I know it may be emotionally gratifying for some Trump supporters to give the "screw you, we don't need your vote" response to people, and to applaud Trump when he says stupid stuff like what he said about libel laws.
But if they really want Trump to win, then they should want him to get as many votes as possible in the general election. At some point, rather than deliberately alienating people who are leaning against the guy, they might want to think about how to convince them otherwise. That means Trump not saying as much dumb stuff, and his supporters working to alienate people less, and convince them more.
Honest to God, I'm waffling on supporting the guy myself, and this "screw all you people" attitude is just making me and others even more concerned about exactly what it is we'd be electing.
Bottom line is that the reflexive attacks on anyone who criticizes Trump is just sheer laziness. People don't want to put in the work/patience to try to convince persuadable voters to support their guy. But if he doesn't win...those same Trump supporters all will be angry as hell about how they were "abandoned" by other Republicans/conservatives.
Extremely sensible posts. Congrats.
So, don’t tell the guy who just endorsed you to go get on the plane and get out?
Yes, Trump should tone it down and try to become the non-Trump if he gets the nomination.
But Trump cannot do that. He doesn’t have that much control over his mouth or his emotions.
Just one more thing that makes him dangerous.