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Larrybanal

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58. exactly

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #2)

Sun Mar 11, 2018, 05:50 PM

Mar 2018

they see themselves in trumps boorish glory

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Why do so many people think it's OK for Trump to behave like a low-class, ill-mannered boor? [View all] The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2018 OP

Good question Meowmee Mar 2018 #1

Same here Roy Rolling Mar 2018 #33

We had something similar when I was a kid but it went like this... smirkymonkey Mar 2018 #68

Ok, *I* remember phylny Mar 2018 #123

I remember it as- dawg day Mar 2018 #136

I remember Meowmee Mar 2018 #116

I suspect the people who voted for him think it's OK for him to behave badly. CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2018 #2

They have been told by trump,faux etc. that having kacekwl Mar 2018 #41

Yes kacekwl Ohiogal Mar 2018 #47

This. n/t Different Drummer Mar 2018 #90

exactly. turn on any republican talk radio station and hear the excuses and certainot Mar 2018 #95

but call them racist or assholes Alpeduez21 Mar 2018 #127

imo, as long as democrats ignore rw radio it doesn't matter much what dems say certainot Mar 2018 #131

I believe you have the answer. old guy Mar 2018 #51

Thank you, old guy! n/t CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2018 #54

exactly Larrybanal Mar 2018 #58

EXACTLY TNNurse Mar 2018 #60

Trump is saying the things True Blue American Mar 2018 #61

TV has alot to do with it bdamomma Mar 2018 #99

It really IS that simple! Plucketeer Mar 2018 #88

A shame his suppporters and much of media are normalizing outrageous lying, bullying, insulting wishstar Mar 2018 #3

To a point.... SergeStorms Mar 2018 #77

yeah i used to think that was just a phrase. barbtries Mar 2018 #122

Yep! SergeStorms Mar 2018 #124

every time i think of this stupid parade barbtries Mar 2018 #125

Catch 22. SergeStorms Mar 2018 #139

yep barbtries Mar 2018 #140

Excellent choice! SergeStorms Mar 2018 #141

He's the 21st-century American version of Commodus dalton99a Mar 2018 #4

Popularization of discourse. Igel Mar 2018 #5

When I was in elementary school in a rural area in the 1950s, I discovered that the enough Mar 2018 #6

I think you are on to something. smirkymonkey Mar 2018 #72

WHy is M$Greedia covering this shit? malaise Mar 2018 #7

Purely for the ratings AdamGG Mar 2018 #67

From what I've seen and heard, most of his supporters think Arkansas Granny Mar 2018 #8

They're living vicariously through him MustLoveBeagles Mar 2018 #9

You've probably nailed it. Miles Archer Mar 2018 #102

Well stated . The deplorables also believe they are the decent ones by acting that way. lunasun Mar 2018 #107

The rightwing media just talks on as if all this were... normal. ananda Mar 2018 #10

Unfortunately, the MSM does, too, not just the media that are openly acknowledged tblue37 Mar 2018 #27

I called MSNBC and CNN to complain. BigmanPigman Mar 2018 #62

I did as well. Its to the point that they need a warning onecaliberal Mar 2018 #78

Yeah!!! Good for you! BigmanPigman Mar 2018 #80

projection. NRaleighLiberal Mar 2018 #11

Worst case of arrested development ever seen... Mopar151 Mar 2018 #12

Name-calling is very Presidential. moondust Mar 2018 #13

Could it be because low-class, ill-mannered boors rock Mar 2018 #14

Exactly what I was going to post, rock. nt sheshe2 Mar 2018 #19

Yeah, and we're suppose to respect Cha Mar 2018 #108

A dark and twisted version of America. sheshe2 Mar 2018 #109

YES YES YES!!!! Alpeduez21 Mar 2018 #129

They see themselves in him. sprinkleeninow Mar 2018 #70

Didn't you see Bill Maher's latest show? Paladin Mar 2018 #15

I turned it off after the opening monologue Blecht Mar 2018 #30

I'll tell you the only revelation of the show: Paladin Mar 2018 #45

Youre one of us Nevernose Mar 2018 #16

They think it should okay for white people to behave that way... Orsino Mar 2018 #17

Ignorance is strength? world wide wally Mar 2018 #18

Double plus good! Gabi Hayes Mar 2018 #44

The politics of the middle finger. JHB Mar 2018 #20

"because it pisses off liberals" renate Mar 2018 #49

They like it, and want to believe they'd act the same in his position. Hoyt Mar 2018 #21

because they are sick fucks Skittles Mar 2018 #22

Too many of them were brought up to have exceptions to whom should be treated decently muriel_volestrangler Mar 2018 #23

My spouse and I GallopingGhost Mar 2018 #24

I'm with you and your spouse. n/t MBS Mar 2018 #31

When I see his GallopingGhost Mar 2018 #113

One word: FEAR Fritz Walter Mar 2018 #25

I keep hearing "let Trump be Trump" from the more rabid RWNJs... Buns_of_Fire Mar 2018 #26

They got that from Steve Bannon FakeNoose Mar 2018 #93

There Was A Moron On CSPAN WJ This Morning ProfessorGAC Mar 2018 #28

Trump is actually on a very high plain bucolic_frolic Mar 2018 #29

Trump's always been this way crazycatlady Mar 2018 #32

Everybody knows that. The question is, why is his behavior tolerated The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2018 #38

TBH I'm surprised that he got past the primary crazycatlady Mar 2018 #46

Because he'll appoint the judges that they want. nt DesertRat Mar 2018 #34

Because half of them or more behave the same way. nt Blue_true Mar 2018 #35

Off the cuff comments, no holding back... magicarpet Mar 2018 #87

Maybe there's a mob mentality at these rallies. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2018 #36

"Telling it like it is" equals Trump equals strength to them steve2470 Mar 2018 #37

Most of trump supporters have no manners Miigwech Mar 2018 #39

Easy - they themselves are low-class, ill-mannered boors. Initech Mar 2018 #40

They are a mirror image of his highness. Butterflylady Mar 2018 #42

Good discussion on this subject.. mountain grammy Mar 2018 #43

Because he shits on the people they hate. LuvLoogie Mar 2018 #48

Because they're low-class and ill-mannered . . . hatrack Mar 2018 #50

those who do are also low-class boors. pangaia Mar 2018 #52

Boors of a feather... nt Xipe Totec Mar 2018 #53

He's old, white, scared, hateful and bigoted just like they are Awsi Dooger Mar 2018 #55

I think that is it. leftyladyfrommo Mar 2018 #66

tRump insults people, then says that this person or that person stopbush Mar 2018 #56

What's his approval? SayItLoud Mar 2018 #57

Also why to they shrug off horrendous scandals that would destroy the career of any other politician Kablooie Mar 2018 #59

Trump has exposed (to me) an underbelly of America that I had no idea existed mchill Mar 2018 #63

TRUMP and his behavior are accepted because this is what we have become as a society. Still In Wisconsin Mar 2018 #64

I agree with you, except-- janx Mar 2018 #71

You are, of course, correct. There are still pockets of civil society left in this country. Still In Wisconsin Mar 2018 #89

'Cause they're dingbats? sprinkleeninow Mar 2018 #65

Because a lot of white men are entitled pigs askyagerz Mar 2018 #69

That may be true, but this kind of behavior was never acceptable The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2018 #84

There has always been a large portion of these people askyagerz Mar 2018 #98

What we used to call manners or civility CanonRay Mar 2018 #73

It's primitive, tribal behavior... ewagner Mar 2018 #74

But why now, and why this guy? Politics has always been a nasty business, The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2018 #79

I've been in politics since the 60s also... ewagner Mar 2018 #92

Good question... ewagner Mar 2018 #143

Dunning Kruger effect...nt SayitAintSo Mar 2018 #75

Some of his voters have deserted him due to this. lark Mar 2018 #76

His lowbrow voters view this as proof he's a "regular guy" Jake Stern Mar 2018 #81

Because that's exactly how they wish they could act. dawg Mar 2018 #82

Its obvious his mother thought her Donnie wasn't right..... Historic NY Mar 2018 #83

Great question... Niagara Mar 2018 #85

Easy--he's not Hillary. KatyaR Mar 2018 #86

The answer to your question is in the first four words you asked GusBob Mar 2018 #91

Conservatives are unbelievable hypocritical. Wasn't it just a few years ago they Nitram Mar 2018 #94

We must see the truths and honor the truths that advance this Democracy's Posterity Civic Justice Mar 2018 #96

The deplorables are like drumpf with regard to behavior and speech. democratisphere Mar 2018 #97

But they aren't, necessarily, and that's what I don't get. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2018 #100

So you must take people at face value. I don't. Many people can pretend democratisphere Mar 2018 #104

There was kid right behind him at his speech in PA where he used the term son of a bitch lunasun Mar 2018 #101

trump DownriverDem Mar 2018 #103

It is exceptional jimlup Mar 2018 #105

White male dominance is worshipped in red America. IluvPitties Mar 2018 #106

This Yavin4 Mar 2018 #134

Is he really that different from Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity? Amaryllis Mar 2018 #110

He's the president. That's a lot different from being a trash-mouthed, The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2018 #111

His supporters were Jspur Mar 2018 #112

Because he acts like they do. It's relatable. n/t TryingNot2Freak Mar 2018 #114

Because evil people prosper. joshcryer Mar 2018 #115

Have you seen Idiocracy? Wounded Bear Mar 2018 #117

Newt Gingrich bluecollar2 Mar 2018 #118

I blame reality TV. CrispyQ Mar 2018 #119

2 suspicions here: MadDAsHell Mar 2018 #120

we're not well. barbtries Mar 2018 #121

Because he is a racist Alpeduez21 Mar 2018 #126

because they act a lot like him nt njhoneybadger Mar 2018 #128

The brutal truth is DonCoquixote Mar 2018 #130

It's like watching the Three Stooges... C_U_L8R Mar 2018 #132

They are him and he is they Yavin4 Mar 2018 #133

Peas in a pod stick together, something like that ... n/t RKP5637 Mar 2018 #135

Because, and I'll say it again for the millionth time... Blue_Tires Mar 2018 #137

Because he is *their* low-class, ill-mannered boor. SeattleVet Mar 2018 #138

I ask that same question to myself often. What has happened to basic morals? UCmeNdc Mar 2018 #142