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Lunch Hour Discussion Weigh-In Required: How off base is "The left spends more time trying to understand what motivates ISIS than what motivates....

Posted by Name Withheld By Request (aka BlueKopo) Dec 10 '15, 11:22

...A Trump voter."

The discussion was around how flippantly "They're all bigots" is getting tossed around.

Opinions? Way off base? Close to the mark? A flippant throwaway line?

Responses:

False. I don't think anyone knows what motivates ISIS -- finding out a Trump voter is more directly "They walk among us." -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 10, 11:43 2
- Angry white folk aren't shy when given cover by Trump to voice their unhappiness. -- nm - TWuGbacca Dec 10, 11:46 1
  - I am astonished by the seething desire for ugly f*cks to use the N word in public (I know 'the blacks' *love* 'the donald, but he'll get them eventual -- nm - General Zeit Dec 10, 11:50
I think most of us have a pretty good idea what motivates Trump voters (though we're still stunned by them). ISIS is less easy to understand. And - pmb Dec 10, 11:39
the middle class (as in most of us) is getting crushed by the burden of carrying the wealthy on our backs, wages not growing with real inflation - General Zeit Dec 10, 11:34
It's the same thing though, right? Tribalism that reacts to fear, responds to authority, be that religion or nationalism or both. - ewokicripple Dec 10, 11:33 1
- "We already established that, now we're just haggling over price"? -- nm - Reagen Dec 10, 11:35
Wait... no one has actually voted for Trump -- nm - Yoda Dec 10, 11:31
Neither are particularly shy about their motives. -- nm - Reagen Dec 10, 11:27 3
- I think the size of the support gives even the most cynical person reason for pause to assess. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 10, 11:29 2
  - I don't see why a large amount of people can't be bigots. -- nm - Reagen Dec 10, 11:36 1
    - indeed. - Beryllium Dec 10, 11:38
the same left that is currently bombing the shit out of them? -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 10, 11:27 5
- The discussion wasn't about the political left per se. More the general commentator/activists. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 10, 11:28 4
  - "Bigots" undersells Daesh by quite a margin - Reagen Dec 10, 11:31 1
    - "decapitating neckfuckers"? -- nm* - Beryllium Dec 10, 11:32
  - oh, i don't particularly care about what motivates a Trump voter. they're dying out and won't be a significant electoral factor eventually -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 10, 11:30 1
    - that was our comedic narative last month, but the deep rumble of gun toting aholes is alarming -- nm - General Zeit Dec 10, 11:38
I don't think it takes much to undrr -- nm - TWuGbacca Dec 10, 11:26 1
- Understand what motivates a Trump voter. -- nm - TWuGbacca Dec 10, 11:27
for starters, we know what motivates would-be Trump voters. -- (edited) - znufrii Dec 10, 11:25

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