2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: What specifically would Hillary do to address rising poverty and income inequality? [View all]Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)A friend from long ago (male, expat , 65) now strong suppoter of Hillary, & highly defensive of her.
Sees the criticism as all originating w Republicans, fully believes the whole strong survivor women's champion brilliant accomplished innocent victim, & so on. There seems to be nowhere in his mind or brain where he can fit a question re her not-so-great qualities.
He likes Bernie ok, but not his "bots" and sees hillary & her peeps as the only ones with "class.".
I think he may be nearly hard-wired for Hillary specifically & only because of his early life. Kid of a diplomat, grew up in that world, lived in a bunch of different lands. Hillary, and that schmoozy world of the Wealthy & Important, is what's most familiar-- ergo, safe -- to him.
It's the only way it makes any sense, that he should be so thick & deluded. But our earliest life experiences esp if safe and good affect us forever.
And the stuff we question least is our beliefs from a time when we were too young to have an independent clue about the world. Most people have not a single original thoyght or belief. Everything has been downnloaded and is rarely questiioned.
I don't know if Hillary supporters are able to digest the dissonant realities of their candidate. I too have been baffled, and am always trying to figure it out. My theory, luckily,,is based on ONLY ONE PERSON I KNOW suppirting Hillary. So there's that.