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2016 Postmortem

ProudToBeBlueInRhody

(16,399 posts) Wed Oct 12, 2016, 07:54 PM Oct 2016

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Who is this author JD Vance on Hardball?

"A lot of good people are voting for Trump....."

Fuck you, buddy.

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Who is this author JD Vance on Hardball? (Original Post) ProudToBeBlueInRhody Oct 2016 OP

He's not a Trump supporter. procon Oct 2016 #1

I didn't think he was a Trump supporter ProudToBeBlueInRhody Oct 2016 #2

People in my own family are going to vote for Trump. procon Oct 2016 #3

his book was very interesting and well written renate Oct 2016 #5

procon

(15,805 posts)

1. He's not a Trump supporter.

Reply to ProudToBeBlueInRhody (Original post)

Wed Oct 12, 2016, 08:03 PM

Oct 2016

His new bestseller exams why people with nothing are so attracted to Trump. Slate recently interviewed him:

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/interrogation/2016/08/hillbilly_elegy_author_j_d_vance_on_trump_racism_and_how_the_media_is_failing.html

ProudToBeBlueInRhody

(16,399 posts)

2. I didn't think he was a Trump supporter

Reply to procon (Reply #1)

Wed Oct 12, 2016, 08:05 PM

Oct 2016

But I think anyone voting for Trump at this point is hardly "good people" or at the very least intensely stupid.

procon

(15,805 posts)

3. People in my own family are going to vote for Trump.

Reply to ProudToBeBlueInRhody (Reply #2)

Wed Oct 12, 2016, 08:14 PM

Oct 2016

They are still good people, but also ignorant, gullible, and very stubborn. Charitably, I have to believe they've been brainwashed. Its put a terrible strain on my family.

renate

(13,776 posts)

5. his book was very interesting and well written

Reply to ProudToBeBlueInRhody (Original post)

Wed Oct 12, 2016, 08:26 PM

Oct 2016

I think he's right to say that a lot of good people are voting for Trump, in that there are a lot of people who grew up with Walter Cronkite and still believe that Fox News--they have "News" in their name, for gosh sakes, and they couldn't possibly get away with broadcasting lies-- wouldn't be allowed to broadcast things that aren't true. People who aren't going to Trump rallies and haven't been exposed to Trump's racist words and who are only hearing that Hillary wants to take your guns away and close down all the churches--people who are simply credulous but not ill-intentioned--can be good.

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