Psychoanalyze the Guy I Saw Today (Not a Sex Thread)

Well, one theory would say he is operating in an outdated M.O. where politics were one thing and business and social relationships, another. It wasn't that long ago most people didn't have this binary OUTRAGE, like you seem to have, OP. Good and Evil. Right and Wrong. X party and Y party.

How stupid must a CONTRACTOR be to support Trump when everybody knows he has stiffed contractors in the past? That's a whole new level of bubble insanity.

But one doesn't expect one's contractor to have Ivy League Bachelors in Ethical Philosophy and Political Economy.

In fact, I specifically didn't use a contractor because I saw a picture of him on social media with a MAGA hat on.

It's your prerogative however you are symptomatic of the decline in civil society.

If I were hiring a contractor I would be worried about whether he'd show up and do a good job. I would not give a rat's ass about his bumper stickers.

OP, what bumper stickers do you have on your car?

I guess it works both ways, OP. If you're a hardcore liberal, you would never hire him. But if you're a hardcore Republican, then you would definitely hire him. If your area is about evenly split, then maybe this helps him stand out against the competition. Net benefit - I'm not sure.

It’s scary how politics runs our world now.

Because people used to keep their politics to themselves R9. Only the loons were overtly vocal about their politics. Just like religion.

R10, people think it’s a sign of intelligence to discuss politics and religion. (Discussing sports is for plebes.) My husband likes to turn a perfectly nice dinner into a soapbox, basically preaching to the choir, because we’re 90% Democrat.

I wasn’t raised that way, and find it boorish to shove your political opinions in people’s faces. Especially at a dinner table, where you’re basically a captive audience.

Bumper stickers are the same type of thing. In your face.

R11 The problem isn’t being upfront about politics, the problem is that there isn’t discussion happening. It’s basically “I’m a Democrat/Republican and as a result if you believe anything besides Democratic/Republican views I don’t want to even breathe the same air as you” and nothing else anymore. Civil discussion has been abandoned in favor of people screaming “BUILD THE WALL” or “NOT MY PRESIDENT” in your face.

R1, at a cocktail party. "Why do things have to be so BINARY? I mean really. So are there really situations of true evil? Why is killing people so bad? It's not like Trump caused the Kurds to get killed. It's just mystifying. Oh, sorry, no caviar for me, it gives me explosive diarrhea. Anywhoo, give me a mentally disabled person I can fuck, and it's just not bad, is it? Is it?

*Person listening turns and walks away.

George Bush arguably committed crimes against humanity yet Ellen is his friend, R13. The contractor in this scenario here is NOT Trump, rather an ignorant Trump voter.

r14. Are you seriously using shallow, two-faced rageaholic as an example to bolster your argument? You really ARE clueless!

I don't seriously think one can "psychoanalize" anyone based on a bumper sticker, and driving a truck. You can only be sure of one thing: he's not keen on liberals, and is a Trumper. From there, one can infer other things, like education, background, etc. I also don't for a minute believe those fond of the stickers in general are somehow defective, or in your face.

^ psychoanalyze

OP's thought isn't new. Johnny Carson used to say he didn't tell political jokes in the opening monologue - "Why piss off half the audience before the show starts?"

Is he hawt OP?

I choose contractors for their handiwork rather than their intellect.