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Atticus

(15,124 posts)
Mon Sep 21, 2020, 07:58 AM Sep 2020

Is it not now abundantly clear that when Hillary Clinton ONLY called Trump supporters "Deplorables"

she was, in fact, exercising amazing restraint?

"Evil racist self-centered hypocrites" is how I would BEGIN to try to communicate their true nature.

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Is it not now abundantly clear that when Hillary Clinton ONLY called Trump supporters "Deplorables" (Original Post) Atticus Sep 2020 OP
Part of their manipulation process is playing the victim. CBHagman Sep 2020 #1
I thought she was being quite restrained at the time. niyad Sep 2020 #5
The false victimization patterns are all there. CaptYossarian Sep 2020 #9
That would be tame as well. I would start with tRump, Barr, and the GOP are traitors to our country. usaf-vet Sep 2020 #2
Dumber than rocks mean as crocs. Joinfortmill Sep 2020 #3
Despicable disposable deplorables. lagomorph777 Sep 2020 #4
You forgot disgusting and dishonest. niyad Sep 2020 #6
She was half right jayschool2013 Sep 2020 #7
I've been calling them "idiot racist fuckheads" since before the election Orrex Sep 2020 #8
more like self centered !@#$%&*()_ jerks AllaN01Bear Sep 2020 #10
They are dumb as rocks bucolic_frolic Sep 2020 #11
It was a statement unlikely to win over any "borderline" Trump supporters. JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2020 #12
Hillary was right BainsBane Sep 2020 #13
It's a form of mental illness Blecht Sep 2020 #14
Didn't Hillary say "1/2 of his supporters are a Cha Sep 2020 #15

CBHagman

(16,984 posts)
1. Part of their manipulation process is playing the victim.
Mon Sep 21, 2020, 08:29 AM
Sep 2020

We see it with Trump and his sons all the time, with Trump Sr.'s suggestion that he's been treated worse than Lincoln was (!) and Trump Jr.'s claim that the family has made "sacrifices." Bullies do this sort of thing to shape the narrative and deflect criticism.

And yes, Hillary Rodham Clinton was downright gentle in her criticism.

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)
9. The false victimization patterns are all there.
Mon Sep 21, 2020, 09:51 AM
Sep 2020

"White lives matter", "Blue lives matter", "ALL lives matter", and even fake Christians crying about religious discrimination.

The root of this began with people whining about Affirmative Action and believing that if women and minorities get equal pay and rights that "Whitey's" special privileges are somehow diminished. This even extends to basic healthcare.

And ever since the days of Ronnie Raygun, if white folks aren't in the precious 1%, it's the fault of people of color. Nobody takes responsibility for how they effed up their life and they also don't understand how they've been trickled on by the rich all their miserable life.

For the rest of us thinking people, the American Dream is to move to Canada.

usaf-vet

(6,178 posts)
2. That would be tame as well. I would start with tRump, Barr, and the GOP are traitors to our country.
Mon Sep 21, 2020, 08:48 AM
Sep 2020

.... prison alone is to good for them. Considering 200,000 Americans have DIE on THEIR watch. The world knows they could have saved 10 of thousand of those innocent lives if they did the right thing and listen to the real experts. NOT the idiot in the WH with the self-declared "Aaah .... big brain" with "lots of good words" who only listen to the only expert on every subject "me".

This band of brainwashed evil greedy idiots and the lemming band of supports will go down in history as the worst group of deplorable traitors who will find out that all they wanted from the MAGA is their vote and they will actually get nothing in return.

Many of them will die prematurely because they won't have ANY healthcare, Social Security, and Medicare.

Because tRump, Barr, and the GOP don't give a rats ass about a single "deplorable MAGA hat wearer".

as long as they VOTE (r) and then DIE!

jayschool2013

(2,312 posts)
7. She was half right
Mon Sep 21, 2020, 09:46 AM
Sep 2020

She said only half of Trump supporters would fit in that "basket of deplorables."

Funny how ALL of his cultists felt she was describing them.

Orrex

(63,195 posts)
8. I've been calling them "idiot racist fuckheads" since before the election
Mon Sep 21, 2020, 09:47 AM
Sep 2020

And I fear that I, too, have been too kind in my description.

bucolic_frolic

(43,122 posts)
11. They are dumb as rocks
Mon Sep 21, 2020, 10:03 AM
Sep 2020

That might have produced less controversy. 'Deplorables' made it into a class/elitist thing. Rocks they would have seem themselves and their kinsmen - and loved it.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,336 posts)
12. It was a statement unlikely to win over any "borderline" Trump supporters.
Mon Sep 21, 2020, 10:13 AM
Sep 2020

In that sense, it showed a lapse of judgement on her part.

I hope Biden holds his temper through the election. He can rail at Trump, but be polite and tolerant to Trump's supporters. They won't respond well to insults.

I agree that "Evil racist self-centered hypocrites" is a good start, but we're not running for office.

Cha

(297,083 posts)
15. Didn't Hillary say "1/2 of his supporters are a
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 01:08 AM
Sep 2020

basket full of Deplorables"?

And, yes Hillary was using incredible restraint.

Maggots have more brainpower. They're just like their braindead, Soulless, heartless Cult45 leader.

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