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How crybully Trump and his supporters excel at playing the victim
Washington Post ^
| 4/25/2016
| Catherine Rampell
Posted on 04/26/2016 8:29:51 AM PDT by AndyJackson
But in recent years, conservatives have found playing the victimhood card to be equally profitable for their own causes.
...
Donald Trump is a successful businessman. His residences and modes of transit are plated with gold. He has married three gorgeous women. He claims to have a multibillion-dollar net worth. He has mocked the disabled, women, Asians, Hispanics, Muslims, even prisoners of war....
Yet he constantly rationalizes his bad behavior and political setbacks as the inevitable consequence of unfair systems and anti-Trump persecution.
Disapprove of his pro-violence rally rhetoric? Hes just protecting his beleaguered voters against those big, strong, powerful Black Lives Matter activists, Bernie bros and other bad dudes.
Find his xenophobic remarks about our allies, trading partners and immigrants repulsive? Hes merely defending his supporters from foreigners who prey on them economically, culturally and even sexually. (Those Mexican border-crossers are mostly rapists, after all.)
To hear Trump tell it, he and his supporters are the most beaten-down victims this country has ever seen. The system is rigged to keep them from winning, designed to make the weak even weaker. They have been robbed, disenfranchised, bullied and insulted. With the odds so stacked against them, they and their leader are not only permitted but also morally obligated to punch back as ferociously as they can.
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To: AndyJackson
It's nice to have a fighter on our side for a change who won't take crap from anybody.
The leftist "cry baby" attack meme is predictable but that's better than being called "push over" and "door mat".
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posted on
04/26/2016 11:12:51 AM PDT
by
SamAdams76
(Cruz and Kasich are in COLLUSION with the establishment GOP - cannot be trusted!)
To: AndyJackson
He makes a good argument...that makes want to vote Trump! And I’m a lowly Cruzer!
62
posted on
04/26/2016 11:26:11 AM PDT
by
subterfuge
(TED CRUZ FOR POTUS!)
To: Just mythoughts
The objective in a flesh journey is to make sure 'we' are NOT the object of God's sense of humor. But as has been since the beginning the majority just cannot help themselves. Being absolutely certain that you cannot be wrong seems to have a tendency to provoke a punchline.
63
posted on
04/26/2016 11:29:34 AM PDT
by
tacticalogic
("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
To: SunkenCiv
I’m sure the donations are pouring in after that little blurb was posted.
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posted on
04/26/2016 11:35:21 AM PDT
by
subterfuge
(TED CRUZ FOR POTUS!)
To: tacticalogic
This is not about my rightness or wrongness. I am sitting on the sidelines watching what God said would be, happening. I took the time to find out others made Darwin their God of discovery.
65
posted on
04/26/2016 11:46:19 AM PDT
by
Just mythoughts
(Jesus said Luke 17:32 Remember Lot's wife.)
To: subterfuge
Not sure, why don’t you ask Jim yourself?
66
posted on
04/26/2016 11:48:45 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: subterfuge; onyx; Jane Long; PA Engineer; Grampa Dave; KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle; SaveFerris; ...
Im sure the donations are pouring in after that little blurb was posted. (TED CRUZ FOR POTUS!)
67
posted on
04/26/2016 11:50:09 AM PDT
by
mkjessup
(Cry havoc!! And let slip the ZOTS of War!!! ~ General Chang of the House of FREEP)
To: SunkenCiv
Don’t need to. The Cruz people have been run off except for a few of us. You must be a monthly donor and proud to be on the right team.
68
posted on
04/26/2016 11:53:38 AM PDT
by
subterfuge
(TED CRUZ FOR POTUS!)
To: AndyJackson
Here is my response reflecting my support for Trump!
69
posted on
04/26/2016 11:54:45 AM PDT
by
GilGil
To: subterfuge
You have the level of paranoia and bitterness I’ve come to expect from alleged Cruz supporters.
70
posted on
04/26/2016 11:56:17 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: SunkenCiv; subterfuge
You have the level of paranoia and bitterness Ive come to expect from alleged Cruz supporters.”
Yeah....and “Subterfuge” at least knows what he is ....lol
71
posted on
04/26/2016 12:08:03 PM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
To: subterfuge; All
You must be proud of these two guys:
72
posted on
04/26/2016 12:09:51 PM PDT
by
mkjessup
(Cry havoc!! And let slip the ZOTS of War!!! ~ General Chang of the House of FREEP)
To: Just mythoughts
I took the time to find out others made Darwin their God of discovery.I've learned to avoid claiming to know other men's hearts.
73
posted on
04/26/2016 12:24:37 PM PDT
by
tacticalogic
("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
To: tacticalogic
That is why we are told to test their fruits.
74
posted on
04/26/2016 12:27:48 PM PDT
by
Just mythoughts
(Jesus said Luke 17:32 Remember Lot's wife.)
To: Just mythoughts
That is why we are told to test their fruits.Not often you actually get to do that.
75
posted on
04/26/2016 12:36:55 PM PDT
by
tacticalogic
("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
To: SunkenCiv
From your post, I don’t think you know what paranoia or bitterness mean. You think it’s awesome long time freepers are leaving. I get that. Just don’t cry about it when the forum is gone.
76
posted on
04/26/2016 12:58:35 PM PDT
by
subterfuge
(TED CRUZ FOR POTUS!)
To: mkjessup
What are you, about 12 years old?
The level of discourse by Trump supporters like you is rather sad. You should be embarrassed.
77
posted on
04/26/2016 1:01:21 PM PDT
by
subterfuge
(TED CRUZ FOR POTUS!)
To: mkjessup
I hope someone goes up to a biker for Trump and calls them a crybaby victim.
78
posted on
04/26/2016 1:22:18 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(We're pain, we're steel, a plot of knives...)
To: subterfuge; onyx; Jane Long; PA Engineer; Grampa Dave; KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle; SaveFerris; ...
What are you, about 12 years old?
No, sorry. If you're craving a 12 year old, you're going to have to look elsewhere.
The level of discourse by Trump supporters like you is rather sad. You should be embarrassed.
Projection. If you had even an ounce of intellectual honesty within you, you would be embarrassed for backing that fraudulent Cuban-Canadian that sold out to the GOPe, but just like the rest of the Cruz cultists, you are without shame.
Work on that.
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posted on
04/26/2016 1:45:24 PM PDT
by
mkjessup
(Cry havoc!! And let slip the ZOTS of War!!! ~ General Chang of the House of FREEP)
To: subterfuge
You know what they say. Can’t attack the message; attack the messenger.
In other words, please cry more; your tantrums are being soundly rejected by the United States. Ha. Ha. Ha.
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posted on
04/26/2016 1:47:03 PM PDT
by
Luircin
(Breathe, Ted... Breathe.)
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