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bhikkhu

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33. I feel the same about trump supporters as I do about bigfoot hunters
Sun Oct 23, 2016, 04:33 PM
Oct 2016

and I met an avid bigfoot hunter the other day - listened to reams of the latest evidence I'd never heard of. I didn't argue or threaten his beliefs, and he was hopeful enough that I could be a compadre that he gave me a few websites to research for myself. Of course looking into it, it was entirely and ridiculously bogus even on the surface, and much of what he told me in conversation went far beyond even the baloney to be found online. So he concocted a whole elaborate internal world, as fictional as Narnia. Why? Who knows. The whole mental thing might be interesting to somebody, but no so much to me.

Otherwise a decent person, and not terrible company if certain things are avoided. But it gets tiresome. Typically I'm polite and welcoming, but there is a definite distance.

I like and get along with everybody, generally speaking, but nobody has time for everybody. As far as trump supporters, I don't know any really (that I know of), but I don't worry that I'm missing some great opportunity because of that - I don't have the time I would wish for to spend with the friends and family I have already.

Liberal guilt? [View all] mothra1orbit Oct 2016 OP
LOL Skittles Oct 2016 #1
No, I don't feel sorry for them mothra1orbit Oct 2016 #22
Jay and JFK didn't have to fight misogyny and a corporate media Skittles Oct 2016 #35
Sometimes simply accepting reality can be comforting A-Schwarzenegger Oct 2016 #2
Yeah mothra1orbit Oct 2016 #23
People can be polite and pleasant, but also deeply ignorant, not very bright and.... steve2470 Oct 2016 #3
You're probably right n/t mothra1orbit Oct 2016 #24
Not that we should feel guilty, but we should try to understand. alarimer Oct 2016 #4
In re: understanding pat_k Oct 2016 #13
Thank you mothra1orbit Oct 2016 #25
I have experienced the RW pressure to "change" my mind.. Thinkingabout Oct 2016 #5
Sorry... Don't agree. Adrahil Oct 2016 #6
Schooling.......... MyOwnPeace Oct 2016 #7
they are just racist. there are many people without formal education ergo do not support him JI7 Oct 2016 #9
Either they don't awoke_in_2003 Oct 2016 #10
"The Trump Question: Are You Listening?" pat_k Oct 2016 #12
See, I think on a personal, individual basis, this is a good idea kcr Oct 2016 #16
Absolutely. No "rolling over' pat_k Oct 2016 #20
For the most part I agree kcr Oct 2016 #21
but do you really think mothra1orbit Oct 2016 #30
They don't dislike the corporations treestar Oct 2016 #17
Trump should jump into the deepest hole on earth... pressbox69 Oct 2016 #15
We are supposed to be guilty for treestar Oct 2016 #18
When Trump supporters, and right wingers in general say things like "You think you're so smart" kcr Oct 2016 #19
I got a great public education LWolf Oct 2016 #28
Trump is running a con, and a con doesn't work unless The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2016 #29
I feel the same about trump supporters as I do about bigfoot hunters bhikkhu Oct 2016 #33
I don't think it's the educational system. GreenEyedLefty Oct 2016 #34
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