when nice people say they’re voting for trump

[mizkit]

Earlier this summer a friend said they were going to vote for Trump.

I turned bright red, I kid you not. Bright bright red. Even I thought it was funny. They said, “I take it you’re a Hillary fan,” and I said, truthfully, that it wasn’t so much that I was pro-Hillary as I was vehemently anti-Trump. (This has changed: I’ve really had to examine my

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[howlin_wolf_66]

It's nice to think that maybe it's possible to give food for thought, whilst still being civil. :-)

[sartorias]

Thank you thank you THANK YOU.

Yeah, Hillary isn't my idea choice either, but better her than Trump. God, better my dog than Trump.

[c_maxx]

Hear hear!

[joycemocha]

Yeah. I worked on Jerry Brown's campaign in 1992. The howling crazies were just getting their hate screeds started. Even then, something about the things they said reeked of manufactured conspiracy theories. I have problems with Clinton for other reasons--the impact of how their organization yanked the Democratic Party to be a right center party and marginalized left-leaning activists--but I ain't gonna be a party to getting Trump elected.

Wise words.

[saare_snowqueen]

BRAVA!!!
I think we all need to have these kind of lucid discussions again and again and 100 times again, until as many good people realise what a vote for Trump would really mean.

We cannot be silent and we must fight his poisonous rhetoric with logic, honour and dignity.

[deborahblakehps]

Very well said. I agree with every word.