'We want respect!': Trump supporters whine that everyone mocks them in pity-soaked NPR interview

[DonViejo]

BRAD REED
27 APR 2018 AT 08:51 ET

NPR this week reached out to some top Trump supporters to get a feel for their current emotional state — and it found that they are as angry and aggrieved as ever, despite controlling all three branches of the federal government.

Talking with NPR, Trump supporter Kurt Schlichter complained that liberals keep making fun of him instead of taking him as seriously as he deserves. “We want to be treated with respect and we will not tolerate anything less which is just unacceptable for this to continue,” he told NPR. “I’m tired of Hollywood spitting on us. I am tired of academia spitting on us. I’m tired of the news media spitting on us.”

John Hawkins, the founder of Right Wing News, similarly tells NPR that Trump supporters often feel sad when they see comedians making fun of the president on late-night shows.

“He turns on a TV show where he’s insulted, and then he’s like, well, maybe I’ll just unwind and watch an awards show — the Oscars or something — where he gets trashed all day long,” Hawkins said. “He goes to Twitter and he’s got some you know guy calling him in a-hole… this is sort of like a pervasive all out attack if you’re a conservative. And it’s all the time sort of thing.”

Conservative columnist Matt Lewis, who is not a strident Trump backer, said that Trump supporters’ grievance is fueled by the fact that they keep losing cultural battles on issues such as same-sex marriage.

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[Kittycow]

1. Waah...

I guess drinking our liberal tears isn't so satisfying after all

[tanyev]

2. Well then, do something to earn it. Thought they hated 'entitlement' programs.

[dalton99a]

3. If you worship a fucking moron, you are a fucking moron.

[gopiscrap]

65. that should be put in a fortune cookie

[ProfessorGAC]

67. The Operative Word In Your Title. . .

. . .is worship. It's not just that they support PINO. It's risen to the level of worship. That's pathetic.

[Xipe Totec]

4. Reality is that which, when you stop believing it, doesn't go away

Excellent quote from Legion.

[Dave Starsky]

10. -- Philip K. Dick n/t

[Xipe Totec]

13. Thanks! nt

[Dave Starsky]

14. You're welcome! n/t

[Historic NY]

5. Those poor snowflakes.

[MineralMan]

6. Respect is earned. Showing respect for others is the first step

in the process. Trump has yet to do that.

[Rorey]

7. Doubtful I can ever find an ounce of respect for them

I'm not sure it's possible for them to redeem themselves.

[octoberlib]

8. Perpetual victim hood is where theyre

most comfortable and I spit on all of them

[Cirque du So-What]

9. Respect is earned - not passed out like a participation 🏆

Of course, you'd have to actually do something worthy of respect, and we all know that won't happen.

[tazkcmo]

11. Call a waaaambulance!

Such delicate little flowers. They're just 4th grade bullies that never grew up.

[hueymahl]

12. Po wittle nazi. Did you get yo feelings hurt?

[hlthe2b]

15. where's that "world's smallest violin" smilie when you need it?

[Arkansas Granny]

19. Lol. Here you go!

[hlthe2b]

23. !!! thanks

[poboy2]

16. Clearly they are still melting, the snowflakes that they are. "I'm smart, not like people say!"

grievance politics is their entire existence.

[Arkansas Granny]

17. Well, bless their hearts. Maybe they should rethink their positions and the person they idolize.

[DBoon]

18. Too bad

When you support Nazis, being mocked is the least you should expect

[Javaman]

20. one would think that some introspection is in order, but alas...nt

[Nitram]

21. Aw, the po wittle snowflakes have a sad? After decades of right wing talk radio, they just can't

stand it when the tables are turned. Instead of taking it like adults, they turn out to be big cry babies. I love it!!!!

[Adrahil]

22. Yeah... you don't respect if you vote for a pussy-grabbing con man.

Sorry, not sorry.

[RKP5637]

24. Apparently they have never heard of the word "Introspection!" Some self-reflection on how idiotic

and mean-spirited they are might be helpful, as well as examining their slogan "all for me and none for you."

[poboy2]

27. Fuck your feelings-

[RKP5637]

31. Perfect !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[irisblue]

32. I am still suprised how many old white men were photographed flipping off the media

No I won't link to any photos, if you want go to google images.
Respect for that behavior? Naah

[poboy2]

34. Well, now that you mention that...And then there is THIS-

?quality=80&strip=all&crop=0px%2C0px%2C1200px%2C630px&resize=1200%2C630

[Doc_Technical]

72. Does this shirt mean

that the talking heads on Fox News are not Journalists?

[Johnny2X2X]

25. Racism was the biggest predictor of Trump support

Remember that, racism is what most drove people to Trump.

[Garrett78]

41. Yep, and I have zero sympathy for those who support that monster.

[Captain Stern]

26. If you run into an asshole in the morning, you ran into an asshole.

“If you run into an asshole in the morning, you ran into an asshole. If you run into assholes all day, you're the asshole.” - Raylen Givens (Justified)

This quote seemed appropriate.

[dameatball]

28. If you do not respect others enough to support their right to......

marry who they choose

vote

make equal pay for equal work

help preserve the planet

travel freely witout undue restrictions

......then you will not be respected.

[Turbineguy]

29. It's not nice

to make fun of fools.

[sarge43]

30. Hey snowflakes, when you deserve respect, you might get respect. n/t

[mnhtnbb]

33. What a bunch of cry babies.

Why should we respect people who want to destroy this country?

Fu*k them and their orange Spanky Shithole, too.

[tosh]

35. Good read but much too short.

I want more, lol.

[DetlefK]

36. Respect is a two-way street. You give it, you earn it.

[IluvPitties]

37. The same respect Obama got from y'all, right?

[pamdb]

38. Trump supporters

Sorry, I have no respect for people who were so stupid, so politically ignorant, so unaware, so scared of anyone and anything different from their little lives, so filled with anger (lock her up!) that they would support anyone like the big, orange, lying, cheating con man. Whew.

[Gothmog]

39. Trump supporters are idiots and racists

There is nothing wrong with laughing at trump supporters.

[Leith]

40. My Brain Is Boggled

That turd is whining about hearing a metaphorical spit on an awards show while we have to listen to their elected officials like Mitch McConnell, tRump, Steve King, Gohmert, Palin, even a sheriff in Pennsylvania?!

Let's not forget their media: Fox Propaganda Channel, Alex Jones, Breitbart, et al.

Trumpanzees wear shits that say "Trump 2016 Fuck You Feelings." They shout fake news! when someone says something factual. They call us "sore losers" and "snowflakes" (and a thousand other insults). They said and continue to say vicious lies about our representatives, spokespeople, ideological leanings, and us.

Here's the thing, cons: learn how to respect US and listen to (and understand) factual information without arguing and denying it. Take the bumper stickers about locking innocent people up off your vehicles. Stop shouting your diseased rantings to the world. Stop defending the indefensible.

Then we can have serious discussions.

[rock]

42. A turd wants respect too

But it takes millions of years for it to turn into coprolite and be something you're willing to touch.

[bullwinkle428]

43. Like we needed further evidence that the "economic anxiety" narrative

was pure myth.

[Nonhlanhla]

44. Their ideology is about disrespecting others

But they want our respect? They in fact want us to respect their disrespect. Mind boggling.

[poboy2]

45. Thats kind of it. Fucking stupid asses. -nt

Their ideology is about disrespecting others

[KG]

46. those who want respect....

[Downtown Hound]

47. Ah yes, the people that for several years have been saying, "Fuck your feelings, snowflake!"

suddenly want respect. Um well, fuck your feelings right back, snowflakes.

[TeamPooka]

60. +1000

[MicaelS]

48. The Paranoid Style in American Politics strikes again.

I will not respect people who voted for, and continue to support this POS.

[Solly Mack]

49. Snort

Trump supporters are whining because they are being mocked?

Whining?

To whine - complain in a feeble or petulant way.

And we're not supposed to mock that too?

lolololol

[RandomAccess]

50. Respect their disrespect? Tolerate their intolerance?

I don't think so.

They need to wake up and understand that what they perceive as lack of respect is a message: your ideas, your beliefs, your attitudes, your behaviors are contrary to today's social norms. It's called "social sanctioning."

[ck4829]

51. It is easy to disrespect a conservative these days

Just say you are a liberal.
Just be anything but a conservative Christian.
Just be a Muslim.
Just go to college.
Just support patients over profits.
Just say 2018 is better than the 1950s.
Just say that black lives matter.
Just be GLBTQ.
Just value lives over assault rifles.

[muntrv]

52. Call the wambulance!

[HopeAgain]

53. Why is NPR suddenly coddling the right?

Yesterday's 1A sounded like Fox news.

[llmart]

83. I no longer listen to their news.

They are not the NPR of my younger days. There are way too many outlets to find my news besides them.

[CottonBear]

86. NPR news has been right wing leaning/GOP propaganda since the G. W. Bush years,

if not earlier.

[KG]

89. nothing sudden about it. at least 15 yrs

[bettyellen]

54. The FUCK YOUR FEELINGS tee shirt brigade has feelings? LOL.

[Dulcinea]

55. What a bunch of whiny losers.

If you want respect, do something to earn it, snowflake.

And, BTW, same-sex marriage, abortion, all those black & brown people who seem to make them so uncomfortable, & the empowerment of women aren't going anywhere. Move with the times or get left behind! They're right about one thing: they've lost the culture war. They deserved to lose it.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

56. Trump supporters keeping losing cultural battles because they are on the wrong side of history.

Racist, homophobic, misogynistic, ultra-relious zealots -- they have no place in modern society, yet Trump supporters want to be respected -- and even admired, I'll bet -- for their Stone Age attitudes.

[Rainngirl]

57. What I don't understand is...

These trumpers have figured out that they are being mocked by pretty much everyone, but it has never occurred to them that maybe they are in the WRONG if that many people disagree with them! There is a very good reason why they are mocked. The fact that they haven't yet figured out what a deranged and dangerous lunatic their orange idol is speaks to their unbelievable ignorance.

[TalenaGor]

58. gotta give it to get it....upgrade your empathy

[TalenaGor]

59. when all you give is shit all you're going to get is shit

If she comes out your mouth expectbit to go back into your ears

[lark]

61. If they want respect they need to earn it and they clearly haven't.

Get out of their racist entitled bubble and actually pay attention to the truth and quit spouting total lies and the derision will go down.

[catbyte]

62. I make fun of Kurt Schlicter regularly on Twitter. He's a jackass.

This is an example of his intellectual depth. In fact, he thought this tweet was so important that he retweeted his own tweet:

Link to tweet

--------------------------------
Definitely worthy of mocking and ridicule.

[treestar]

63. They are losing the cultural battles

Maybe they should show some respect for others; disrespect for others is the basis of their old-fashioned cultural values.

[mvd]

64. Respect for their racist, ignorant, and downright misguided views?

Sorry - to support that Con really is deplorable.

[Shipwack]

66. Why are journalists -still- going on safari to interview Trump voters?

When was the last time NPR interviewed some lefties about how -they- felt about the election?

“Liberal bias” my ass.

[procon]

68. No one wants what they're selling and they can't understand why. nt

[Orsino]

69. It's a brief story, but notice how it contains no defense of Trump?

No defense; only baseless attacks. Wonder where they learned that?

Funny how NPR interviewed only people who didn't own TVs before 2016 and never saw or heard a president being made fun of.

[DrDan]

70. We're smart. Not like everybody says, like dumb. We're smart and we want respect!

[ProfessorGAC]

71. Shut Up Morons!

Is that sufficient respect? It better be. It's all they're getting from me.

[Doc_Technical]

73. Bunch of Pakleds

Don't dish it out if you can't take it.

[47of74]

80. Hey that's insulting.

To Pakleds to compare them to Branch Trumpvidians.

[IronLionZion]

74. How can anyone take Kurt Schlichter seriously about anything?

Dude claims he's a deeply repressed minority in his own house because he has a Cuban wife and daughters. He often spews nonsense that liberal women are hairy mangy angry and looking for an excuse to have someone arrested for rape if she doesn't like him. He also says consent ruins the spontaneous romantic sexiness of dating and just isn't worth it.

Dude's a real piece of shit.

[47of74]

75. Why can't I treat fuck face with the respect he's entitled to???

BECAUSE. I. AM. NOT. ONE. OF. HIS. FANS!!!!!!

[appleannie1943]

76. Respect has to be earned. You only receive what you give.

[BeyondGeography]

77. The same people who treated Barack and Michelle Obama as human fire hydrants for 8 years

Superior people in every way to their intended, and they took all the bile they had to give them with the dignity that the office requires. Special rules for their boy of course. Hypocrites. Wimps.

[workinclasszero]

78. Gee I'm all out of respect for lyin, lawless, racist, misogynistic, traitors today

FO you deplorable scum!

[Doc_Technical]

79. "Respect"

They keep using that word. I do not think it means what they think it means.

[Vinca]

81. Perhaps they should examine themselves. If the vast majority of people in this country

think Orange Hitler is an unqualified boob reality star, maybe they're nothing but members of a fan club.

[Blue_Tires]

82. GOD DAMN IT THE HELL FUCK SHIT PISS TITS BALLS

1. STOP "REACHING OUT" WITH A SYMPATHETIC EAR TO TRUMP VOTERS

2. STOP "REACHING OUT" WITH A SYMPATHETIC EAR TO TRUMP VOTERS, ESPECIALLY WELL KNOWN, HIGH PROFILE ONES

[Martin Eden]

84. They are indeed VICTIMS

Not of disrespect by liberals or the entertainment industry -- they are victims of decades of propaganda and being raised in a culture of ignorance, greed, bigotry, and religious hypocrisy.

But at some point an adult human being is expected to rise above those deplorable influences by applying critical thought with some concern for humanity and our natural environment.

[Cha]

85. Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

87. Right Fredo!

[Mc Mike]

88. Poor delicate safe space seeking schutzstuffel special snowflakes.

Time for a good raho waaaahhhh.