There isn’t any valid perspective that would excuse voting for Trump. Period.

To pull the lever for Trump, one of three things has to be true:

1) You are an overt racist and misogynist;

It’s very hard to engage with people whose perspective is that you shouldn’t have the same rights that they do and/or are less human than they are and/or should disappear. I don’t think anyone believes that all of Trump’s voters are card carrying members of the Aryan Brotherhood, but that’s not really the point or…

I’m sorry?

We already know their perspective. They believe that Obama has FEMA death camps. They believe that Hillary Clinton is a demon. They believe that Michelle Obama is a man. They are not living in reality.

Sorry, but I grew up in a solidly red county. A very affluent, conservative county in NY. I got the “perspective” of those Trump voters when I was bullied for being brown and being from a mixed family. Those same people are the ones who are now writing hateful, racist posts all over Facebook. I should not have to…

The fact is they either are racist or they looked at a man who threatened to legislate against the safety and freedom of groups of people to which they did not belong and thought that was fine. Which is, you know, racist. They’re racist. They need to take a hard look at themselves.

There is some flawed idea that if we just tried to understand, we would magically agree and be on the same side. I pride myself in honestly trying to understand the other side. I work with republicans, I am friends with republicans. I engage with them and try to learn more. Some of it I agree with, some of it I don’t.…

They’re not all racists.

If you voted Trump you’re at the very least tolerant of racism.

I understand that sexism, racism, xenophobia, incompetence, and corruption were not deal breakers for them, whether or not they personally carry those qualities themselves.

If they weren’t racist, sexist, cruel-spirited, or greedy themselves, they were willing to vote for somebody who clearly is. Obviously, those traits are not repugnant to them, and they see that sort of person as being a fine fit for the Presidency. That makes those people just as bad, and certainly complicit.

It is a lot easier to dismiss all anti-Trump voters as dismissive than it is to try and understand the perspective of others.

There are two types of people who voted for Trump: people who are racist, and people who do not care about racism (i.e., those who say they voted for him for other reasons discounting that), and honestly, the latter is just as disgusting as the former. There is no justification.

You can stick out your hand and get it slapped back so many times before you need to say “fuck it.” Those are supposedly functioning, thinking people. It’s well past the time they should see that they’re voting against their own interest in some cases. If they want to change course, the others will welcome them. But…

I already know. They are mad because they’re working oh so hard and aren’t getting much of anything in this economy. In other words, they’re being treated the way PoC have always been treated and they don’t like it; but they expect u s to put up with it with a smile.

Trump supporters have been interviewed about why they were voting for him.

What is there worth trying to understand and engage with about people who, at best, have signaled they are okay with racism and bigotry?

America spends most of it’s time eating the ass of Trump voters and have for some time. Just look at our election cycle, it begins in Iowa and New Hampshire (the Iowa of the NE)... White flyover state voters have a higher median income than “liberal enclave voters” and nearly every cable channel is devoted to the…

Over 200,000 civilian Chechens killed, including over 20,000 children. 21 Russian journalists killed. Bladdermir Putin has no moral or ethical standing.

I think I thought Putin was a better spy, and therefore a better liar, than this. His response is practically Trumpian in its hyperbole, defensiveness and arrogance. Ergo, he is full of shit.