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CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#337301: Nov 3rd 2020 at 7:44:29 PM

trump has done nothing to help farmers in the past 4 years, what makes them think that he'll start now?

Trump has given them billions in subsidiaries. It's the only thing he's done I approved of.

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
Kayeka (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#337302: Nov 3rd 2020 at 7:44:31 PM

I mean, how many of you personally saw consequences from what Trump has done this past four years?
I think you opened a can of furious worms right there.

Edited by Kayeka on Nov 3rd 2020 at 4:45:10 PM

RAlexa21th Zettai Ryouiki Enjoyer from California (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I <3 love!
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#337303: Nov 3rd 2020 at 7:45:08 PM

My mother became an even more toxic jackass once she supports Trump so I do feel the consequences alright.

And he is one extra layer keeping me I'm the closet.

This also reeks of the Republicans' Lack of Empathy. They are willing to support Trump as long as they look away from the mountain of corpses.

Edited by RAlexa21th on Nov 3rd 2020 at 7:46:35 AM

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Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#337304: Nov 3rd 2020 at 7:45:49 PM

I didn't look, so I don't know, but there were at least a few black women. And no, the interviewer didn't ask them about their sexual orientation...

Oh yeah, it should also be noticed that the Democrat was a Dutch immigrant, so there was probably no Republican family influencing her views.

[up] I think that is part of it, yes. They seem to be very willing to look the other way.

Edited by Redmess on Nov 3rd 2020 at 4:48:09 PM

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CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#337305: Nov 3rd 2020 at 7:47:18 PM

Trump has terrified my disabled wife that she's going to die destitute and bring me down with them due to ending socialized medicine.

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Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#337306: Nov 3rd 2020 at 7:49:40 PM

Are these experiences you guys mention also why you became more interested in politics?

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nombretomado (Season 1) Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#337307: Nov 3rd 2020 at 7:51:15 PM

An existence that's not white, male-coded, cis, straight, able-bodied, Christian, etc. is not often able to opt out of being political in the US.

Edited by nombretomado on Nov 3rd 2020 at 7:52:44 AM

RAlexa21th Zettai Ryouiki Enjoyer from California (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I <3 love!
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#337308: Nov 3rd 2020 at 7:52:23 PM

I was drawn to politics thanks to LGBT issues. However, since the beginning of the 2016 election, the Republican Party has shown itself more and more Obviously Evil.

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Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#337309: Nov 3rd 2020 at 7:54:52 PM

Very true, though that's not what got me interested in politics primarily. I think it was mostly political awareness from university, and a rather strong obsession with Trump once he won, because it was just that crazy. Oh, and Brexit naturally, which was basically the lead up to that interest in Trump.

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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
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#337310: Nov 3rd 2020 at 7:55:35 PM

I had intermittent interest in politics prior to 2015, but I started to really take notice the moment I heard Trump won the primaries. I was like "Wait, what!?"

Disgusted, but not surprised
SatoshiBakura (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#337311: Nov 3rd 2020 at 7:56:22 PM

My dad works with the government. Both of my parents hate Ronald Reagan. They talked about politics a lot, so I became political.

Wispy Since: Feb, 2017
#337312: Nov 3rd 2020 at 7:57:17 PM

I didn't expect Trump to win in 2016 and that kinda started my foray into politics.

RAlexa21th Zettai Ryouiki Enjoyer from California (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I <3 love!
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#337313: Nov 3rd 2020 at 7:58:43 PM

2016 was the first time I voted.

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Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#337314: Nov 3rd 2020 at 7:59:16 PM

Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised that unexpected upset made a lot of people pick up more of an interest in politics, if only to find out how on Earth a game show host became president.

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Imca (Veteran)
#337315: Nov 3rd 2020 at 8:00:21 PM

My foray into politics started with government censorship back home.

astrokitty Happiness is a cup of tea from Somewhere Out There Since: May, 2014 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
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#337316: Nov 3rd 2020 at 8:01:11 PM

I got more involved with politics so that I could look at the stuff without constantly falling into intense nihilism and despair. I don't know if it's helped or not.

Edited by astrokitty on Nov 3rd 2020 at 11:01:33 AM

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RAlexa21th Zettai Ryouiki Enjoyer from California (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I <3 love!
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#337317: Nov 3rd 2020 at 8:01:13 PM

I hate politics. It brings me bitterness whenever I look at it. Yet I have no respect for people who run away from it. Human lives and liberty are on the line, whether you like it or not. Being neutral is being an accomplice.

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AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#337318: Nov 3rd 2020 at 8:04:52 PM

I had a similar experience as M84. It doesn't help that I already tick off a bunch of minority demographics which have been in the spotlight, so it's pretty unavoidable not to care about politics one way or another.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#337319: Nov 3rd 2020 at 8:05:14 PM

When you think about it, politics is pretty much everywhere. Any setting where there's more than one person, there's going to be politics.

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Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#337320: Nov 3rd 2020 at 8:10:48 PM

I think it's often not so much that people run away from politics, but that they lead busy lives and see no reason to be more invested in politics. Understanding politics takes quite a bit of time and effort, and not everyone is willing to put that in if it doesn't affect them directly (or they think it doesn't).

The first step in getting involved in politics is realizing that politics affect you, in some way, at some time, in your life. If you don't have that realization, politics tends to seem rather distant, something that happens to other people but isn't really any concern to you.

And this can happen to minorities too. Not every LGBT or black person is going to be involved or aware of politics, even if they are aware of the effects of it on their lives.

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CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#337321: Nov 3rd 2020 at 8:18:36 PM

I was interested in politics after George W. Bush but stopped caring after Obama.

Trump reinvigorated my interest as I realized what a monster he was.

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RAlexa21th Zettai Ryouiki Enjoyer from California (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I <3 love!
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#337322: Nov 3rd 2020 at 8:21:56 PM

Trump is simply a symptom that the conservatives are either monsters or their enablers. We cannot afford to stop fighting, no matter how exhausting it is because again, people's lives are at risk.

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Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#337323: Nov 3rd 2020 at 8:22:13 PM

Oh yeah, I was briefly interested after 9/11, but similarly lost interest after Obama won.

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nightwyrm_zero Since: Apr, 2010
#337324: Nov 3rd 2020 at 8:25:49 PM

I became interested in politics after tuning into TDS during the Bush years and mostly kept it up.

Kaiseror Since: Jul, 2016
#337325: Nov 3rd 2020 at 8:29:22 PM

I used to have no interest in politics (mainly due to father who kept saying that all politicians were crooks) and while I was disappointed when trump first won I didn't have much concern over it because I thought that he couldn't possibly be that bad but in 2018 I started to see all the damage that he and those like him were doing and I started to become more active. The midterms were the first time I voted.


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