Stop pleading for understanding and kindness for Trump Voters

[Pholus]

193. My problem with Trump voters is that they voted emotionally, not logically.

No rational person could add up all the crap spewing from Trump and conclude that his election could in any way, shape, or form be good for the future of the Republic.

So there has to be deeper reasons. I've entertained the following.....

1) Racism. Willing to accept any hardship as long as THOSE people suffer worse. Plenty of historical precedent on that one.

2) Lack of critical thinking. Laziness and lack of rigor in standardized-test driven schools -- it's too hard for them to sum up all of the things Trump said and actually figure out he contradicted himself more often than he contradicted Hillary when it came to policy and that his promises had miles and miles of weasel words in them.

3) General Ignorance/Brainwashing. Too many of these snowflakes seem to operate by rules of thumb coming from 40+ years of right wing media brainwashing: "If a liberal wants it it must be bad and if it pisses a liberal off it must be good."

4) Spite. Michael Moore's middle finger reason is also pretty good. "If I'm going down, I'm taking you with me."

But out of all of them, the only one I've seen that REALLY gets a Trump voter worked up and red faced is if they think you're calling them a racist. Being a white guy who can pass for a redneck when I want to, I can see why. People always get mad when you get uncomfortably close to a truth they're trying to keep hidden.