# I predict that Donald Trump is going to win the election for POTUS this year.

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**Created:** [March 3, 2016, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-that-donald-trump-is-going-to-win-the-election-for-potus-this-year/747810 "2016-03-03T05:22:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-that-donald-trump-is-going-to-win-the-election-for-potus-this-year/747810/66 "2016-03-03T22:42:05Z")

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> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#):
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> How is that not saying “fuck you”? They seem identical to me.

> [@CarnalK](#):
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> One is “fuck you” the other is “fuck it”.

I appreciate the distinction you’re trying to draw, but I already covered that ground in my OP.:

> [@Trump General Election Viability Predictions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-general-election-viability-predictions/747338/8):
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> Voting for Trump is big “fuck you” to politics in general and they don’t care that he’s an asshole. They’d rather say fuck you than worry about the consequences of their actions beyond the joy of saying fuck you.
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> And people especially hate Hillary Clinton. They’ve been told for more than 20 years what a lying, despicable, evil criminal cunt she is, and they believe it. They’d rather say “fuck you” to her and her establishment credentials than worry about what the alternative is.

So no, not really any difference in this “fuck you” and your “fuck it”.

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