# Trump Supporters are Flawed People **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 10, 2016, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-are-flawed-people/771345 "2016-11-10T10:27:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 237
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-are-flawed-people/771345/237 "2016-11-11T15:35:10Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Something of a quasi-parallel view to **Snowboarder Bo** ’s very cogent contributions: > > This is a post-election video commentary from the UK's Jonathan Pie, a reporter... who is, like Stephen Colbert, is actually a character. But he's not a right winger, and his commentary is persuasive. In my view. I posted that link, as well, yesterday. Appears to have been ignored. > [@So, where did the Democrats go wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-the-democrats-go-wrong/771165/125): > > This guy appears to have a theory about what went wrong: > > Spoiler, NSFW language > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLG9g7BcjKs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLG9g7BcjKs) There’s a section of his analysis that is echoed in [this Huffington Post piece:](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nikki-johnsonhuston-esq/the-culture-of-the-smug-w_b_11537306.html) > [@](#): > > They can’t even have a conversation with someone who sees the world differently without resorting to calling someone a racist, homophobic, misogynistic, bigot and trying to have them banned from campus, or ruin them and their reputation. When you try to quash any dialog by insulting your opponent rather than engaging him, the opponent just shuts up - and voices his opinion at the voting booth. Refreshing 538 every 2 minutes won’t yield any insight as to what’s going wrong, and you end up with Trump as President. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-are-flawed-people/771345)._