So I want to pose a question to you all on a topic that may or may not be popular here. I am truly torn by this and would love your opinions on how to proceed.
New polling data came out stating that 96% of Trump supporters would vote for him again. My question is why? Are you people freaking blind or just willfully ignorant. The same poll showed that while Comrade Trumputin has a 54% disapproval rating, he has a 40% approval rating. In my best Seinfeld voice, I have to ask, “Who are these people”?
So the main question that I have: is it even worth it trying to have a rational discussion with Trump supporters? I honestly think that they are too far gone and either they are not paying attention or are willfully ignorant and will not be responsive to factual evidence as to his incompetence. I say to heck with them and just write them off as a lost cause.
I don’t make this statement lightly or without thought. Several high school friends of mine, who are like minded and were in shock from the election, have put together our own Facebook group to have a place for us to vent. Lifelong friendships have been shattered and destroyed with this election. I do believe that at my next high school reunion, their will either be a red reunion and a blue one, or a very tense situation where they two sides will be in different places at the event. That is how bad it has gotten. I have blocked some people and have been unfriended by others. Some I am just shaking my head in disbelief. I had a lesbian friend who was a big Trump supporter. I went after her on Facebook after a stupid anti-Obama, pro-Trump post and she unfriended me. WTF? In a logical rational world, she should be the last person who supported Trump.
I truly do not understand these people. I have good Republican friends who I can have rational political debates with, including friends who were in my wedding party. I know that in a rational debate, you are supposed to consider the other person’s opinion and point of view and debate the issues, not attack the person. But in the case of Trump supporters, I cannot. It makes me insane because I cannot even begin to wrap my brain around their support of him. Literally it is like the old pinball Tilt signs in my brain. Debating them is like debating a brick wall. By the same token, I am embarrassed to also say that I truly don’t care if Trump supporters lose things like their healthcare if the ACA goes away. I have no sympathy for them and they should pay a price for their electoral stupidity. And their stupidity gave us Forrest Trump in the White House and they should pay for that too. I am not proud of these statements either.
Does all of this make me a jerk? Am I wrong here? Am I the one with the problem?
Thanks for letting me vent. I look forward to hearing your opinions.