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2016 Postmortem

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mreilly

(2,120 posts)
Mon Dec 19, 2016, 07:41 PM Dec 2016

Do not waste one moment of your time ever trying to get Trump supporters to regret [View all]

... that's a pointless endeavor. They never will. You might as well be pissing into a hurricane. Mark my words, folks - anyone who is waiting for Trump fans to say "Oh my God! What have we done??!" will wait until they are a cold, dessicated cobwebby skeleton.

No matter how bad things get they'll either blame it on Obama or whine that Hillary would have been worse than (economic breakdown, martial law, depression, suspension of the Constitution, World War, invasion by aliens, asteroid smashing the earth). These are not people that can reflect on their mistakes and realize where they went wrong. If they could do so, they wouldn't have voted for The Asshole. Period.

Instead, focus your energies on fighting where it counts. Reaching out to independents, Millennials, minorities - people with a chance of seeing reason. Trump supporters have no such chance. They are beyond redemption.

I refuse to go down letting them destroy the house with me in it so I can have one final moment of gloating before I'm annihilated too, as part of some misguided "They'll know how badly they fucked up!" mindset. No. That's the wrong path. They will never know since they have a whole right-wing propaganda machine waiting to tell them how wonderful and amazing Trump is and how #EverythingisAwesome despite all evidence to the contrary.

Anyone who thinks his mindless supporters will turn on Trump when they see those jobs aren't coming back is a misguided fool. Period. THEY NEVER WILL.

I'm going to work on saving the house through every means necessary instead.

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All we can do is hope Turbineguy Dec 2016 #1
What they will do when their medicare is taken from them, and it will be, is they Eliot Rosewater Dec 2016 #2
No, it won't. duffyduff Dec 2016 #5
I agree that there is no point in doing that. potone Dec 2016 #3
whether they realize their mistake or not mdbl Dec 2016 #12
I'm surprised LyndaG Dec 2016 #4
That's all they know. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #6
I've noticed that too mreilly Dec 2016 #16
I'm not they will die because of his edicts...so fuck'em Historic NY Dec 2016 #7
They understand humor through humiliation though. ffr Dec 2016 #8
I agree Dem2 Dec 2016 #32
I am going to jab them every time I get a chance, I got the bs about doc03 Dec 2016 #9
Abso-fucking-lutely. LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #11
Sorry sweets, but I live amongst these people, and they are ALREADY backtracking LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #10
Amazing response LaydeeBug.. mreilly Dec 2016 #13
Exactly! The ridicule post upthread is spot on too LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #15
From someone who grew up with people like this, moved away, and then spent Silver Gaia Dec 2016 #29
My dad is surely spinning in his grave right now nini Dec 2016 #28
MANY people who voted for Obama turned to Trump. Many CAN be won back! RBInMaine Dec 2016 #14
True rpannier Dec 2016 #17
Too too true, unfortunately StayAt8 Dec 2016 #18
Oh, they'll regret it soon enough paulkienitz Dec 2016 #19
Just like worry is a useless emotion... kentuck Dec 2016 #20
This is such a good post! Thank you... texasmomof3 Dec 2016 #21
I had great results talking with a trump supporter today! Equinox Moon Dec 2016 #22
Sound insights. FailureToCommunicate Dec 2016 #23
Why... jaxind Dec 2016 #24
I won't try to show them the error of their ways, but I will not Ilsa Dec 2016 #25
I personally recommend The Liberal Lion Dec 2016 #26
Great suggestions exboyfil Dec 2016 #30
I just got a FB forwarded from exboyfil Dec 2016 #27
Bernie's already leading the fight against the Fuhrer-Elect... love his tenacity... that never give up attitude. InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2016 #31
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