# The (instant and painless) death of Trump voters

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-instant-and-painless-death-of-trump-voters/828310>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 24, 2019, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-instant-and-painless-death-of-trump-voters/828310 "2019-01-24T02:33:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2019, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-instant-and-painless-death-of-trump-voters/828310/21 "2019-01-24T06:18:17Z")

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> [@BlankSlate](#):
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> We really need a dumbest thread ever contest.

Now, now. He did say he was hoping for a civil debate about the desirability of exterminating his political opponents wholesale. If the drafters of the [Wannsee Protocol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wannsee_Conference) could be polite to one another, surely we can be no less considerate of the niceties.

Yeah, Godwin, I know. Sometimes it fits.

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**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2019, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-instant-and-painless-death-of-trump-voters/828310/22 "2019-01-24T06:28:20Z")

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> [@Velocity](#):
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> I understand it’s an extremely macabre OP. But it’s not that far off from sentiments that are often expressed:
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> “We need to wait a decade or two for old Republican voters to die out before change can really happen.”
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> “The problem isn’t Trump, it’s the 63 million who voted for him.”

Right–nice try. This is maybe 1% as clever as you think it is.

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2019, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-instant-and-painless-death-of-trump-voters/828310/23 "2019-01-24T06:41:17Z")

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I don’t know whether to be more disturbed by the OP, or the fact that three people actually voted _yes_.

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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2019, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-instant-and-painless-death-of-trump-voters/828310/24 "2019-01-24T06:52:25Z")

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This whole concept is just warped.

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**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2019, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-instant-and-painless-death-of-trump-voters/828310/25 "2019-01-24T07:16:36Z")

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> [@galen\_ubal](#):
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> Nope, not something I’ve heard - and I hit many lefty sites.
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> Now, if I frequented right-wing sites, I’m sure I’d see people saying this is a lefty wish, but I have no tolerance for such lies.

Yeah, most of the “lefty” sites I’m familiar with would infract or outright ban someone who advocated such a thing.

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2019, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-instant-and-painless-death-of-trump-voters/828310/26 "2019-01-24T07:47:20Z")

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**Moderator Action**

> [@Velocity](#):
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> I’ve wrestled with this one a while, debating inwardly whether it was appropriate to post or not

You should have gone with “not”, at least not in this forum. Try the Pit next time.

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