Why risk losing the “damn bitch had it coming” vote? That is at least half of his base, anyways.

Growing up in a Republican household, this was exactly my situation. I was taught certain things were true, that a certain outlook on the world was the best outlook, and I did want my dad to think well of me. As a child that is influential and some of those concepts still linger.

Haha I know :) because I look at the loud-and-proud GOP women in my family now from the other side and have those same thoughts (“the heck is wrong with you?!!?!")

They do still exist. And are welcome to not inflict their opinion on the rest of us. ;)

I have a black, gay friend who is a Republican. I am like ?????

Where you grow up will have a huge influence on your political views. The internet and leaving your parents house will change the way you think, but those first years of your environment are hard to overcome. If your parents listen to conservative talk radio all the time and only watch Fox News and everyone else’s…

This. I was a registered Republican in my late teen and very early 20s, which is something most people can’t even imagined about me now. I was born and raised in Oklahoma, and everyone around me was a Republican so I assumed I must be too. I just didn’t understand the difference because you just didn’t have many…

There are also gay Republicans.

Yes, absolutely true for me, and for other women I know in similar situations. That’s part of the “leaving quietly” thing. And I might get flack for it here (“be loud! You’re part of the problem!” Etc) but y’all don’t know my life and I do what I can to try to change the minds of the people around me a little bit at a…

And we’ll keep offering safe haven - I was hyperbolic, I know. I don’t really think they’re brain damaged. ;) XO

I mean it’s the same thing with poor people and republicans. It’s basically the party that exists simply by pure stupidity (oh and lies, we can’t forget lies).

Same with people of color who go to Trump’s rallies to support him and are shocked they’re distrusted and attacked: I’m supposed to feel bad that you’re so naive or stupid that you think you can support a racist and not have it blow up in your face? I can’t deal with that kind of cognitive dissonance.

The two loud and proud Trump supporters I know are women. One of them said Trump has a good heart. Girlfriend, he needs to have a heart to even have a good one.

Female ex-GOP here. When it’s how your entire worldview is informed from birth, “brain damaged” maybe isn’t quite as accurate as “brainwashed”.

And yet, there are still Republican women. How brain damaged do you have to be to be part of an organization/movement that doesn’t view you as a fully realized human?

I am in tears. I was reading comments on Jez yesterday about Utah’s attempts to require full sedation for post 20 weeks terminations. One of the commenters who I can’t remember shared this link and I went from adamantly pro-choice to fanatically pro-choice.

Ditto, and I can’t even, anymore. When the HELL is this nightmare going to end. Like I try to formulate coherent thoughts, then nope. nope nope nope.

Let the screaming commence!

At what point, does he peel back his shellacked coif to reveal his 666 birthmark?

Jesus Christ he’s a fucking piece of shit on this issue.