NP - Trump Supporters One Year Later

[Atticus Pinecone]

I don't see support for that. I want to understand. 

Trump hates whom?

His base hates whom?

And no, the answer isn't obvious. I live in one of the most intensely segregated areas of America—New England—which is a solid ice block of Democrats. 

All these equations that divide R/D so cleanly don't ring true.

On Nov 9, 2017, at 9:14 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

>> "The most important thing for his rock-solid base is that he hates the people they hate."
>> 
>> Wat part of this sentence is too hard for you to understand?  His base are rage against the Other addicts.  That's why they love Trump.  He is their cult leader.
>> 
>> David Morris
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>> On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 8:09 AM, Atticus Pinecone <atticuspinecone at gmail.com> wrote:
>> The article features poor, ignorant Republicans and Democrats who voted for Trump. 
>> 
>> There is a bad NFL joke at the end. And yes, it's an unfunny, racist joke.
>> 
>> But the equation you laid out doesn't support a QED stamp. It's rambling. The people in the article are obviously pretty dumb & poor. And absolutely downtrodden. 
>> 
>> They hate themselves? Or are you implying that all people who look different from them are downtrodden? That's who they hate?
>> 
>> (Asking for a friend)
>> 
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>> On Nov 8, 2017, at 10:54 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Att,
>>> Is that a question?  "wat"
>>> 
>>> The equation is simple:
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>>> Racial Hate is morally worse than Economic Downtroddeness, in most minds, but not if you are a Republican.  They hate the downtrodden, because they are moral predators, establishing corruption.
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>>> Being poor is a sin in Republican world.  They eat sin like candy.  Republicans love sin.  Anything can become sin, if we let them go there.
>>> 
>>> David Morris
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>>>> On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 8:58 PM Atticus Pinecone <atticuspinecone at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> wat
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>>>>> On Nov 8, 2017, at 5:01 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>>> https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/08/donald-trump-johnstown-pennsylvania-supporters-215800
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>>>>> The most important thing for his rock-solid base is that he hates the people they hate.  This has been obvious from the start but for some reason a whole lot of people want to put these people on some sort of pedestal and say they were primarily motivated by their economic status.
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