Posted on 01/07/2016 4:15:25 PM PST by Maceman
I'm cool with you removing me from your friends list if you don't like this post. You can even disown me if you like. But Donald Trump isn't a good person, nor would he be a good president. I can understand a difference in politics. I can understand if you don't like a government run by Democrats. I can understand if you don't like certain ideologies, like Socialism. But I can't understand why you would support someone as hateful, sexist, racist and ignorant as Donald Trump.
How do you support him so blindly? Ask yourself, are you a racist, sexist, hateful and ignorant person as well? I hear his supporters saying they like him because he tells the truth, because he's so rich he can say whatever he feels like with no apologies. Just because Trump is saying these things doesn't suddenly make them right. It's not okay to discriminate against an entire religion based on a small percentage of its followers who have become terrorists by twisting the words of their religion to fit their crazy ideals. It's not okay to marginalize an entire race of people, saying things like all the Mexicans are lazy, and they are all stealing our jobs and bringing drugs into our country.
White people also have bad apples. So does every race of people. We're all human. Some humans are really bad people. Some are really good. And it doesn't matter what color they are, it makes no difference whatsoever. Trump says he is just telling the truth. But whose truth? There are lazy people in every race and there are dangerous violent people in every race and every religion. Kicking all Muslims out of the country is not the answer, nor is it the acceptable behavior of a person in an extremely powerful position, like the President of the United States.
The Japanese Internment camps were wrong, Segregation was wrong, Slavery was wrong. We fought wars amongst ourselves to rise above racism and hatred. In WWII more than 60 million people died worldwide. Why? Because of twisted people who were whipping up the population into a frenzy and making ridiculous statements, killing innocent people simply because of their race or religion. The United States lost more than 400,000 lives fighting in that war, against the same ideas that Trump is pushing. The idea that certain religions are more dangerous than others and the idea that people should be judged based on the color of their skin rather than the content of their character.
We're still healing from the damage inflicted by the Civil War, WWI, WWII, Vietnam, Iraq and the War on Terror. And it isn't just ISIS or Al-Qaeda. It's our own people in this country killing their fellow countrymen over differences of opinion, like whether or not you believe abortion is okay or what kind of political ideology you support. And then there are just the plainly insane people who finally snap and go on shooting rampages for no discernible reason at all. They just went mad.
The kind of leadership Trump is displaying is irresponsible and dangerous. His virulent ideas are seeping into the brains of his supporters. Supporters who think it's okay to say things like "light the mother@!$%#er on fire" while a protester is being dragged out of one of his rallies. Maybe the protester was wrong to be where he was at the time, but no matter what he did, there was no reason to set him on fire. In fact, there is NEVER a reason to set anyone on fire. Unless it’s because they are dead and they wish to be cremated.
Trump's supporters are angry, and anger is infectious. I can tell you as a non-supporter of Trump I am just as angry. We need the kind of leader that seeks to bring us together, not tear us apart. Why do we have to fight against helping each other, against common sense, against a united Nation? The American Dream is a nightmare and we are feeding it, making it worse every day. Trump is a bully, a loud mouth, ignorant, sexist, racist, disgusting example of how horrible humans can potentially be.
He is the crazy person at your dinner table who won’t stop running his mouth. The only reason he is allowed to carry on with his ugly hateful rhetoric is because you have too much respect for Grandma to get into a fist fight in her home. He’s the guy you have to endure until he leaves, all the while hating every minute that you have to occupy the same space. Lucky for us, this isn’t Grandma’s house, so feel free to punch him in the mouth in the form of getting out and making your vote count.
They always say it’s so important to make your voice heard, to get out and vote. But I’m not sure if it’s ever been more important than now. Differences of political ideals are one thing, I can agree to disagree on many matters across a wide array of topics, but racism isn't one of them, neither is hate, neither is the belittling of women or the judgment of others based on their appearance or their disability, or their sexual preference.
By supporting Trump do you think things will go back to the way they were? Back when gay people had to hide in fear, back when people of any other color than white had to worry about getting lynched, back when it was okay to openly hate? Do you think empowered women will suddenly quit their jobs and go back to the kitchen ? Because electing Trump won't make any of that come true. We're past that as a nation, or at least I thought we were.
If you're not a racist, bigoted, misogynistic jerk then voting for Trump simply because you don't like Democrats is wrong. If you are one of his supporters and you're just a racist and you don't care who knows it then vote for him, but know that the good people of America will not stand for it and he will never win a fair election. And please consider pursuing an education and work on your empathy toward your fellow human beings. Whatever led you to believe that racism is okay can be unlearned if you open your mind. I'm sorry that you were raised to believe that you deserve better treatment than the rest of the people on the planet that have different views than yours, worship different gods than you and have skin that isn't white.
To all the people, of all the races and religions that Donald Trump stands against, to all the women that don't meet his standards of beauty, to all the good Muslims, and Christians, Mormons and Catholics and Jewish, Italians, Irish and Asians, to the African-Americans and Native Americans, to anyone who has ever been persecuted, belittled, made to feel inferior or bullied based on ignorance like the kind that Trump is spewing, please, I implore you to get out and vote against him. Don't let the progress of this great nation be halted. We've come too far.
In this country we FIGHT and DIE for freedom, for Truth and Justice. We fight for what's right. And what Trump is doing and saying isn't right. Abraham Lincoln said:
"I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and cause me to tremble for safety of my country; corporations have been enthroned, an era of corruption in High Places will follow, and the Money Power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the People, until the wealth is aggregated in a few hands, and the Republic destroyed."
And he couldn't be more right. Trump IS the one percent, he IS working on your prejudices, and he WILL destroy the Republic if he is elected, make no doubt about it.
If you don’t believe me, just look at the level of crazy coming out of his own mouth:
"[I am] calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on" - Donald Trump That's religious discrimination.
"An ‘extremely credible source’ has called my office and told me that Barack Obama’s birth certificate is a fraud" -Donald Trump That’s an outright lie.
"Ariana Huffington is unattractive, both inside and out. I fully understand why her former husband left her for a man – he made a good decision.â€- Donald Trump This is sexism, and just plain rude.
"You know, it really doesn’t matter what the media write as long as you've got a young, and beautiful, piece of @!$%#." - Donald Trump This is misogyny at its finest.
“I will build a great wall –and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me – and I'll build them very inexpensively. I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will make Mexico pay for that wall. Mark my words." - Donald Trump The words of an arrogant hate monger.
"When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending the best. They're not sending you, they're sending people that have lots of problems and they’re bringing those problems with us. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They’re rapists… And some, I assume, are good people." -Donald Trump Racist.
"Our great African-American President hasn't exactly had a positive impact on the thugs who are so happily and openly destroying Baltimore." - Donald Trump Racist.
"If I were running ‘The View’, I'd fire Rosie O'Donnell. I mean, I'd look at her right in that fat, ugly face of hers, I'd say ‘Rosie, you’re fired." - Donald Trump The words of an @!$%#.
"The beauty of me is that I'm very rich." - Donald Trump So Vain.
"It's freezing and snowing in New York – we need global warming!" - Donald Trump Ignorant.
"My fingers are long and beautiful, as, it has been well documented, are various other parts of my body." - Donald Trump Gross.
"I think the only difference between me and the other candidates is that I'm more honest and my women are beautiful." - Donald Trump Sexist. As if women are possessions rather than people. And also a lie. A lie about how honest he is.
How can you support this man?
Clearly nuts.
Same here. And proud to be on there.
Trump might not be the most graceful wordsmith that ever walked the planet, but there’s more sense than this damning dolt wants to give even to a statement like “The beauty of me is that I am rich.” He’s talking about the position of independence it gives him (and possibly the credibility as a businessman). He gets a little swelled headed at times, but never so much that he can’t at least approximately see the truth.
If Cruz (or anyone else) were the frontrunner today the liberals would be saying the exact same things about him. That's how they campaign... and win.
It always cracks me up when someone declares someone else isn’t a good person.
Good people don’t declare themselves worthy of telling others who is a good person.
How do I know this author is a good person?
I don’t. So he can go fly a kite.
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The difference is Cruz can handle it; the others not to one degree or another.
'Now an enemies list, that’s a different story..."
I like that.
My father is a WWII vet. At 19 he was packing an M1 pursuing Fascists across Germany, Belgium, CZ. He saw Dachau not long after liberated.
He recently turned 90, every day we talk about this crap. He still has the fire in the belly and he is still a good shot.
He and I both swear at the TV when I visit him and the news is on. He works with me most days.
God Bless the U.S. in spite of DC.
Site owner will vote for Cruz.
Thank you for your service to our country, Old One. I pray we can yet save it.
LMAO, not if she is in jail. Sounds like the ComDems are about to throw her under the bus. They know what is coming from the FBI. Put her away (after she rats out Obama).
The Establishment is in control of both parties.
We will never get anything changed/removed and reset by anyone in the system. We have been screwed over enough times, to the point of ridiculousness. And even more insulting have so-called fellow conservatives rip us for criticizing the most open/brazen examples, saying to us where else are you going to go, we are all you’ve got. Can’t rip them because party loyalty and all that.
It’s why The Establishment, which controls both parties, is freaking out.
And I hope they keep freaking out and literally’sh1t themselves over this. I hope they stroke out. Every lastone of them.
You realize this thread is about a leftist pleasing with liberals not to vote for Trump, right? And you admit Cruz would lose.
Trump will win BECAUSE both sides will vote for him.
Letting Hillary win is not an option - period. If that means Trump, that means Trump. Having Cruz as his VP will help keep him in line.
That's reality. It's called living to fight another day.
I salute you, young man! Proud that you are part of this FReeper community. My Dad was gunner's mate on an LST at the battle of Normandy and Okinawa.
And if he was living today I don't think he'd understand what's happened to his beloved country.
A different kind of "fight" is upon us, but reading your comments motivates me. Thank you.
Worse Opus ever! lol
He’s a salesman/marketer. You do it to everyone.
Also that Islam is not only a religion but a THEOCRATIC political system. Being Muslim is not a race.
I just met a Puerto Rican Muslim convert (used to be a Jehovah’s Witness) and she scares the bejeebees out of me. She converted because of her hubbie but went wholeheartedly and even though separated from him still wants to go to Mecca and this summer went to Qatar by herself after her girlfriends reneged. She is so sweet and very nice, but totally vulnerable like someone with Stockholm Syndrome.
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