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29. Not all Trump supporters are poor at reasoning.

Mon Jan 5, 2026, 03:22 PM

Jan 5

Many of them are successful small business owners, farmers, doctors, lawyers, military and first responders, nurses, teachers...

They have demonstrated the ability to reason and use facts in their lives and careers. They have a blind spot when it comes to Trump. The many different posts in this thread show why.

Over decades a lot of Americans have been conditioned to despise Democrats and trust Republicans. The reason for this is that most billionaires prefer to keep their stuff, not share, and squirrel away more and more. They are opposed to sharing. They are opposed to community. They're opposed to most of what the Democratic Party stands for, so they made sure we were demonized.

My point is that millions of people trust Trump no matter what he says or does. That's a big problem for democracy. Millions of us are living in a totally false alternate reality, and it's not clear to me how we fix that.

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It's useless to argue with Trump supporters. [View all] yardwork Jan 5 OP

It's useless to reason with Dumpy supporters, as they have no ability to reason. Clouds Passing Jan 5 #1

Their minds are full of fear and anger DBoon Jan 5 #4

No ability... and more importantly B.See Jan 5 #25

Not all Trump supporters are poor at reasoning. yardwork Jan 5 #29

It is a waste of time and energy. dalton99a Jan 5 #2

Or like I said DOZENS of times, B.See Jan 5 #21

They all lack morals and brains Johonny Jan 5 #3

The only way to properly present this is as more of BootinUp Jan 5 #5

Trump jayes those that they hate, and acts on it BlueWaveNeverEnd Jan 5 #6

I learned long ago not to talk politics with my right-wing uncle who's now 91 years old. MIButterfly Jan 5 #7

Why the fk do you even spend time with this moron? Who gives a damn if they are related. OMGWTF Jan 5 #18

IMO, Trump supporters don't believe anything. Oneironaut Jan 5 #8

They trust Trump on all the issues because he is the only 'politician' who they feel gets them (ie. their bigotry). Doodley Jan 5 #9

The best explanation malaise Jan 5 #10

No Character OMGWTF Jan 5 #19

Perfect malaise Jan 5 #20

My response.... multigraincracker Jan 5 #11

Orcs are not intellectualists. They only know blind loyalty, anger, and nihilism. Efilroft Sul Jan 5 #12

They like him becsuse he is a bigot like them JI7 Jan 5 #13

"To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason Ping Tung Jan 5 #14

Worst thing I could say is: They ARE Trump. chouchou Jan 5 #15

and he, THEM. B.See Jan 5 #26

Your words are True chouchou Jan 5 #39

A cult of millions, created by right-wing control of the mass media Mysterian Jan 5 #16

I think that this is the main creation story. yardwork Jan 5 #28

Not just invading other countries...pulling back on US interests as well. Safety nets, education, intelligence wiggs Jan 5 #17

One of the main reason they voted for Trump hibbing Jan 5 #22

Everybody on all sides of the politica spectrum used to agree on the provable facts. They might have different opinions Fil1957 Jan 5 #23

Yep....Watergate comes to mind Bengus81 Jan 5 #27

This is MUCH WORSE. The corruption of this administration is at levels many many times that of Watergate Fil1957 Jan 5 #33

I was just replying to your first line of your post,not the point of severity Bengus81 Jan 6 #40

It's useless to argue with hardcore Trump supporters ... OldBoss Jan 5 #24

My concern is that they might sour on Trump but not the GOP. yardwork Jan 5 #30

It's useless to argue. H2O Man Jan 5 #31

I'm feeling pretty discouraged. yardwork Jan 5 #32

There are literally tens of millions of people of voting age who don't vote, valleyrogue Jan 5 #37

yup Skittles Jan 5 #34

K&R for, yip futile to communicate with them. UTUSN Jan 5 #35

They are just like Trump, complete assholes. valleyrogue Jan 5 #36

Arguing with MAGAts violates one of my basic rules to live by. TomSlick Jan 5 #38