Hello Frank,
If you don't think so, that's like saying all Trump supporters are deplorable. But that's not the case. Maybe half go in that basket. The rest are simply caught up in mind games.
I know many Trump supporters personally. These are good people; friends, relatives, neighbors. They simply bought all the hype about Hillary. They went with Trump. They want to believe they made the right choice. The mind can play games on you. They might think they are informed. If you only get or retain information from limited sources it conditions your thinking. Some of them are Fox viewers. They think they are getting fair and balanced news. Does that make them horrible people?
I am mind boggled by it but it has happened right in front of our eyes. Trump has this Elvis-like charisma that's his secret weapon. He's a slick talker and that works on some people. It doesn't mean they are bad people. They've simply been taken in by only the most effective con man, perhaps in history. Trump has made a life of this. He's really good at saying things and twisting things and jumping subjects before people can process. He's like a well oiled very professional slick marketing team all rolled up into one mouth. Just because people fall for his shtick doesn't mean they are bad. Lots of bad people also support him, too, of course. But that doesn't mean that everyone who supports him is bad.
It's important to maintain perspective.
It's also very important to always remember that the people who post here do not represent the political breakdown of the country. We probably have a higher proportion of extremists here than the nation as a whole does. That's because people with extreme views tend to feel very strongly about them and have a strong need to talk about them to resolve the frustration they have with the system, the status quo. People who are more moderate often just don't care a whole lot, preferring to defer to everyone else. There's a lot of apathy in the nation. A lot of people just don't want anything to do with politics, are totally turned off by it, don't pay attention to the news, don't try to stay informed, and don't vote. Some in the moderate middle or close to it do want to stay informed and actively engaged, so we do so some of those individuals here as well. I simply believe they are underrepresented in this forum. I think it is unwise to believe this forum accurately represents a political cross-section of the USA.
All part of maintaining perspective...
My position is not changed. There are very fine people who believe in Donald Trump. I certainly disagree with them, but I am not going to dehumanize them for their political beliefs. Good people. Back bone of America kind of people. Along with the deplorables, the 'white trash' as we used to call them. Trump and his charisma managed to pull all of them together just enough to tip the scales and bump Hillary out. Plenty of people refuse to admit mistakes. So what? Some of them support Trump. That doesn't automatically make them bad. Sorry. Just being realistic, IMO.