All the warnings fell on deaf ears, huh? Must be service-related hearing-loss.

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    I know but I am still baffled how, seemingly functioning adults, are so fucking clueless and easily deluded

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      I think blaming it on gullibility or ignorance is wrong. These people aren’t that stupid, they’re just hatefully people that didn’t think they would be targets. I feel bad for this dude’s wife being kidnapped, but he can rot in Hell with every other Trump voter.

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        I feel like that is overly reductive. These are people who are seeing their lives become harder year over year, and are being handed a convenient scapegoat by people they were taught to trust. Their biggest crime is usually a lack of critical thinking… to start with. It often grows from there to a lack of empathy.

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      It is pretty amazing. Being a well-known rapist and demented pathological liar isn’t disqualifying from one of the most powerful positions in the world.

      It was astounding a decade ago. Now it’s . . . well, whatever this is.