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Human101948

(3,457 posts) Tue Jan 12, 2016, 11:09 AM Jan 2016

Opinion: Trump’s downtrodden supporters don’t deserve our sympathy [View all]

As the Donald Trump phenomenon endures, it’s become fashionable to make a certain kind of excuse for the boorishness of his backers, if not The Donald himself.

“Don’t blame them” is the theme of front-page stories and much-discussed magazine essays. The economy left them behind, the world doesn’t work like they were promised it would as young people, and we have to understand. They’re angry, and should be.

Well, bull...

--the author explains why at this link--

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/trumps-downtrodden-supporters-dont-deserve-our-sympathy-2016-01-12?link=MW_home_latest_news

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Opinion: Trump’s downtrodden supporters don’t deserve our sympathy [View all] Human101948 Jan 2016 OP

There's a difference between explaining and excusing. cheyanne Jan 2016 #1

Me too Glamrock Jan 2016 #2