Do you think Trump supporters are too stupid to realize they are stupid

[Brian37]

Hillary lost the election. Get over it.

Fuck you. We don't want to hear shit from you after 5 years of Trump'd demagoguery of Obama long before she ran, and his vile campaign was not just attacking her, he couldn't even leave McCain alone or intel alone. He treated everyone in his party primaries like shit too. 

Let me tell you what that asshole will leave us with, the same shit Bush left us with, IF we are lucky, but it will be worse, if we are lucky he wont tweet us into WW3.

In America we have elections every year so in November 17 and November 18 and November 19 I will be voting against all the fucking GOP assholes in my state, and I will vote in 2020 for any democrat that wins our nomination. 

Not about getting over it asshole. You like a self centered asshole bully narcissist. Assholes like that run dictatorships and banana republics. I could give a shit less about Hillary now, that is done and over. His TONE is not good for politics and his tone is what leads to erosion of pluralism long term. If other politicians take his attitude that they can demagogue and vilify to a win, that can have potential to destroy our western system.

I don't like bullies so no, I will NOT get over it. For me, it is not about her, but his vile political demagoguery that he aimed at even his own as well as entire groups of people.

[popeyespappy]

I was going to say Dunning–Kruger, but Tazzycorn beat me to it.

[Mister Agenda]

Calling some of them dumb as bricks would be an insult to bricks. Those attended his rallies in droves and can be counted on for sound bites on how they want to get to the bottom of Obama's negligence in the Hurricane Katrina debacle, saying how women deserve respect while wearing a 'Trump that bitch' t-shirt, or getting bussed in for a demonstration where they accuse the other side of getting bussed in. However, half of Americans are below average by definition and the rallies and protests were clearly precision-targeted at the lowest common denominator.

However: The median income of Trump voters was higher than the national average. Trump won a large share of college educated voters in New Hampshire and Nevada. Like any other large group, Trump voters were a spectrum.

I suspect that a profile of those who continue to support him now that he's demonstrated what kind of leader he is would be much less flattering.

[Lek]

Fuck you. We don't want to hear shit from you after 5 years of Trump'd demagoguery of Obama long before she ran, and his vile campaign was not just attacking her, he couldn't even leave McCain alone or intel alone. He treated everyone in his party primaries like shit too. 

Let me tell you what that asshole will leave us with, the same shit Bush left us with, IF we are lucky, but it will be worse, if we are lucky he wont tweet us into WW3.

In America we have elections every year so in November 17 and November 18 and November 19 I will be voting against all the fucking GOP assholes in my state, and I will vote in 2020 for any democrat that wins our nomination. 

Not about getting over it asshole. You like a self centered asshole bully narcissist. Assholes like that run dictatorships and banana republics. I could give a shit less about Hillary now, that is done and over. His TONE is not good for politics and his tone is what leads to erosion of pluralism long term. If other politicians take his attitude that they can demagogue and vilify to a win, that can have potential to destroy our western system.

I don't like bullies so no, I will NOT get over it. For me, it is not about her, but his vile political demagoguery that he aimed at even his own as well as entire groups of people.

This is one of the best examples of hatred I've seen lately. Don't worry about destroying our western system. It's already been destroyed and is being played out on college campuses and in the streets.

[drfuzzy]

I have cousins who are rabid Trump supporters.  Do I think they are stupid?  Not necessarily.  All three are college-educated and relatively bright.  HOWEVER - they live in a part of the country that has lost a lot of jobs - mostly to progress.  They live in a part of the country that is almost completely lower-class and white.  And they live in a part of the country that is almost 100% Protestant Fundamentalist.  They follow preachers like Franklin Graham slavishly.  Trump (and the preachers) fed into their fears.  They are absolutely convinced that the Muslims, atheists, and queers have already taken over their country.  They're sure that they would be unable to find a job in any major city because they're CHRISTIAN.  It's just - - - mind-boggling how brainwashed and fearful these people are.

[mlmooney89]

I have a lot of people I know that voted for him and yet none seem sorry they did. They still see him as some stupid idol. Then again most are ignorant racists sooo...

[Aroura]

The first rule of Dunning-Kruger club is not to know you are in Dunning-Kruger club.

[Brian37]

I have some friends who are avid Trump supporters. One of them sent me an article about how Mexico's economy is collapsing and this friend was praising it. Sort of a "HA HA in your face Mexicans" type of thing. However, this idiot seemed to not understand two simple things. 1: Mexico is a large player in the global economy and having them fail would be devastating. I honestly think this guy believes that all of Mexico is like Nogales or something. 2: If Mexico's economy somehow did fail then what does that mean for America? Yup! More immigrants. Something Trump and his following seem to hate. I also proceeded to say that along with this influx of immigration, the majority of Americans could be speaking Spanish by 2050 so might as well start learning it. I told him in that second scenario his head would literally explode.

Trump supporters have different motivations and come in all classes. Some of these morons, like Caitlynn Jenner support the party because MONEY but still ignore that not only does Trump appeal to bigots whom hate Mexicans and Arabs but LGBT as well. I don't think all GOP/Trump supporters support the GOP for the same reasons.

But some of these idiots on the boarder who voted for him are now regretting it because putting up a wall might cut some communities in half literally and those republicans were too fucking stupid to think about that at the time.

And this too. For the same reason China doesn't want North Korea to fall, an economic collapse would create a huge refugee problem. And considering some Central and South American nations have authoritarian rule, when you look back at revolutions, they seem to boomerang to the opposite of what they were when the nation collapsed. Yea, lets leave Mexico to rot so Russia or China can say, "We'll help you", then we have another Cuba next to us.

[Jackalope]

Like any other large group, Trump voters were a spectrum.

Indeed, and it seems to me that no matter what I or anything else may think of their choice, the only reliable inference one can make about Trump voters is that they voted for Trump. Anything else seems to be overly broad generalizing and stereotyping, neither of which are particularly useful.

[Jackalope]

The first rule of Dunning-Kruger club is not to know you are in Dunning-Kruger club.

It would seem tautologically true that it's the only rule.