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In reply to the discussion: So - if this is the general concensus as to disabilities, it may be time for me to leave DU. [View all]pnwmom
(108,975 posts)59. 538: Education, not income, predicted who voted in Trump in 2016.
As a group, the less well educated voted for Trump and the more well-educated, for Hillary.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/education-not-income-predicted-who-would-vote-for-trump/
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So - if this is the general concensus as to disabilities, it may be time for me to leave DU. [View all]
Ms. Toad
Aug 2019
OP
It was a thread about a child with disabilities - and there are a lot of DU members
Ms. Toad
Aug 2019
#6
The responses may have been skewed in that only those with strong 'anti' opinions clicked in
Chemisse
Aug 2019
#102
I understand your concern and how you could see those responses as representative.
Eliot Rosewater
Aug 2019
#76
Actua, there have been studied that show that negative feelings motivate more comments
tblue37
Aug 2019
#38
My kids and I were at a family Pizza place, and old couple was chastizing a single mom.
TheBlackAdder
Aug 2019
#23
I hear you, as I've noticed that as I've gotten older I have far less patience than I use to.
MLAA
Aug 2019
#66
Definitely against any kind of exclusion or discrimination. Could be any of us or our family,
Hoyt
Aug 2019
#10
The homophobic nonsense is very challenging but - unfortunately not terribly surprising.
Ms. Toad
Aug 2019
#15
I didn't see that thread, Ms. Toad, but I would have strongly been on your side of the argument.
pnwmom
Aug 2019
#21
Thanks - I really was just testing to see where DU is, after a rough day in real life
Ms. Toad
Aug 2019
#28
That is what I was hoping to confirm by asking the question outside of the thread.
Ms. Toad
Aug 2019
#33
That's not necessarily true. Non-Trump voters are more highly educated than Trump voters,
pnwmom
Aug 2019
#35
I suspect that your respondents were a non-representative self-selected group. Those
tblue37
Aug 2019
#30
People with disabilities have every right to live their lives like everyone else.
onecaliberal
Aug 2019
#39
It was a sincere question. I used to be in retail and restaurant management. I was
Tech
Aug 2019
#45
So basically they were saying, "We don't want 'your/that kind' around here"...
WePurrsevere
Aug 2019
#51