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calimary

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21. True. They love him because he makes it okay to be "out 'n' proud" about
Mon Oct 21, 2019, 12:44 PM
Oct 2019

their racism, sexism, homophobia, xenophobia, meanness, in-yer-face hostility, victimhood, and general nastiness.

All that stuff that they had to keep locked away in the proverbial closet because it wasn’t “nice.” trump tells them in word and deed that all that shitty behavior and all those shitty thoughts and opinions that Mom said weren’t nice (“we don’t say things like that”), hell, have at it! Yes you CAN talk that way, and it’s okay to feel that way! You sick of all that “P.C.” crap? Screw that! Go ahead and talk that way and be that way. Don’t keep those inner demons suppressed or stifled. Hell, take ‘em out into the open and dance all over town with ‘em!

All things deplorable. safeinOhio Oct 2019 #1
The problem is Bettie Oct 2019 #2
Exactly Right. They want to BE him. bitterross Oct 2019 #18
He's just like THEM! PCIntern Oct 2019 #3
Been seeing numbers for deplorables lately at DU in the 20%-28% range - thats manageable. empedocles Oct 2019 #4
They LOVE these qualities SlogginThroughIt Oct 2019 #5
True. They love him because he makes it okay to be "out 'n' proud" about calimary Oct 2019 #21
Sorry but all your words... N_E_1 for Tennis Oct 2019 #6
I'd say that sums up the orange piece of sheit quite nicely, thank you.. a kennedy Oct 2019 #7
americans can hang all this shit around their necks at the same time by associating him with certainot Oct 2019 #8
You do realize, I hope, that his followers are most likely many and/or all of those things also. llmart Oct 2019 #9
When they FINALLY Scarsdale Oct 2019 #10
Your statement "Republicans have always catered to the wealthy." ... aggiesal Oct 2019 #20
Sadly, most of the things you listed are exactly why they worship him. catbyte Oct 2019 #11
They seem nice. renate Oct 2019 #16
LOL leftieNanner Oct 2019 #19
They don't care.... paleotn Oct 2019 #12
Operative word "informed". Wish our candidates Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2019 #13
others have noted they either don't care or love him for this. it's worse than that. unblock Oct 2019 #14
He thinks they're losers Johonny Oct 2019 #15
He is responsible for the "Turkish Atrocity 2019" -- a mass murder NCjack Oct 2019 #17
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