Here is a portrait of the typical Trump supporter

Trump's comments, coupled with his bitter fight with the Scottish government over the installation of 11 offshore wind turbines, which he said would blight the view from his luxury golf course in the city of Aberdeen, have rankled UK residents.

These include UK Prime Minister David Cameron, who has called the Republican presidential hopeful “stupid.” Cameron has also labeled some of Trump's comments about Muslims "divisive, unhelpful and quite simply wrong," reported CNN.

The UK government has not said yet whether it will ban Trump from the country, but it did reply to the public petition, which has generated more than five times the number of signatures required for parliament to consider an issue eligible for debate.

In its written reply to the petition, the government confirmed that Home Secretary Theresa May “may exclude a non-European Economic Area national from the UK if she considers their presence in the UK to be non-conducive to the public good.”

“Coming to the UK is a privilege and not a right,” the government response says, “and she will continue to use the powers available to prevent from entering the UK those who seek to harm our society and who do not share our basic values.”

Turtleneck wrote:Britons petition government to ban Donald Trump from UK for hate speech
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2016/0103/Britons-petition-government-to-ban-Donald-Trump-from-UK-for-hate-speech

Trump's comments, coupled with his bitter fight with the Scottish government over the installation of 11 offshore wind turbines, which he said would blight the view from his luxury golf course in the city of Aberdeen, have rankled UK residents.

These include UK Prime Minister David Cameron, who has called the Republican presidential hopeful “stupid.” Cameron has also labeled some of Trump's comments about Muslims "divisive, unhelpful and quite simply wrong," reported CNN.

The UK government has not said yet whether it will ban Trump from the country, but it did reply to the public petition, which has generated more than five times the number of signatures required for parliament to consider an issue eligible for debate.

In its written reply to the petition, the government confirmed that Home Secretary Theresa May “may exclude a non-European Economic Area national from the UK if she considers their presence in the UK to be non-conducive to the public good.”

“Coming to the UK is a privilege and not a right,” the government response says, “and she will continue to use the powers available to prevent from entering the UK those who seek to harm our society and who do not share our basic values.”

Turtleneck wrote:Trump's new ad.
http://www.vox.com/2016/1/4/10707800/donald-trump-ad

Cym Jim wrote:

Turtleneck wrote:Britons petition government to ban Donald Trump from UK for hate speech
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2016/0103/Britons-petition-government-to-ban-Donald-Trump-from-UK-for-hate-speech

Must admit, the hate speech laws over there scare me. Maybe I've been here too long, but you can get locked up for 90% of the stuff folks post on Wells if you tweet it at someone. Hell, even the Republican party line on gays etc would be illegal. I don't know - I've grown to quite like freedom of speech, but the idea of a society where that shit isn't tolerated does sound interesting.

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:

Turtleneck wrote:Trump's new ad.
http://www.vox.com/2016/1/4/10707800/donald-trump-ad

I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry.

That. Fucking. Video.

Despite her silence, Trump supporters around her began chanting Trump's name -- as instructed by Trump campaign staff before the event in case of protests -- and pointed at Hamid and Marty Rosenbluth, the man alongside her who stood up as well.

As they were escorted out, Trump supporters roared -- booing the pair and shouting at them to "get out." One person shouted, "You have a bomb, you have a bomb," according to Hamid.

"The ugliness really came out fast and that's really scary," Hamid told CNN in a phone interview after she was ejected.

xsanguine wrote:

Cym Jim wrote:

Must admit, the hate speech laws over there scare me. Maybe I've been here too long, but you can get locked up for 90% of the stuff folks post on Wells if you tweet it at someone. Hell, even the Republican party line on gays etc would be illegal. I don't know - I've grown to quite like freedom of speech, but the idea of a society where that shit isn't tolerated does sound interesting.

Interesting in a, like......'Scary as fucking shit' way?

Cym Jim wrote:

xsanguine wrote:

Interesting in a, like......'Scary as fucking shit' way?

No, in a "society that doesn't tolerate hate and violence" kind of way. You guys have got oddly used to your klan rallies and now see it as a sign of a healthy society. It probably isn't.

xsanguine wrote:

Cym Jim wrote:

No, in a "society that doesn't tolerate hate and violence" kind of way. You guys have got oddly used to your klan rallies and now see it as a sign of a healthy society. It probably isn't.

So putting people in cages for what they say is the sign of a healthy society. Got it.

A massive new study debunks a widespread theory for Donald Trump’s success

Economic distress and anxiety across working-class white America have become a widely discussed explanation for the success of Donald Trump. It seems to make sense. Trump's most fervent supporters tend to be white men without college degrees. This same group has suffered economically in our increasingly globalized world, as machines have replaced workers in factories and labor has shifted overseas. Trump has promised to curtail trade and other perceived threats to American workers, including immigrants.

Yet a major new analysis from Gallup, based on 87,000 interviews the polling company conducted over the past year, suggests this narrative is not complete. While there does seem to be a relationship between economic anxiety and Trump's appeal, the straightforward connection that many observers have assumed does not appear in the data.

According to this new analysis, those who view Trump favorably have not been disproportionately affected by foreign trade or immigration, compared with people with unfavorable views of the Republican presidential nominee. The results suggest that his supporters, on average, do not have lower incomes than other Americans, nor are they more likely to be unemployed.

Yet while Trump's supporters might be comparatively well off themselves, they come from places where their neighbors endure other forms of hardship. In their communities, white residents are dying younger, and it is harder for young people who grow up poor to get ahead.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/08/12/a-massive-new-study-debunks-a-widespread-theory-for-donald-trumps-success/?tid=a_inl

Stop blaming racism for Donald Trump’s rise

Attributing racial motivations — either outright racism or the more nuanced concept of racial resentment — to some of Trump's supporters seems to make sense. Trump has used racially incendiary language, white supremacists have flocked to Trump rallies, and polls show that Trump supporters — who are nearly all white — feel they are disadvantaged relative to other racial groups. Yet those who reduce Trumpism to a giant cultural yawp risk misinterpreting not only the data at hand but also decades of research on how and why people vote.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/08/19/stop-blaming-racism-for-donald-trumps-rise/

xsanguine wrote:

Cym Jim wrote:

No, in a "society that doesn't tolerate hate and violence" kind of way. You guys have got oddly used to your klan rallies and now see it as a sign of a healthy society. It probably isn't.

So putting people in cages for what they say is the sign of a healthy society. Got it.

The_Dude wrote:

xsanguine wrote:

So putting people in cages for what they say is the sign of a healthy society. Got it.

Have to remember Europe is full of a bunch of emasculated, cucks. I hope we dont save them, next time they need it.

GRR Spartan wrote:

The_Dude wrote:

Have to remember Europe is full of a bunch of emasculated, cucks. I hope we dont save them, next time they need it.

Guess that would make you part of America's Cowardly Generation while our fathers and grandfathers were part of The Greatest Generation.

YAFI

GRR Spartan wrote:Trump was right on voter fraud. Already happened in swing state Iowa.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/10/29/trump-supporter-charged-with-voting-twice-in-iowa/?utm_term=.4da02349490f

DWags wrote:

GRR Spartan wrote:Trump was right on voter fraud. Already happened in swing state Iowa.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/10/29/trump-supporter-charged-with-voting-twice-in-iowa/?utm_term=.4da02349490f

Rote told Iowa Public Radio that she cast her first ballot for Trump but feared it would be changed to a vote for Hillary Clinton.

“The polls are rigged,” Rote told the radio station.

Rote when on to say that elections are not the only thing rigged in America. She said that "the Big Ten Championship game is a joke. Totally rigged. Michigan State was not allowed to have the ball that long."

Turtleneck wrote:That is in NY. Wendy Long is running for Senate against Schummer. I do not think that person knows what elite means. I agree with Loose...not elite.

-Alex Jones floated the notion this week that Hillary Clinton is actually a demon, and 40% of Trump voters say that they really do think Clinton is a demon to only 42% who dismiss that idea.

xsanguine wrote:In NYC you get physically attacked if you come out in support of trump.

xsanguine wrote:In NYC you get physically attacked if you come out in support of trump.

xsanguine wrote:Could be wrong but I'm pretty sure I read that guy was outed as a provocateur

LooseGoose wrote:damned violent leftists.

Evans Calls ‘Kill Your Local Trump Supporter’ Graffiti ‘Troubling’

Turtleneck wrote:

LooseGoose wrote:damned violent leftists.

Evans Calls ‘Kill Your Local Trump Supporter’ Graffiti ‘Troubling’

Mississippi black church burned and defaced with pro-Trump message
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/black-church-burned-trump-slogan-230651

LooseGoose wrote:TN can scoff but the facts are there:

Both Ends Burning An apparent increase in intentional fires at black churches after the Charleston shooting may have been simply confirmation bias.

Church Burnings: Falsified History Repeats Itself

Fanning Imaginary Flames: A Look Back At The Great Church Fire Propaganda Campaign

Whenever the left wants to sway weak minds they create a black church burning. I'm sorry it worked on you again. this would be 5th or 6th such "epidemic" in the last 10 years.

LooseGoose wrote:

Turtleneck wrote:

Mississippi black church burned and defaced with pro-Trump message
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/black-church-burned-trump-slogan-230651

Want to make a wager on the church burning? I'll bet if it's solved it's faux hate crime.

NigelUno wrote:

LooseGoose wrote:

Want to make a wager on the church burning? I'll bet if it's solved it's faux hate crime.

Seems like an odd thing to bet on. What would make you think it was a faux hate crime?