Do you think there is something mentally wrong with those who support Trump

[vorlon13]

But Hammy, having a SPECTACULAR republican FAIL is obviously in the Dems long term BEST STRATEGIC INTERESTS !!!

Give 'em all the rope they need !!!

[Mister Agenda]

Many of them are single-issue or a few issue voters: anti-abortion, anti-immigration, anti-gun control. They will vote for anyone who supports their pet issues and pretty much loathe any politician taking the opposite position. If Trump flames out, at least they got Gorsuch.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Yes. Because there's something mentally wrong with every homo sapien. Civilization is just a thin veneer on our barbaric and irrational tribal nature.

Call me barbaric one more time, and I will kill you and wear your liver as a sporran.

Boru

[mlmooney89]

I think some are racist, some are too patriotic that they are brainwashed, and some are just scared. I do think every person that has seen everything he has done and said has a hang up they need fixed but it's not a mental illness. Fear is the easiest to breed and he was very very good at creating it. Instead of looking at humanity as a whole he had them focus on the scary stuff and say their way of life is in danger. People fight for their way of life. The reason anti trump people are so angry is because we see past the fear he pushes and are afraid for humanity at his hands.

[Brian37]

I really just don't understand. Is it that they enjoy knowing that there isn't a Democrat in office anymore? They would rather see America go up in flames instead of actually having someone that will do good for the country? Anyone remember that stupid picture of Jesus and Trump? Do they honestly believe that Jesus is "guiding" Trump? I really just think a person that is still supporting Mr. Trump has something wrong with them. Does the concept country over party mean anything to these people anymore?

It would depend on the individual. I would however say that the GOP for 36 years have used the vile tactic and unfortunately successfully so, the slur that anyone questioning the top earners and the religious right, have gotten falsely painted as anti private sector and anti religion. I also don't think the GOP gerrymandering in that 36 years has helped, but nether has voter apathy by democrats has helped.

Other  than that no. I have a best friend who is a liberal in Oklahoma, and like me, he has talked to his family and says they agree on just about everything but as soon as party gets mentioned, his family shuts down. My own mother was a mostly GOP voter her entire life. But to her credit, even she couldn't stand Trump's vile hateful demagoguery.

I am sure there are Trump supporters whom are only supporting the party but wish he would shut his trap. Their problem is that he wont. It is more a matter of compartmentalizing for those than it is being mentally ill. Having said that, Trump won still by using fear and demagoguery and there were just enough motivated on the far right to push him to his win.

No, not all of his supporters are mentally ill, but they still have to wake up and accept that they have a very dangerous person as the head of their party.

[Omnisofos]

I'm still not sure how bad or good he actually is.....or will be....As an European looking from far away, and following US inland politics at a certain level, I have more problems with the fact he is being judged to soon in my opinion. Give him more time before you judge so hard, I would say...And the Main Stream Media in de USA (like CNN, NY Times etc), but also and especially the (so called funny) daily shows, only being negative and hard about his first months of being a President. And it is easy to manipulate the people via media.

Let's wait another year and see....please ask the question again somewhere in 2018. Or do you believe the USA has burnt down by than ?

I'm not a Trump supporter. But understand his political doctrine. Make the US big again !

Right?

[Brian37]

I'm still not sure how bad or good he actually is.....or will be....As an European looking from far away, and following US inland politics at a certain level, I have more problems with the fact he is being judged to soon in my opinion. Give him more time before you judge so hard, I would say...And the Main Stream Media in de USA (like CNN, NY Times etc), but also and especially the (so called funny) daily shows, only being negative and hard about his first months of being a President.  And it is easy to manipulate the people via media.

Let's wait another year and see....please ask the question again somewhere in 2018. Or do you believe the USA has burnt down by than ?

I'm not a Trump supporter. But understand his political doctrine. Make the US big again !

Right?

You may think you are trying to be fair, but no, this is nothing but blindness and shortsightedness.

Trump has been saying vile crap for 5 years. He took off with what that delusional lady started with the birther crap about Obama being a secret Muslim, long before he ran. The started his campaign off by scapegoating Mexican migrants with "they're rapists". Then attacked the military service of a DEAD SOLDIER just because he was Muslim knowing it would play well to his bigoted far right base. He couldn't even leave his own GOP John McCain alone regarding his service. He burned his way through the primaries burning his own party nominees to get the nomination. He vilified 17 intel agencies basically implying they didn't know what the fuck they were talking about. So much so that 50 former REPUBLICAN law agents signed a a letter warning the nation what a Trump presidency could lead to.

It isn't about giving him a chance, he was never fit. The only thing keeping him in office is that he has just enough delusional supporters who are taking the cheap win because a win is more important to them than the clear lack of ethics and clear lack of understanding of what national and global diplomacy is required to lead as President.

Trump IS NOT a left or right issue. You cant give someone a chance if all they do is vilify and scapegoat, nor should you.

[Neo-Scholastic]

To the OP: Do you think it improves civil discourse when you start by assuming that the person with whom you disagree is evil or insane?

[downbeatplumb]

Trump seems to infect insanity amongst his detractors too.


A rather totipotent pathology.

Who is that man holding the severed head?

[vorlon13]

I'm still awestruck from my managing to get 'totipotent' and 'pathology' in the same sentence.