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bravenak

(34,648 posts)
84. I do it in person, I do it in line at the store
Sun Dec 4, 2016, 10:54 AM
Dec 2016

I do it as I hand my cousin the groceries I pay for to feed his stupid ass self that hates mexicans so much he voted trump. I shame my stepdad. I do it on days ending with a Y everywhere I go. I rant about him taking medicare and I complain about him raiding the SS fund.

Nobody needs to join me. I am fucking great at looking dead at a fucker in a maga hat and saying, "so which group of people do you think we should put on a registry along with the muslims. I bet Jesus would LOVE that IDEA!! Go KING TRUMP!"

That really does boil down how some view racism. NCTraveler Dec 2016 #1
You are right, but there is also no numerical evidence to believe that those who Squinch Dec 2016 #2
+1 NCTraveler Dec 2016 #4
Yes, exactly. Here is another good one that debunks the myth of the "white working class rust belt" Squinch Dec 2016 #8
It also doesn't fit the narrative. TwilightZone Dec 2016 #25
This one says more wold-be Hillary voters in the rust belt stayed home than voted. sfwriter Dec 2016 #26
YES YES YES BumRushDaShow Dec 2016 #27
YES!!!!!!!!!!!THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! heaven05 Dec 2016 #70
Yeah, cry me a river! Lots of lifestyles have been disrupted! raging moderate Dec 2016 #100
"fancy guns" BumRushDaShow Dec 2016 #108
I don't know a single Obama supporter who voted for Trump. greatauntoftriplets Dec 2016 #63
It's so pathetic bravenak Dec 2016 #3
Some were motivated by that... Begabig Dec 2016 #5
If they voted for an openly avowed racist and sexist, they voted to give a racist and a sexist the Squinch Dec 2016 #7
Or at the very least, enablers paleotn Dec 2016 #17
Enablers is the word I've been using... TCJ70 Dec 2016 #39
I've been using it too mcar Dec 2016 #74
Most that I have met only heard 'build the wall' and 'muslims are terrorists and mexicans are rapist bravenak Dec 2016 #9
And if trump is thier alternative , shame on them for accepting the hate he spews and lunasun Dec 2016 #10
yeah, yeah, yeah heaven05 Dec 2016 #41
If it wasn't enough to turn them off, it makes no difference to me. Pacifist Patriot Dec 2016 #98
I agree this can not be accepted as normal in 2016 lunasun Dec 2016 #6
and they kept them as mistresses Coolest Ranger Dec 2016 #11
Yep. We have plenty of slave master blood in us. Too small to fight them off bravenak Dec 2016 #12
Yes and I'm pretty sick of their claims treestar Dec 2016 #13
The more they whine the more I know they are bravenak Dec 2016 #14
There's one person here who keeps defending trump voter and calling us elitists for calling them out brush Dec 2016 #102
I have a few suspects on my list as well bravenak Dec 2016 #111
Keep clinging to your claim mythology Dec 2016 #15
Everybody I know that voted Trump is hateful towards one or more groups he demonized bravenak Dec 2016 #16
And trump got 2x as many black & hispanic votes as Romney. 7962 Dec 2016 #18
I watched my black hispanic cousin celebrate his victory. I threw up bravenak Dec 2016 #19
That's not true. Any improvement was only 1 or 2 %. JustinL Dec 2016 #93
Well different polls show different numbers 7962 Dec 2016 #96
Trump got the usual small percentage of the black vote, 8%, nothing at all to crow about brush Dec 2016 #103
Not all trumps voters are racist, but pretty much all the racists dionysus Dec 2016 #109
Like Brexit, the result of the 2016 election does indeed boil down to that. joshcryer Dec 2016 #24
Not really. The world is pretty simplistic Nwgirl503 Dec 2016 #28
Love your response. Pacifist Patriot Dec 2016 #99
Apparently Trump's racism was not a deal breaker True_Blue Dec 2016 #107
yes! That worked so well the first time... frankieallen Dec 2016 #20
2.5 million more voters think so bravenak Dec 2016 #21
Most who voted for trump are racist hueymahl Dec 2016 #22
Most is enough. Enough to notice who you are in a group with. bravenak Dec 2016 #33
I don't disagree with that at all hueymahl Dec 2016 #97
And those who are not racists, per se mcar Dec 2016 #78
Racist at worst and enablers at best... Docreed2003 Dec 2016 #101
Loving you so much right now! EffieBlack Dec 2016 #23
Back at you! I cannot believe this shit bravenak Dec 2016 #31
Me neither - the fact that we have to explain this to "Democrats" - SMH EffieBlack Dec 2016 #56
Amazing isn't it. They seem to think that by wooing voters who voted for a white supremacist . . . brush Dec 2016 #104
They had black friends. Iggo Dec 2016 #29
But did they have black relatives? That make them the most unracistist. Through osmosis bravenak Dec 2016 #30
That's right! Iggo Dec 2016 #51
Shame his voters. Amen, bravenak. Thanks. Paladin Dec 2016 #32
I see it the same way. Those who were fooloed will be angry. Lets make sure they remember bravenak Dec 2016 #34
Sounds like a plan to me. (nt) Paladin Dec 2016 #37
THIS!!! EffieBlack Dec 2016 #57
And my Mexican-American mother voted for Trump because "Hillary!" Bad Thoughts Dec 2016 #35
Good for her. Is she proud of herself? I would shame her like I shame my own family members. bravenak Dec 2016 #36
Yes, she is. Bad Thoughts Dec 2016 #38
Point out every fucking mistake he makes and ask her if she's still happy bravenak Dec 2016 #40
Why only racist? Maybe some of them were misogynist? Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #42
If they vote for a racist/sexist because they are religious then they have more important issues bravenak Dec 2016 #44
The evidence of that example strongly indicates racism, of course. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #47
But he KISSED THEM! That absolves him bravenak Dec 2016 #50
That didn't absolve them at all. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #67
"What's that supposed to accomplish?"!!!!! heaven05 Dec 2016 #55
They can't be misogynist...their mothers were women after all. nt jmg257 Dec 2016 #92
k/r heaven05 Dec 2016 #43
These folks would have told us we need to be more like the Nazi Party to win voters bravenak Dec 2016 #45
So true heaven05 Dec 2016 #58
This message was self-deleted by its author Buzz Clik Dec 2016 #46
If they are not racist they why the rate of hate crimes increase? bravenak Dec 2016 #48
I agree with you; my argument with you is your rhetorical style. Buzz Clik Dec 2016 #59
Best way to get folks to think is to hit them with it bluntly bravenak Dec 2016 #60
+1 Buzz Clik Dec 2016 #61
If the shoe doesn't fit you, just don't put it on. raging moderate Dec 2016 #110
This message was self-deleted by its author Buzz Clik Dec 2016 #113
That's why I don't ask that question. raging moderate Dec 2016 #114
And they fed their slaves, too - they must have LOVED those people! George II Dec 2016 #49
Took great care of them! Gave them shelter, exercise with the dogs! bravenak Dec 2016 #54
K&R Starry Messenger Dec 2016 #52
It's totally magic. Like everything republicans believe in bravenak Dec 2016 #62
Great post Gothmog Dec 2016 #53
K&R!!! greatauntoftriplets Dec 2016 #64
heh heh... ancianita Dec 2016 #65
How do we take this nationally though BigBadDem Dec 2016 #66
We make fun of Trump with no Hillary to distract the media bravenak Dec 2016 #69
That doesn't answer the question BigBadDem Dec 2016 #72
It is very effective. They are now busy whining that their racist asses are getting called racists bravenak Dec 2016 #75
How many Trump supporters do you know? BigBadDem Dec 2016 #76
I live in a red state bravenak Dec 2016 #80
So are you shaming hundreds of Trump people daily, weekly, monthly, annualy? BigBadDem Dec 2016 #83
I do it in person, I do it in line at the store bravenak Dec 2016 #84
Good on you for going after them, but you are buying sexist racist homophobes their food? BigBadDem Dec 2016 #87
I have to but it because he is STUPID and dying from organ failure bravenak Dec 2016 #89
Thats just a ridiculous analogy, and an insult to the intellegence of this board (nt) jack_krass Dec 2016 #68
It only insults the folks that resemble the people I discuss bravenak Dec 2016 #71
K&R mcar Dec 2016 #73
Pain didn't cause racism or sexism IronLionZion Dec 2016 #77
IT really does bravenak Dec 2016 #82
they sure did sleep with slaves heaven05 Dec 2016 #79
Constantly bravenak Dec 2016 #81
k&r steventh Dec 2016 #85
I know. Holding it in hurts. We need to stop biting our tongues bravenak Dec 2016 #86
yes indeed steventh Dec 2016 #91
There is no escaping the FACT, that those who voted for trump were well aware of his still_one Dec 2016 #88
Yep bravenak Dec 2016 #90
White wingers love founding fathers who talked of liberty and freedom, then went home to beat Hoyt Dec 2016 #94
Back when America was truly great ... EffieBlack Dec 2016 #95
K&R betsuni Dec 2016 #105
::waves at bravenak:: DemonGoddess Dec 2016 #106
It actually improves my mood when they act all shocked. bravenak Dec 2016 #112
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