Are they good, kind, and gentle to people of color, too? (Reply #92)

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Sat Jun 24, 2017, 09:47 PM

athena (4,187 posts)

92. Are they good, kind, and gentle to people of color, too?

Or only to white people who agree with them?

I know a Trump supporter, too. If you're a white person who agrees with her hateful, fearful, and racist rhetoric, she will seem "kind and gentle" on the surface. But there is nothing "kind and gentle" about the contemptuous way she talks about Black people. And the moment you disagree with her hateful rhetoric, she turns on you, and the fake gentleness disappears.

I'm sorry, but a person who supports Trump is a racist. If they were not racist, the dog-whistles blown by the right-wing media would not have resonated with them. There is simply no way that you will not find racism in a Trump supporter if you merely scratch a little below the surface. And there is absolutely nothing kind and gentle about a racist. They are the most hateful and dangerous people on earth. Stop making excuses for hateful people. Stop tolerating intolerance.

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I know some very good, kind and gentle Trump supporters. [View all]	PurgedVoter	Jun 2017	OP
They voted for a man who said "you can grab them by the pussy"	ismnotwasm	Jun 2017	#1
Yes, they did.	PurgedVoter	Jun 2017	#4
The hardcore Trump supporters I know are assholes. Really.	ismnotwasm	Jun 2017	#22
Yeah, me too.	mountain grammy	Jun 2017	#53
Me too, but they're nice to those they see as their own.	Hortensis	Jun 2017	#169
Honestly, I think it's impossible for a left wing version of what's wrong with the right.	mountain grammy	Jun 2017	#172
We're very different, and in my sincere opinion after	Hortensis	Jun 2017	#219
I don't think we're so different.	mountain grammy	Jun 2017	#251
Well, I agree w you too. Finally, the left is fighting back,	Alice11111	Jun 2017	#257
I agree. We would still probably be out of step w other	Alice11111	Jun 2017	#256
do you think this	bdamomma	Jun 2017	#250
blah blah blah -- quit excusing their bigotry	obamanut2012	Jun 2017	#23
+1	narnian60	Jun 2017	#209
+10,000	atreides1	Jun 2017	#227
+1000.	stonecutter357	Jun 2017	#231
They are asleep...every second of every day.	pangaia	Jun 2017	#30
You say they are caring and kind and help people...	sheshe2	Jun 2017	#32
Exactly.	athena	Jun 2017	#107
I know people of color who voted for him.	cwydro	Jun 2017	#121
ITA	brer cat	Jun 2017	#128
Thank you, brer cat.	athena	Jun 2017	#134
If they call clear videotape "a liberal media lie," then you consort with beyond-stupid creatures.	WinkyDink	Jun 2017	#200
Yes. Evil.	Jakes Progress	Jun 2017	#235
Completely squashing the argument "that was locker room talk"	rock	Jun 2017	#241
Is anyone good, kind and gentle 100% of the tim	marylandblue	Jun 2017	#5
They didn't vote FOR him because he said that, they voted for him IN SPITE of his saying that	trentwestcott	Jun 2017	#156
Dream on. Our style of government is not made to handle the kind of extremists that	catbyte	Jun 2017	#208
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Jun 2017	#218
add to that	mnmoderatedem	Jun 2017	#167
I begged my mother, in Texas, not to vote for him after that.	Alice11111	Jun 2017	#258
Fox brainwashing	Dem2	Jun 2017	#2
Excellent idea! n/t	femmedem	Jun 2017	#38
Are these the kind of people who watched the debates?	leftstreet	Jun 2017	#3
For the ones.I know, yes they saw all that	marylandblue	Jun 2017	#7
Are they telling you now they made a mistake?	leftstreet	Jun 2017	#12
I view bigotry as largely unconscious	marylandblue	Jun 2017	#42
It's amazing that all this targeting seems not to affect black women	La Lioness Priyanka	Jun 2017	#6
This is a fundamental truth that needs to be confronted.	yardwork	Jun 2017	#8
+ a zillion . Someone telling me it was men who liked voting for trump . I mention the low	lunasun	Jun 2017	#18
yup. it always comes down to that but people still want	JI7	Jun 2017	#19
And apparently	tazkcmo	Jun 2017	#34
Yeah, aren't we something?	Ligyron	Jun 2017	#68
Yup	La Lioness Priyanka	Jun 2017	#70
+1000	gollygee	Jun 2017	#46
Remember the song from "South Pacific"...	luvtheGWN	Jun 2017	#102
The song is bullshit.	Mariana	Jun 2017	#267
Nothing odd about that at all	Egnever	Jun 2017	#120
I think their "kind and gentle" nice is the biblical equivalent of praying on the street corners.	hunter	Jun 2017	#125
I Know Plenty of Them and They Are Perfectly Fine With Trump as Long as They can Get Their Tax Cuts	Stallion	Jun 2017	#9
Sorry, but no.....	Laurian	Jun 2017	#10
Yes I Tell Them Voting for Trump Goes on Their "Permanent Record"	Stallion	Jun 2017	#13
I agree! And when they and everyone they love lose their programs...	bresue	Jun 2017	#15
This message was self-deleted by its author	sharedvalues	Jun 2017	#11
who tells them they have to listen to Fox Fucking News?	Skittles	Jun 2017	#71
Have you told them to wake the f up yet?	Quanta	Jun 2017	#14
Sheep and dogs are nice too...but do we let them go off the cliff!!!	bresue	Jun 2017	#16
Tell the for me, in the nicest possible way, to go	rzemanfl	Jun 2017	#17
Kind and gentle but sorta fucked up huh? Oh well not everyone thinks for themselves but cool story	lunasun	Jun 2017	#20
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++	still_one	Jun 2017	#78
So true. I tried to warn them, but they were on some sort of high from the daring of this man.	The Wielding Truth	Jun 2017	#95
Sorry, they are not kind and gentle and good	obamanut2012	Jun 2017	#21
Let me be kind	malaise	Jun 2017	#24
I am fucking SICK of hearing excuses for Trump supporters	Skittles	Jun 2017	#72
For reals let me puke with you in unison	lunasun	Jun 2017	#81
Same here	malaise	Jun 2017	#165
I wouldn't let kids near them!	bettyellen	Jun 2017	#25
I wouldn't let them dog sit.	DemocratSinceBirth	Jun 2017	#26
I tell them what I believe	PurgedVoter	Jun 2017	#27
There can be no forgiveness for them.	sheshe2	Jun 2017	#36
I have neighbors like that, kind, always willing to help someone, and far from wealthy! However,	napi21	Jun 2017	#28
That sounds terribly familiar.	pangaia	Jun 2017	#88
AND they don't care! They live their own life. Might extend it to their neighborhood, but that's	napi21	Jun 2017	#146
I remember watching mobster movies when I was young	Patterson	Jun 2017	#29
Same with the Nazis that ran concentration camps.	Laffy Kat	Jun 2017	#116
I know of one decent Trump supporter and I think she's disconnected from the news.	Drunken Irishman	Jun 2017	#31
A lot of normally nice people can be stirred up to do bad things, like vote for Trump.	Buckeye_Democrat	Jun 2017	#33
More about fear...	Buckeye_Democrat	Jun 2017	#45
A lot of good Germans went outside and watched thier neighbors or storekeepers be removed to	lunasun	Jun 2017	#87
WOW. Awwwsome OP.	furtheradu	Jun 2017	#35
Trump gave ample examples that he is an asshole and a hater	SHRED	Jun 2017	#37
That is called the banality of evil.	ananda	Jun 2017	#39
people who are good, kind and gentle do NOT support misogynist, racist ASSHOLES	Skittles	Jun 2017	#40
They do if they are gullible and scared. n/t	janx	Jun 2017	#43
NO THEY DON'T	Skittles	Jun 2017	#48
They can if they're brainwashed by fear mongering. n/t	Buckeye_Democrat	Jun 2017	#54
I absolutely disagree	Skittles	Jun 2017	#66
Those people support him too, but there's still some people who were gullible enough...	Buckeye_Democrat	Jun 2017	#75
there is no excuse	Skittles	Jun 2017	#79
Oh, but it makes them feel good about themselves! Lol.	Buckeye_Democrat	Jun 2017	#84
And again, let's go back to Lioness's question: how come people of color are largely immune to	Squinch	Jun 2017	#69
you echo my sentiment above	Skittles	Jun 2017	#74
Have you ever met a black person who thinks that ALL cops are bad?	Buckeye_Democrat	Jun 2017	#76
How does that answer the question?	Squinch	Jun 2017	#93
I think some of them are brainwashed too, but I'll give another example.	Buckeye_Democrat	Jun 2017	#103
"I think some of them are brainwashed too." I lulzed.	Squinch	Jun 2017	#109
What's the question exactly? Brainwashing in general? That was answered.	Buckeye_Democrat	Jun 2017	#115
If you are someone who falls for the Trump(R), Breitbart, Fox news fearmongering,	Squinch	Jun 2017	#234
True, but...	Buckeye_Democrat	Jun 2017	#237
This BEGAN with the demonization of others. No one went to Fox and Breitbart	Squinch	Jun 2017	#253
If that's the case, there's better outlets than FOX News for that.	Buckeye_Democrat	Jun 2017	#254
But the more extreme sites don't allow them to pretend they are not terrible.	Squinch	Jun 2017	#255
I agree with that.	Buckeye_Democrat	Jun 2017	#259
you get it, squinch	Skittles	Jun 2017	#261
That was a lot more intense than just the media	treestar	Jun 2017	#206
Good point.	Buckeye_Democrat	Jun 2017	#211
Are you kidding here? Policing as an institution in the United States has been shown, time and	Coventina	Jun 2017	#239
I'm mostly saddened when it reaches the level of thinking each indivudual cop...	Buckeye_Democrat	Jun 2017	#240
The fearmongering is intended to frighten white people	marylandblue	Jun 2017	#77
OK. Well, I am a white woman. Why is the fear mongering not working on me? Why did it not	Squinch	Jun 2017	#86
Exactly! It's propaganda but you need a willing subject to listen	lunasun	Jun 2017	#150
Also, much of the brainwashing is wrapped in patriotism.	Buckeye_Democrat	Jun 2017	#82
It's not brainwashing. It's confirmation of bias. They were bigoted to begin with. This just	Squinch	Jun 2017	#90
That's probably true in most cases!	Buckeye_Democrat	Jun 2017	#98
best reply in the whole thread. good grok. n/t	reflection	Jun 2017	#236
give me a minute here.	sheshe2	Jun 2017	#139
Yes you do!	Squinch	Jun 2017	#166
You must be kidding. It works on all groups. Just depends on what the fear is	7962	Jun 2017	#226
You misunderstand my point, which is this: why is this particular	Squinch	Jun 2017	#233
Don't people have some responsibility	treestar	Jun 2017	#205
Yes, they're responsible.	Buckeye_Democrat	Jun 2017	#210
Scared of what Mexicans , Muslims and BLM ?	lunasun	Jun 2017	#89
Yes... if they're stupid enough to watch FOX News and swallow all of it. n/t	Buckeye_Democrat	Jun 2017	#110
Scared of what?	6000eliot	Jun 2017	#135
Sorry, but no.	kcr	Jun 2017	#184
Thank you!!!	Coventina	Jun 2017	#238
PurgedVoter:	SCantiGOP	Jun 2017	#41
AGREE with WHAT? That "kind and good" people allied themselves with "LOCK HER UP!"? With the Billy	WinkyDink	Jun 2017	#201
Thanks, please put me on your Ignore list	SCantiGOP	Jun 2017	#213
The only good, kind and gentle Trump supporters I know:	lambchopp59	Jun 2017	#44
Their actions are hurting my family.	hamsterjill	Jun 2017	#47
"The first thing we need to fix is the lying, evil conservative media."	moonscape	Jun 2017	#49
I live in a rural area in the Deep South	Mr. Ected	Jun 2017	#50
I'm so very sorry - sincerely. I grew up in	moonscape	Jun 2017	#159
I'm with you there, but fortunate in one respect.	Pacifist Patriot	Jun 2017	#195
They are fooling you	JustAnotherGen	Jun 2017	#51
Yep.	dalton99a	Jun 2017	#111
Really? - let's review:	UTUSN	Jun 2017	#52
I also know a few people who voted for him.	oftheforest	Jun 2017	#55
Brainwashed is right. Some of them really believe that the Clintons murdered people too.	Buckeye_Democrat	Jun 2017	#61
they had another choice if they hated Hillary	Skittles	Jun 2017	#73
I think he's a disgusting piece of shit too.	Buckeye_Democrat	Jun 2017	#119
the only way I can envision falling for it	Skittles	Jun 2017	#220
That's surely true compared to those people. n/t	Buckeye_Democrat	Jun 2017	#221
If a person subscribes to the drumpf doctrine they are hardly very good,	democratisphere	Jun 2017	#56
You obviously dont know them as well	AuntPatsy	Jun 2017	#57
It takes all kinds, to each his own	MiddleClass	Jun 2017	#58
Democratic principles are just opinions??!	Duppers	Jun 2017	#152
The normal people. They are principles	MiddleClass	Jun 2017	#243
"OPINION"? You think this new Republican "health-care" (tax) bill is just an "OPINION"?? You think	WinkyDink	Jun 2017	#203
Absolutely not, the healthcare tax cut for rich bill is abhorrent, robotic Bullshit	MiddleClass	Jun 2017	#244
This message was self-deleted by its author	c-rational	Jun 2017	#59
Yes, we are living in bizarro world, where people are admiring the emperor's new clothes...	Honeycombe8	Jun 2017	#60
Excellent, observant, succinct	MiddleClass	Jun 2017	#246
I don't.	yewberry	Jun 2017	#62
If you buy evil with your vote, blood doesn't wash off your hands for some random act of kindness.	hay rick	Jun 2017	#63
I know a lot of people who voted for Trump. They are neither good, nor kind, nor gentle.	Squinch	Jun 2017	#64
Your absolutely fucking right	njhoneybadger	Jun 2017	#65
Some very good, kind and gentle people voted Pablo Escobar into the Chamber of Reps of Colombia	Snake Plissken	Jun 2017	#67
a good new acronym that I got from this thread	BamaRefugee	Jun 2017	#80
How would you pronounce it ? I'm thinking Poe-whips , powwp? I like it too for in public	lunasun	Jun 2017	#97
maybe I'll pronounce it "POLYPS", pretty much sums them up!!!! ;-)	BamaRefugee	Jun 2017	#126
I would describe any tRump supporters using those words	elmac	Jun 2017	#83
If my crazy aunt poisons my kids, it doesn't matter how nice and gentle she is, my kids are still	LaydeeBug	Jun 2017	#85
Good-Luck to a middle-class, tRump supporting family ...	LenaBaby61	Jun 2017	#91
Are they good, kind, and gentle to people of color, too?	athena	Jun 2017	#92
Good point. Heck, Hitler was very kind and gentle to children	dalton99a	Jun 2017	#123
Then how do you explain the biggest Trumpster I know is black?	MiddleClass	Jun 2017	#252
The existence of ONE Black Trump supporter does not disprove that Trump supporters are racist.	athena	Jun 2017	#264
Nope, the most racist people I know are black. Making assumptions about all whites	MiddleClass	Jun 2017	#265
Purged Voter - Thank You!	summer_in_TX	Jun 2017	#94
Yes!! Well said	njhoneybadger	Jun 2017	#104
They heard what they wanted to hear from the media.	sheshe2	Jun 2017	#142
Post removed	Post removed	Jun 2017	#96
that you could vote for trump tells us all we need to know about your character.	NRaleighLiberal	Jun 2017	#101
Maybe they might be so called good and gentle	Doreen	Jun 2017	#99
Oh, many did choose to educate themselves.	summer_in_TX	Jun 2017	#124
In 2020 election, only 1 thing will matter	golfguru	Jun 2017	#100
At some point... some age... people have to take responsibility for their crap beliefs.	deurbano	Jun 2017	#105
Excellent post, and very well-said ...	LenaBaby61	Jun 2017	#122
+1	dalton99a	Jun 2017	#197
I'll believe everything up to the point of "quite intelligent"	Duppers	Jun 2017	#106
Good, kind, and gentle people don't vote for evil monsters like Trump.	50 Shades Of Blue	Jun 2017	#108
Democracy only works with a free and independent press	oxbow	Jun 2017	#112
as far as I know, I don't. Those I do know live in fear and are brainwashed followers	NRaleighLiberal	Jun 2017	#113
Ummmm...OP fake news/alt facts.	malchickiwick	Jun 2017	#114
I don't think you really know who they are.	madaboutharry	Jun 2017	#117
Trolls engaged in Democratic destruction.	democratisphere	Jun 2017	#118
Great another one of these be nice	standingtall	Jun 2017	#127
There were kind and gentle Hilter supporters too.	Historic NY	Jun 2017	#129
Oh good fucking god!	leftofcool	Jun 2017	#130
Nah. nt	Maven	Jun 2017	#131
Nope. Scratch deep enough and you'll find crap.	davsand	Jun 2017	#132
Since you are honest, I will try not to yell	DonCoquixote	Jun 2017	#133
Hillary would have been worse??? SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN 100000% BETTER !!!	trueblue2007	Jun 2017	#136
If they are for the health plan as it seems to be shaking out, they don't sound compassionate.	Hoyt	Jun 2017	#137
It is possible to be very good,kind and gentle and have supported tRump	njhoneybadger	Jun 2017	#138
Hannity is still pushing the Seth Rich murder conspiracy.	Buckeye_Democrat	Jun 2017	#149
I know some women as described by the OP, but not men	Awsi Dooger	Jun 2017	#140
So what? they're brainwashed by EVIL.. that makes	Cha	Jun 2017	#141
Right on.	Kath2	Jun 2017	#153
I know, Kath.. give me a break!	Cha	Jun 2017	#160
Simply limiting our anger to republican	standingtall	Jun 2017	#143
Sorry, but I don't believe that anyone who voted for someone who mocks the disabled is "kind and	lunamagica	Jun 2017	#144
Someone who was told crooked Hillary was behind several murders	njhoneybadger	Jun 2017	#147
Kind and gentle my ass. F**k 'em. n/t	Tarheel_Dem	Jun 2017	#145
Damn straight..	Cha	Jun 2017	#168
+Infinity. The adults deserve a retribution that is Biblical in	KingCharlemagne	Jun 2017	#174
Good Germans. nt	Persisted	Jun 2017	#148
Helps to be grounded.	fleabiscuit	Jun 2017	#151
"Grab them by the pussy?"	Kath2	Jun 2017	#154
Tell me, would any of these "very good, kind and gentle Trump supporters"	Duppers	Jun 2017	#155
OK, I am going to pull one sentence from your post.	susanna	Jun 2017	#157
That's the million dollar question.	njhoneybadger	Jun 2017	#162
Cult of Bigots.	moondust	Jun 2017	#158
There are TWO bubbles on display here:	Ron Green	Jun 2017	#161
I think you are very wise ,my friend	njhoneybadger	Jun 2017	#163
The responses to this are interesting and I think some are frightening.	PurgedVoter	Jun 2017	#164
I think that the words Brainwashed and Cult are key here.	mackdaddy	Jun 2017	#170
Oh please. The people you are calling "kind" and "good" wouldn't lose	KingCharlemagne	Jun 2017	#176
A good number of communists wouldn't lose sleep over doing the same either, so meh.	Marengo	Jun 2017	#242
Um, Communists didnt start concentration camps. Communists	KingCharlemagne	Jun 2017	#262
Sure, Kolyma and Vorkuta were recreation facilities, and the Laogai was just one big happy fun..	Marengo	Jun 2017	#263
Nice reply.	Buckeye_Democrat	Jun 2017	#179
You have not responded to some excellent points DUers made.	athena	Jun 2017	#202
Good people do not fuck over their fellow human beings.	milestogo	Jun 2017	#171
They're "good Germans." - nt	KingCharlemagne	Jun 2017	#175
No, you don't. They've conned you. - nt	KingCharlemagne	Jun 2017	#173
What's truly frightening is that your collaborationist screed has received 39	KingCharlemagne	Jun 2017	#177
Ok. I live in the south. I am Lilly white.	drray23	Jun 2017	#178
+1	dalton99a	Jun 2017	#193
This message was self-deleted by its author	Pacifist Patriot	Jun 2017	#194
Individuals such as Rupert Murdock should be investigated, as well as the small number of kingpins	RKP5637	Jun 2017	#180
Yes, to a large extent anyway. n/t	Buckeye_Democrat	Jun 2017	#182
These 15 Billionaires Own America's News Media Companies	RKP5637	Jun 2017	#183
It's dangerous! They're not accountable to the public through elections, yet...	Buckeye_Democrat	Jun 2017	#186
We have free speech, but little protection against contrived free speech to influence	RKP5637	Jun 2017	#189
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 also made it easier...	Buckeye_Democrat	Jun 2017	#190
And, they become more powerful and more powerful. Today, most citizens are a bunch of clucks being	RKP5637	Jun 2017	#191
Fuck them. Fuck every single one of them. Fuck them.	Orrex	Jun 2017	#181
Perhaps focusing our energies towards individual voters,	Vilis Veritas	Jun 2017	#185
I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,	betsuni	Jun 2017	#187
Bwahaha! The Bard would approve!	WinkyDink	Jun 2017	#199
I wish...	Locrian	Jun 2017	#188
How nice for you. I know none.	MineralMan	Jun 2017	#192
You may see them as kind and gentle	Bettie	Jun 2017	#196
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."	WinkyDink	Jun 2017	#198
They are willing to help people they know	treestar	Jun 2017	#204
My neighbor is one of those	CozyMystery	Jun 2017	#212
Interesting how in 8 years	treestar	Jun 2017	#223
Nope, he hates Obama.	CozyMystery	Jun 2017	#224
It's a kind of tribalism, I think.	The Velveteen Ocelot	Jun 2017	#207
I had a white "deplorable" coworker who was addicted to FOX.	Buckeye_Democrat	Jun 2017	#215
Trump supporters are not just	standingtall	Jun 2017	#214
A lot of the voters for Trump I talked to only voted against Hillary, they believe the things said	Wiseman32218	Jun 2017	#216
Bwahahahahahaaaaa ....yes, only kind and gentle people support these trump quotes	spanone	Jun 2017	#217
Trump is trying to take health care away from the sick, the poor, the disabled, and the elderly.	DemocratSinceBirth	Jun 2017	#222
The pussy grabbing story was not a secret. How on earth could anyone "good" vote for that????	Vinca	Jun 2017	#225
Absolutely, and he committed dozens of similar deal-breaker lapses like that	Orrex	Jun 2017	#228
Yeah I thought he was done for good	treestar	Jun 2017	#230
If there was an internet in 1933	DemocratSinceBirth	Jun 2017	#229
if you voted for a racist pig you are a racist pig .	stonecutter357	Jun 2017	#232
It is far more insidious than mere media BS	BSdetect	Jun 2017	#245
Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigggggghhhhh . . .	HughBeaumont	Jun 2017	#247
Apparently, I have no understanding of the words good, kind, and gentle.	Solly Mack	Jun 2017	#248
You wouldn't believe how many Nazi's loved their children, also.	louis c	Jun 2017	#249
These "good, kind and gentle" folks are NOT good, kind and gentle.	VOX	Jun 2017	#260
I'm not sure I agree	MountCleaners	Jun 2017	#266

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