re: #114 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

The difference between my view of the world and that of my pro-Trump relatives and friends is stark. Where I see a USA that’s doing well domestically and internationally, they see a dying republic beset at all sides by sinister forces. Yet, they go through their days normally as before. The TV still works. Radio. Internet. Power grid. Phones. The supermarkets are stocked. Gasoline is around $2 a gallon and there’s ample supply. People go to church without incident. They still have their guns.

I know plenty of places in the world which are in much dire situations. The USA is still a paradise by comparison.

Exactly. They’re convinced Obama has ruined our country and we’re in decline but their daily life hasn’t gotten worse under him. I was listening to NPR yesterday and hearing a bunch of Trump supporters talk about how they want their freedoms back. I wish someone would ask them what that means and if they say something like how gay marriage is legal now, explain nicely that same sex marriage being legal isn’t a loss of freedom for them and that they still have their guns.