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tulipsandroses

(8,131 posts)
1. Its not stupidity. Its hate and evil. The conversation before they went to that rally said it all
Sun Oct 25, 2020, 12:09 PM
Oct 2020

The 2 guys that Borat was hanging out with said they can't do what they would like to do to democrats because they have the same rights as they do. They said they wished democrats did not have the same rights. These folks are just hateful.

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
4. Saw a video of bearded trumper vet who was reminded of how bad trump was for vets.
Sun Oct 25, 2020, 12:13 PM
Oct 2020

This trumper vet was hopeful that trump would be re-elected and set things right for vets.

[Seemed to feel like some sort of 'savior' thing, that religious leaders exploit].

soldierant

(9,289 posts)
10. It's both.
Sun Oct 25, 2020, 09:20 PM
Oct 2020

Evil is not always stupid. And stupid is not always evil. But, IRL, they go together way, way more often than not. And when they are together, it is next to impossible to find the dividing line between them - presuming that there is one.

 

Earthshine2

(4,044 posts)
5. Then, she swallowed the little baby charm with the raised arms, destined to be a shit with antlers.
Sun Oct 25, 2020, 12:17 PM
Oct 2020

peacebuzzard

(5,797 posts)
6. It seems to proliferate in areas,
Sun Oct 25, 2020, 12:21 PM
Oct 2020

where these bottom feeders find like company.
If it were just stupidity there would be other reasons to dismiss, but as mentioned above it's the cruelty aspect in conjunction with stupidity that makes this mindset so revolting and difficult to deal with.

mucifer

(25,535 posts)
11. Sasha Baron Cohen is actually a Modern Orthodox Jew. His comedy is soooo disturbing
Sun Oct 25, 2020, 09:50 PM
Oct 2020

He encourages people to sing racist and anti Semitic songs. I know his goal is to shine a light on hate.

But, as a Jew it's hard to watch these clips and I don't laugh.

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