It feels like the bullies and losers from high school, the ones you were glad to never hear about

[captain queeg]

After you got out of school, have taken front and center in the USA today. I can easily picture the ones who are loud mouth right wingers nowadays. I might be wrong in some cases, but I'd bet I'd be right a lot more often. Most of them learned to keep it somewhat hidden in public, but TFG has made them think its ok to share their views and try to push them onto others. Its a depressing situation.

[brush]

1. Agreed. republicans are the annoying a-holes from high school.

[Probatim]

8. I think most of them couldn't get laid in HS and are still mad about it.

I didn't either, but I got past it.

[world wide wally]

2. Don't worry about Trump ruining our country...

He's already done that.

[BlueJac]

3. True

[localroger]

4. Used to be most people learned they had to tone it down after leaving high school

TFG has made people think it's okay for adults to act this way.

[TomDaisy]

5. there's only one way to deal with a bully. you stand up to them.

[CaptainTruth]

7. +1

[Evolve Dammit]

6. Exactly right. Cult 45 is based on who can be the most vile and deporable. Then they "win" support

[NewJeffCT]

9. Facebook was depressing that way to me

I graduated high school in the mid 80s at the height of Reagan's popularity - my graduating class had about 100 kids. It was mostly a working class town and 2 kids out of that 100 in my class were black, and none were Hispanic or Asian. There was 1 Asian girl the year behind me and she was it for the entire high school (her younger brother was in the middle school)

However, when I got onto Facebook in 2009, I was able to reconnect with many of these friends that I had hardly heard from since high school graduation. But, I grew to find out that a large percentage of these people I went to high school with were diehard Republicans. So, it got to the point where when I logged into facebook, it was mostly pro-GOP memes (offset by the DUers I connected with on there)

[2Gingersnaps]

12. Graduated in 75.

From long haired, bell bottomed, rock n rollers to trumpanzees. My sister and brother law keep up with the alumni page, I quit FB permanently.

[NewJeffCT]

13. I only use Facebook

now because my daughter's college has parent facebook groups that give out useful information - reliable ride services to & from the local airports, good activities & restaurants for visiting parents,

[Botany]

10. I delt w/some of them on election day in OH in 2020

Some were nasty biker types looking to start fights.

[kimbutgar]

11. I've been saying that for years

The bullies I knew in grade school that I encountered at my 50th reunion are all assolini supporters ! Old co workers that were jerks that I knew on Facebook until I unfriended them. Also his supporters.