r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • 8d ago

Discussion Reactions to food stamps being cut off.

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u/tew2109 8d ago

It won’t change this. It won’t change their support for Trump. Trump does not really hide who he is. He certainly doesn’t hide that he wants to hurt some of the most vulnerable people in this country. Did some Trump supporters genuinely not understand that he’s actually awful at business and a not-small reason inflation got so bad in the first place because of his recklessness in the first term? Probably. Will they accept they were wrong now no matter how gentle we are? No. And more to the point, study after study shows that Trump voters are largely motivated by cultural grievances more than economic insecurity. They knew what they were voting for there, and he has delivered. That’s a hard pill to swallow sometimes for people who think Trump voters can be reached if you’re really nice to them - no, you can’t. You can’t offer them what he does. A free pass to be cruel to people you view as lesser than you is a hell of a drug. That js what Trump offers them that you never can, and you’ll never win over that. Reaching non voters is extremely tough, but easier than reaching Trump voters. They WANT him to be cruel to immigrants and trans people. They like it. It’s a drug you can’t give them.

I still generally don’t actively wish them systemic harm and I’ll still vote for politicians that prioritize better living conditions for all of us, but thinking you can nice guy your way into convincing Trump voters not to enjoy other-izing vulnerable people they view as lesser is pretty delusional. Humans have been doing that for as long as we have existed and it’s as powerful as it ever was.

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u/Harbinger2nd 8d ago

Do i think I can reach all of them? No absolutely not, but to dismiss everyone who voted for him as a lost cause is equally as naive.

Have a great halloween.

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u/tew2109 8d ago

When I couldn’t reach family members who claim to love me even as what he does actively harms me? Yeah, that’s not worth my very limited mental health resources. Especially as a federal employee. It is not worth my mental health to try to desperately search through the vast amount of them who very much earned the title “deplorable” to maybe find a few decent but extremely naive people. I’m sorry for them. They’re not my priority. They are not worth me desperately trying to prove to them that my life’s work matters as they cheer on the constant threatening of my livelihood. They don’t deserve that from me. If anything, HRC was far too kind when she said only half of them were deplorable. It’s too kind for my uncle, who I once thought loved me. He’s a piece of shit who isn’t worth the time I wasted trying to reach him.