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Re:At liberal tech companies, those who disagree on politics... by austenallred on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @03:28PM (#15178372)
I don't disagree that those comments were wretched (again, I didn't vote for Trump), and neither do the majority of the people I know that voted for him, but it seems entirely possible to me that someone would vote for him in spite of those comments, not because of them.

Indeed, if you were to assume that every vote for a candidate is de facto support of everything they do/are, I don't think I ever could have voted for anyone.

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Re:At liberal tech companies, those who disagree on politics... by Frondo on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @07:05PM (#15179835)
Yep. I have relatives who voted for him because, in their words, "look at the markets!! We're doing great!"

They really don't give a shit about anyone or anything but their investment holdings. Nothing but some numbers on an account.

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