I'm suppose to "understand" these cretins to get their vote?

[SHRED]

When W came to office in 2000 he gave a speech. I heard it live on the radio and it shook me to the core.
He was gonna stop Federal funding of embryonic stem cell research because somehow it related to abortion. Curiously no mention of fertility clinics where fertilized cells are discarded by the thousands.
This delay has delayed cures for many diseases including MS and NMO. And still people vote Republican. Even my son in-law who's life hangs in the balance from one of these diseases.

A pox on all wealthy rightwing families. If there is a Hell may the demons play soccer with their heads.

A pox on the right wing middle and lower class families who were so ego filled with their false righteousness that they fell for the wealthy con job.

[DetlefK]

1. It's the american mindset of distrusting anything intellectual.

If you are successful in business, you are smart.
If you are smart but not rich, you obviously cannot be that smart. "Well, that's what your education is telling you."

[RobinA]

2. Yes, I've Come

to the conclusion that "coastal elite" is another way of saying "people who pay attention to what is going on and vote accordingly."

[HughBeaumont]

3. "Please don't call them 'stupid'".

Is anyone else SO tired of hearing that shit?

Sorry, anyone who thinks "President Donald Trump" is a great idea better rethink the Mensa application and learn how to walk upright first.

[eppur_se_muova]

4. I do kind of prefer "willfully ignorant" and "willfully misinformed".

Stupidity may be inborn, but ignorance requires resolute inaction, which is a moral choice. Misinformation requires active cooperation, for which they absolutely cannot be held blameless. Either is worse than mere stupidity, and calling them out is a civic duty.