(07-15-2019 11:10 AM)tanqtonic Wrote:  

(07-15-2019 10:59 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(07-15-2019 09:48 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  Lad and 93 are throwing around the word's "his base". I would like to hear them each define who is Trump's base?

I would guess they would think I am part of Trump's base, since I intend to vote for him in 2020 (I did not vote for him in 2016).

So in listing people who are are part of Trump's base, I would start with people who are happy with the direction of of this country economically.
Add those happy we finally have a "stand up to them" leader on foreign policy.
Add those who cannot find anything in the Democrats that they think is important and feasible.
Note, please the list does not include anybody yet who cheers when he tweets.

Now, Lad and 93, please feel free to fill out the list with your own descriptors.

I’ve already defined his base partially - it’s not solely composed of people who voted for him in 2016 or people in the Republican Party.

I wouldn’t define his base how you do - I would define his base as those who support Trump and what he does, without a critical eye. Those that support the person over the policies and platform. I wouldn’t consider anyone on this board, despite the very regular defenses of the man, part of his base.

We are all friends here -- tell us what the bolded *really* means to you? Let me get this started with what I think you probably mean with some first letters,

Can I buy an "I"?

How about a "G"?

Is there an "N"?

Literally you two, stop pussyfooting around the 'safe words'.

The funny thing is that we have an instance here that Trump may have actually jumped the boat into what has been charged incessantly.

But in the case of this board, has put in the inclusion of "Trump supporters will lap this up" (of course a paraphrase, so we dont go down the incessant 'thats NOT what I said' merry-go-round --- or bounce house as the case may be).

This tends to shine a light on what could be viewed as hard a level of bigotry from our left leaning friends to (eeeekkkk!!!) Trump supporters! (scream!!!!) (thunder!!!) as Trump may have just exhibited in a Tweet.

But in order to go full-monty and blast Trump for potentially saying "go back to mexico, Paco" (which is a possibility, mind), to jump full bore into that they would have to fully expose their utter contempt for the so-called 'deplorables'. This is a really funny overreach when you think about it.

And like Trump's tweet, it was a comment that really didnt have to be put out there, no need to even put on that add-on in the slightest. Yet, there it was in all its glory.... This is amazingly rich on so many levels.

How are you and OO unable to understand what that phrase means? It’s not very difficult, to understand.

What it really means are those who are unable to be critical of him - who support everything he does and says. There is no hidden meaning. The reason I don’t consider anyone on this board his base is because everyone here has actually been critical of things he has done or said at some point.

His base though, they’re the ones that wear the “F*** Your Feelings” shirts, cheer him on when he makes fun of a disable reporter, and so on. And they’re his base because they’re unable to look at the problematic things he does and actually say they’re problematic.

You seem to want to pick a fight over this - why?