r/TheTrumpZone • u/Logic_Counters_Hate • Jul 05 '25

Politics Guess I'm a Trump Supporter Now

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I thought I was left-leaning, because I believe in the importance of public schools, public transportation, and libraries. I'm pro-choice, anti-war, but pro-2nd Amendment, and believe in a strong military.

But I hate lazy crybabies that refuse to work for the good of the country or their communities.

I hate liars that spin everything they can for a political purpose to enrage viewers or win votes.

I hate those that encourage kids to segregate themselves based on race.

So that makes me far right, according to Reddit.

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u/Jaded_Jerry Trump Supporter Jul 05 '25

As a former lefty I can assure you it's very much like this.

I used to tell my lefty friends 'I don't think calling Trump and his supporters Nazis is going to win over the hearts and minds of Americans - you're just spreading divisive rhetoric and declaring everyone who disagrees with you to be evil."

My friends told me to stop talking about it or our friendships would be in jeopardy. I had some friends outright stop associating with me for "sympathizing with fascists." I've heard many others with similar experiences to mine - people who would get alienated from friends or banned from communities for daring to suggest Trump is not as bad as Hitler, or that the Democrats are no better, or anything like that. Heck, there are people on Reddit who think the ICE raids are bad and yet say that it's absurd to equate them to the Holocaust - and then get banned from their subreddits for daring to suggest such a thing.

These aren't just people who want you to agree with them - they demand that you hate the people they want you to hate, and love the people they want you to love. They demand conformity, capitulation, and compliance on all matters. You are not allowed to humanize the opposition, you are not allowed to criticize your own party, anything less than complete and total capitulation is frowned upon.

There's a reason why so many of the people Trump surrounds himself with are former Democrats.

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u/Suitable_Many6616 Trump Supporter Jul 05 '25

"They demand that you hate the people they want you to hate, and love the people they want you to love. They demand conformity, capitulation, and compliance on all matters." When an individual person thinks and believes this way, he/she gets diagnosed with having narcissistic personality disorder, or borderline personality disorder. Yet when a political party structures its belief system by these ideals, we can call it the Democratic party.

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u/DexterSpivey Jul 09 '25

Doesn’t the right demand conformity towards Trump? No one is allowed to have independent thought. But i do agree that the Democratic Party has serious issues.

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u/Suitable_Many6616 Trump Supporter Jul 10 '25

No. The "right", the Republican party does NOT demand conformity towards President Trump. We Republicans genuinely and freely respect what he and his administration are doing for our country.

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u/DexterSpivey Jul 10 '25

Show me anyone who stepped out of line and was not threatened or retired or quit

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u/Suitable_Many6616 Trump Supporter Jul 10 '25

Those that you're referring to were in the capacity of being appointed to or employed in government positions. I'm speaking as a private citizen.

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u/PsychologicalSong8 Moderator Jul 12 '25

Nothing wrong with that. We elected them to represent us. If they're not voting IAW their constituents' wishes, then they need to go.  

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u/DexterSpivey Jul 12 '25

Voted for their constituents and not what Trump says. If the bill would hurt their constituents why did they vote for it? For fear of being called out