Reason that Trump supporters are who they are?

[Ombligo]

I'm not sure they are even be left behind, it is just that others are catching up.

[deckeda]

J.D. Vance, Hillbilly Elegy author. The culture thing circles back to the notion of "differentness" (my word) and how we don't like people who are different. This cuts across all boundaries. Haven't read the book, but the author gives examples in a Fresh Air episode:

- Vance lied as a child when asked if his mother threatened him (she had), because the lawyers wore suits and didn't talk/look like people he knew and understood.

- Vance's grandmother recoiled at overt racism hurled at Tiger Woods, saying "they" (outsiders) would never accept "us" (the poor whites/blacks). That's doubly fascinating, as an old white woman strongly associated herself with Woods because she knew African Americans to be poor/uneducated (like herself) although Woods of course comes from decent middle-class suburbia and isn't dumb.

It's the "otherness" in reverse, and I still maintain that it has a lot to do with fear. People don't like to be "talked down to" even if they need to be talked to like children (see what I just did there?) I also maintain the low self esteem plays a huge role. It's this mindset that says, "I know I can't figure it out, but don't make me feel worse by saying so. So go F yourself!"

[hal]

Here is a guy trying to reason with Trump supporters - he didn't get far...

https://youtu.be/EkCifM0kDd0

[Speedy]

hal wrote:
Here is a guy trying to reason with Trump supporters - he didn't get far...

https://youtu.be/EkCifM0kDd0

That Sen. Cruz clip never gets old.

[RgrF]

That's the loudmouth guy you met in a bar last night except it's not last night, it's today and the bar isn't there. Probably a good thing since if it was last night at the bar, someone would have ended up with a black eye.

There is no fix for stupid.

[hal]

RgrF wrote:
That's the loudmouth guy you met in a bar last night except it's not last night, it's today and the bar isn't there. Probably a good thing since if it was last night at the bar, someone would have ended up with a black eye.

There is no fix for stupid.

The guy makes Cruz appear reasonable - that isn't easy...

[Bill in NC]

"they cling to guns or religion..."

Ted King wrote:
What definition of "racist" or "racism" are we going to use here?

[sekker]

August West wrote:

Nate Silver has been showing strong data trends - racism is at the core of Trump backers.

I'm curious about the data, any links?

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-...s-support/