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In reply to the discussion: Why do so many people think it's OK for Trump to behave like a low-class, ill-mannered boor? [View all]Cha
(297,848 posts)108. Yeah, and we're suppose to respect
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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
I suspect the people who voted for him think it's OK for him to behave badly.
CaliforniaPeggy
Mar 2018
#2
imo, as long as democrats ignore rw radio it doesn't matter much what dems say
certainot
Mar 2018
#131
A shame his suppporters and much of media are normalizing outrageous lying, bullying, insulting
wishstar
Mar 2018
#3
When I was in elementary school in a rural area in the 1950s, I discovered that the
enough
Mar 2018
#6
Well stated . The deplorables also believe they are the decent ones by acting that way.
lunasun
Mar 2018
#107
Unfortunately, the MSM does, too, not just the media that are openly acknowledged
tblue37
Mar 2018
#27
Too many of them were brought up to have exceptions to whom should be treated decently
muriel_volestrangler
Mar 2018
#23
Everybody knows that. The question is, why is his behavior tolerated
The Velveteen Ocelot
Mar 2018
#38
Also why to they shrug off horrendous scandals that would destroy the career of any other politician
Kablooie
Mar 2018
#59
TRUMP and his behavior are accepted because this is what we have become as a society.
Still In Wisconsin
Mar 2018
#64
You are, of course, correct. There are still pockets of civil society left in this country.
Still In Wisconsin
Mar 2018
#89
But why now, and why this guy? Politics has always been a nasty business,
The Velveteen Ocelot
Mar 2018
#79
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
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
He's the president. That's a lot different from being a trash-mouthed,
The Velveteen Ocelot
Mar 2018
#111