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What Do Donald Trump Voters Actually Want?


               
2016 Oct 13, 7:49am   14,136 views  43 comments

by Exleftie   follow (1)  

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/08/donald-trump-voters/401408/

I asked Donald Trump supporters why they believe that the billionaire real-estate developer will treat them any better than the career politicians they mistrust.

The dozens of replies that I received from across the United States make up the largest collection I’ve encountered of Trump supporters setting forth their thinking in their own words. And having read through this non-representative sample, I understand the candidate’s rise better than I did before.

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36   marcus   @   2016 Oct 16, 2:38pm  

rando says

marcus says

TRump openly talks about how he will control the press. We're talking an entirely different level of control. He wants to be like Putin.

Links please.

You haven't been paying attention if you didn't see what he did to the Washinton post, excluding them from his rallies. He criticizes press for quoting the insane stuff he says. And calls that negative coverage.

He says he wants to make it easier to sue the media. He has a long reputation of going after people that say bad things about him. What will he do when he has a lot of power ?

He compliments Putin, and people right here oin this forum agree with TRump that Putin is a better leader than Obama. If you say that, then you must be okay with extremely authoritarian strong man tactics.

http://www.alternet.org/books/new-old-authoritarianism-donald-trump

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2016/09/07/donald-trump-wielded-an-authoritarian-press-ban-against-various-media-outlets-for-more-than-a-year/?utm_term=.e0a6feaf13db

http://www.pressherald.com/2016/10/11/lepage-reaffirms-support-for-trump-despite-lewd-comments-criticizes-collins/

http://mediamatters.org/video/2016/10/10/charles-krauthammer-donald-trump-s-threats-go-after-press-if-elected-shows-his-authoritarian/213723

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/9/7/1566804/-Trump-s-Authoritarian-Risk-on-a-Scale-of-1-10-Poll-and-Discussion-of-Media-Responsibility

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/05/heres-how-trumps-authoritarianism-would-work.html

http://www.humanosphere.org/human-rights/2016/06/82969/

https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2016/04/19/trump-appeals-to-the-authoritarian-within-vanderbilt-researcher/

Careful what you wish for Patrick.

37   Strategist   @   2016 Oct 16, 2:49pm  

Ironman says

jazz music says

I wish I knew more

We wish you did too, but since this is a free speech forum, you get to post what ever delusional thoughts are running through your head between drinks.

Wonder what he is drinking tonight. My guess, it's a 12 pack of Miller Lite, purchased from 7-11 at twice the price, even though there is a Walmart next to him.

38   Strategist   @   2016 Oct 16, 2:52pm  

FP says

I bring to your attention three good articles about free trade:

http://www.ianwelsh.net/ricardos-caveat/

http://www.ianwelsh.net/free-trade-is-elties-betraying-their-own-populations/

http://www.ianwelsh.net/trumponomics-how-the-trump-economic-plan-will-wor/

I'm a super strong believer in free trade, as long as it's free and fair. Sadly, it's tilted in favor of China.
Now they use our money for an arms race that we cannot afford.

39   missing   @   2016 Oct 16, 2:55pm  

marcus says

He compliments Putin, and people right here oin this forum agree with TRump that Putin is a better leader than Obama.

I do not know what exactly you consider a compliment. I know that the other US politicians have been trying to demonize Putin and have lied shamelessly in doing it.

Putin is intelligent, erudite, skillful, and his foreign policy has been more moderate and reasonable than that of Obama and Hillary. I have no opinion about his domestic politics. The situation there is complicated. Democracy cannot be installed overnight and there are times when it may not the the best option. Furthermore, no country has perfect democracy. The US for example, is closer to an oligarchy. Putin is popular in Russia.

40   missing   @   2016 Oct 16, 3:03pm  

ThreeBays says

Where's your Trump list?

It's everywhere, all the time on the CorpMedia.

41   missing   @   2016 Oct 16, 3:05pm  

ThreeBays says

No I'm not as bothered by Hillary's presidency as I am by Trump's, not even close.

And why would you be? The lives of brown people aren't worth much after all.

42   missing   @   2016 Oct 16, 3:46pm  

ThreeBays says

What does that even mean? You're not exactly helping your case.

It is sarcasm amigo. The candidate who you support is a warmonger. She has been instrumental or has championed policies that that have killed or impoverished many people. That have wrecked whole countries for many generations to come, have created a huge refugee crisis and conditions for the emergence of a powerful terrorist organization. That have resulted in the rape and sexual enslavement of thousands of women. But you are not bothered of course. It's happening far away and to brown people. They don't talk about it on TV or NPR, so it can't be that bad, can it?

I don't support anyone in this election (anymore). I am bothered by the potential presidency of either of them. I am bothered by the blatant partiality of the media; I've never seen annoying like this. I am also bothered by the blindness, naiveté, and stupidity of people who consider themselves liberal or even progressive, which is what usually prompts me to comment about the elections here

43   Patrick   @   2016 Oct 17, 7:24am  

marcus says

rando says

marcus says

TRump openly talks about how he will control the press. We're talking an entirely different level of control. He wants to be like Putin.

Links please.

Still do not see him talking about controlling the press. Maybe you can find some quotes.

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