly ignorant, take your pick.

user-inactivated  ·  3201 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Angry, frustrated, afraid, those work better. People voting for Trump are not dumb; I'm surrounded by them and don't fucking dare put up a Sanders decal unless I want rocks thrown through my windows. People outside of the big tech cities are watching amazing things happen somewhere else as their way of life is slipping away... and nobody seems to care or even give a shit as long as the Internet is working and the pizza is being delivered for the sports stuff this weekend.

Trump himself will be a joke and I am not afraid of him. I'm scared and concerned about what friends of his will be running the FCC, SEC, DEA, FDA, EPA etc. That is where the real fear should be. Of all the candidates, the only one that I think gives a damn about anyone who really needs to be told "hey, it sucks now but I'm working on it, I got your back" is Sanders. And the neat thing to watch is that the more some of these diehards are hearing about him because they hate the Clintons, the more they are telling me that he makes sense and seems genuine.

user-inactivated  ·  3201 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Oh, I understand using it. I think desperate is closer though.