Buyer's remorse

[Phoenix61]

I met a friend tonight I hadn't seen for a while at a local restaurant. I know she voted for Trump because I tried to talk her out of it. One of the first things she said is he needs to stop tweeting, he needs to stop saying those hateful things. I told her I didn't think so because that's who people voted for and that's what they got and they should see exactly what it is they got. Then she told me she has heard things and wanted to know what was going on. I told her what I know, thank you DU, and she was very open to learning more. She is a very trusting soul and I don't think she was able to fathom the corruption behind the Trump campaign. I think that might be true for a lot of people.

[madaboutharry]

1. Maybe there are different types of Trump voters.

Some may have been mislead, but at the end of the day they all heard the same hate speech coming out of his mouth and they voted for him anyway.

[SHRED]

2. Exactly

No amount of pretend naivete will erase this.

[Phoenix61]

3. I know

And it really surprised me because she is so not that way. I realize we are all going to have to deal with the fallout of folks not taking the time to educate themselves about the nominees and the issues but.. it's nice to be able to talk to my friend again.

[dalton99a]

6. Trump voters I know utterly refused to question the fake news and purposely ignored all warnings

Trump was THEIR guy and they wanted to vote for him - no matter what.

[SammyWinstonJack]

12. +1000000!

[blue cat]

17. +1 n/t

[Orrex]

22. Exactly correct.

At the end of the day, no matter how many different types of Trump voter there are, there is only one type of Trump voter.

[LuvLoogie]

4. Like I've said before.

We said, "Look. It's dog shit. Don't step in it!"
They said, "Fuck you. I'm stepping in it."
Then their like. "Man. What's that smell?!"
You point at their shoes. They say, "Fuck! It's dog shit! Clean it off for me."

[BlueSpot]

7. You may have said it before

But this is the first time I've seen it. And all I can say is that is about as perfectly right as it gets, right down to "clean it off for me."

[3catwoman3]

10. Thank you for the late night chuckle.

I have laryngitis, so there's not much sound coming out, but I'm enjoying it anyway.

That does seem to sum up the mentality very well.

[Jim Beard]

5. I am 70 and back in Obamas first election, I got a very young woman an Obama yard sign.

I thought I had won a Republican for life. Well this year she wouldn't put up a yard sign and didn't tell me until last week she voted for Trump. A couple of days afterwards she ask for a hug and I told her "I don't hug Republicans and left". Well, I mean that was a big sacrifice to turn down a hug from a cute young woman. She also knew what Trump was saying. So much for the Latino vote.

[LaydeeBug]

8. welcome to DU, and please keep up the fight. Each one. Teach one.

awesome on you

[Phoenix61]

9. Thanks!

[NanceGreggs]

11. I have tried to be sympathetic ...

... towards those who were misled, those caught-up in the Trump "make America great again" schtick, those who wanted to believe he was someone they could trust, someone who was "on their side".

But at what point do we stop excusing ignorance, when we live in an age of easily-accessible facts? At what point do we stop excusing those whose willful ignorance has brought us to this point?

I am already tired of hearing from the "buyers remorse" contingent - and it's only just begun. There will be a lot more where they came from in the months to come.

But here's the thing: For those who say they "didn't know" about Trump's corruption, his misogyny, his racism, his bigotry, his obvious lies, his pussy-grabbing ways, the fact remains that if you were unaware of all of these things, you couldn't have followed his campaign at all - because if you had, you WOULD know; you couldn't possibly have missed it.

So if you weren't following his campaign, exactly WHAT were you voting for when you voted for a man who was SO unknown to you that you never heard what he actually SAID? On what were you basing your decision to put him in the most powerful position on the planet, if you never even bothered to listen to his words?

[Lucinda]

13. Yep. I also hear a lot of "Oh he didn't really mean what he said..."

Then once he backs out of something they support, they suddenly see the light!
I've no sympathy at all, at this point...

[NanceGreggs]

14. And again, the question is ...

... if you didn't believe he meant what he said, on what basis did you vote for him?

[Lucinda]

15. Exactly.

It's really hard to wrap my head around.
I know many of these people firmly believe he was no worse than Hillary would have been, so they just justify what he's said and done as "not as bad as HER."

Idiots.
I can handle voter apathy much easier than I can willful stupidity.

[NanceGreggs]

16. It IS mind-boggling.

People voting for a candidate because they didn't believe he meant what he said.

"Wilful stupidity" doesn't even begin to cover that kind of insanity.

[blue cat]

18. But I thought

that the loves him because he says what he means...

[NanceGreggs]

19. Well, there's that, too.

Are you understanding how it all makes sense now?





Yeah, me neither.

[B C Butler]

21. Only one answer...Hate

Hate for Hillary. Hate for women. Hate for "others"

[Phoenix61]

23. I asked my friend the same question

It was all about the e-mails and Benghazi. She wasn't really sure what "Benghazi" meant, she just knew that Hillary had done something really bad. She expressed frustration that she hadn't known where to look for information that she could trust and at that time wasn't willing to listen to me. I would describe her as a prior bias, low-information, low tech voter. I'm frustrated with the "buyers remorse" contingent too. It would be a lot easier to hear from them if I wasn't stuck with their purchase. However, these are folks who could be helpful in 2018. People who are happy with a purchase tell one person, people who are unhappy tell ten. That's why restaurants are so quick to pay for an appetizer or a dessert if you complain. I don't see this administration buying anybody anything.

[femmedem]

20. Thank you. This is how we win Trump voters back in 2018.

Keeping the dialogue open, educating them without gloating or shaming. And I'm glad you have your friend back.

[randome]

24. That's what the 'BR' in 'Brexit' stands for.

The same winds of dissatisfaction are blowing here as well as in Europe. In both cases, they have resulted in bad choices.
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