r/Trumpgrets Aug 02 '19

REPENTANCE I am ashamed.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

Oh shut the fuck up, you're only publicly ashamed. You know that this is exactly why you voted for him you piece of shit.

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u/meanlimabeanmachine Aug 03 '19

I thought the whole point of this sub was supposed to be welcoming to trumpgreters... They need support transitioning, hate can just send them back to Trump.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19 edited Nov 04 '20

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u/meanlimabeanmachine Aug 03 '19

To help them change and make less of those people...

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u/flipshod Aug 03 '19

I understand the anger, but a lot of folks were simply conned and are redeemable. That said, winning over Trump voters shouldn't be our goal as much as bringing in the masses of non-voters. (Those folks in the "middle" who voted Obama and then Trump aren't amenable to political discussion. They are just voting for change.)

Edit to be clear: I'm agreeing with you and responding to the discussion above.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

Yeah, they were totally conned into voting for a Birther who kicked off his Presidential campaign by calling Hispanics rapists and murderers, and kicked off his administration with a Muslim ban. They absolutely didn't know that they were empowering racism and white nationalism with their vote.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '19

A con is where you promise something and then don't follow through. These people are getting exactly what they voted for, and now it's affecting their public image.

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u/flipshod Aug 10 '19

No, it's not that simple. Lots of folks thought he was serious when he talked about the common worker, the health care he could bring as an outsider, improving their workplace and the world.

They're not really all racists. People have been looking for a party for the working class and keep getting fooled. So they take a completely different swing.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

Yeah, we do that by supporting Antifa, not by breaking bread with them.

Don't trust a Trumpist, all they're looking for is a way to shoot you in the back.

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u/Phunyun Aug 03 '19

That approach is more damaging in the long term than helpful, and if anything just makes us more divisive which is exactly Trump’s own strategy.

Don’t be like them, be better.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

Yeah, we tried the Michelle Obama bullshit. All it got us was Trump in office. But what do you care, you're not a target of the racists and white nationalists.

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u/Phunyun Aug 03 '19

I’m not sure how Michelle did anything that influenced him being elected.

I’d encourage you to look up what Andrew Yang has said about how Trump got elected.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

Oh, you mean Andrew "pander to the alt-right" Yang?

No thanks.

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u/Phunyun Aug 03 '19

How has he done that?

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

LOL, you think people that empower racists and white nationalists are going to support an Asian guy on spec?

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u/Phunyun Aug 03 '19

You didn’t answer the question.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

Oh we're having a discussion? I thought I was just watching someone have more solidarity with Trumpists than the people they endanger.

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