# Which is harder - being liberal and surrounded by conservatives, or vice versa

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-harder-being-liberal-and-surrounded-by-conservatives-or-vice-versa/831871>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 1, 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-harder-being-liberal-and-surrounded-by-conservatives-or-vice-versa/831871 "2019-04-01T17:59:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-harder-being-liberal-and-surrounded-by-conservatives-or-vice-versa/831871/151 "2019-04-08T14:11:17Z")

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> [@Der\_Trihs](#):
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> Trump voters live in their own media/ideological bubble. It doesn’t matter whether or not other people show them “contempt”, they’ll only hear about how the evil liberals hate them and are all child molesting devil worshipers.

> [@Der\_Trihs](#):
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> they voted for Trump because they are bigots who hate most of humanity and want to punish the rest of us for existing

> [@Der\_Trihs](#):
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> Conservatism is nothing but an endless rampage of cruelty and hatred directed at the majority of humanity.

> [@Der\_Trihs](#):
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> “God back in schools” = religious persecution and the suppression of science. “Anti-abortion” = oppressing, torturing and killing women. “Anti-gay” = persecute, torture and kill homosexuals. “Pro-gun” = support for right wing lynchings and terrorism.

> [@What was Trump actually implying he did when he said he "grabb\[ed\] em by the pussy"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-trump-actually-implying-he-did-when-he-said-he-grabb-ed-em-by-the-pussy/831870/75):
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> People voted for Trump and the Republicans because they wanted to hurt as many people as possible as much as possible, regardless of the consequences to themselves. All they care about is inflicting as much suffering as possible.

> [@What was Trump actually implying he did when he said he "grabb\[ed\] em by the pussy"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-trump-actually-implying-he-did-when-he-said-he-grabb-ed-em-by-the-pussy/831870/63):
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> Trump and his supporters are misogynistic and support the rape and abuse of women. That’s why saying such things make him popular with them; they \*want \*women to be assaulted, to be raped, and to be killed.

> [@Dealing with your Trump supporter friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-your-trump-supporter-friends/831272/16):
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> I would never consider a Trump supporter anything but an enemy.

> [@Nerds are Smothering American Culture!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerds-are-smothering-american-culture/830977/7):
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> Historically in the US, the only happy people have been evil people. The bullies, the bigots, the thugs, the fanatics, the rapists, the slaveowners, the plutocrats.

> [@Don’t waste that perfectly good fetus!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-waste-that-perfectly-good-fetus/829060/128):
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> The\* only \*goal of the anti abortion movement is to persecute, torture and kill women.

> [@What makes a "good Republican?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-good-republican/828787/159):
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> Conservatism is all about emulating Sauron; “malice, cruelty and the will to dominate all life.'” Letting people “live in peace” goes against everything conservatives stand for; only cruelty, suffering and death are acceptable.

**Der Trihs** , have you ever considered the possibility that…maybe \*you’re \*the one who’s in a “bubble?”

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