# Trump Supporters are Flawed People

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**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")\
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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:** [November 11, 2016, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-are-flawed-people/771345/249 "2016-11-11T21:32:52Z")

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> [@GIGObuster](#):
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> Well, I’m not **Budget Player Cadet** , but I have to notice here that by ignoring that I posted about what I’m going to experience under a Trump administration you did show me here in this thread that you are not empathizing.
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> But the point here is that I also did approach people with no contempt here in Arizona to convince them about not voting for Trump, and others here do report that they did so already.
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> When is the empathy for the other side will happen here?

I don’t recall your post or consciously ignoring you, but I do notice that you are trying to take a potshot at me, so there’s that.

And judging by your posts, I doubt you approached people with no contempt. You expressed contempt and derision for me right there, by implying that I was a hypocrite, for instance.

Empathy happens when you can establish mutual respect, however slight. I generally agree with you on issues, **GIGO** , and I have tremendous respect for your intelligence and your expertise in climate change (and statistics; you seem to be a monster with statistics), but most of the time your posts are laden with an air of superiority and certainty that many people might find off-putting.

Heck, look at some of this, all from the same thread:

> [@I predict that Donald Trump is going to win the election for POTUS this year.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-that-donald-trump-is-going-to-win-the-election-for-potus-this-year/747810/2):
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> Since you did not reply to this that I posted before, I have to take it then that you were indeed proved wrong already.
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> **Things is that, as usual, the plural of anecdote is not data.** (As it seems, you did miss the first time that that was directed to your union guys tale

> [@I predict that Donald Trump is going to win the election for POTUS this year.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-that-donald-trump-is-going-to-win-the-election-for-potus-this-year/747810/2):
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> If you are worried about Hillary’s negatives, you really have not paid attention to the ones Trump has.

> [@I predict that Donald Trump is going to win the election for POTUS this year.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-that-donald-trump-is-going-to-win-the-election-for-potus-this-year/747810/16):
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> So far I see you relying on anecdotes and not very good data.

IMO, all of those are condescending, adopt a superior tone and consist of broadly declarative statements designed to shut down discussion. And in some cases, to derogate whoever it was you were responding to.

So no, I don’t think that when you talked to people, you did so with a neutral tone. The evidence I have to go by suggests otherwise, IMO.

It’s a skill. It takes practice; I know.

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