You fail to recognise that this site is not only for Americans. I am British and there are a number of us, in addition to Canadians or Australians. Saying that...Trump is a plonker

setting aside the fact that this is an international site and that for most of the world trump is not "our" president, and setting aside the fact that due to his being ignorant, stupid, totally owned by putin and totally motivated by fear and greed (not necessarily in that order), and as evidenced by the fact that his opponent in the presidential race received almost three million more votes than he did DESPITE russian/republican propaganda and outright voter suppression, he is also not "our" president to a whole LOT of americans either -- setting those things aside, i will point out that there are groups here for so-called conservative atheists, as well as for republicans, libertarians and other persons with whom i personally disagree. so you can look for them.

between your incorrect remark about the politics of this site (it is for atheists, agnostics, etc., not for one political persuasion) and the fact that you think trump is our president (and worthy of anything but contempt) i can conclude with confidence that you're not the most observant person around. i do not say this to insult you, or to hurt your feelings. i just thought it was important to point this out in case you wanted to correct it.

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There is no such requirement to thrive here. A good number of the people here have rationally come to the belief that there is no God. Similarly a President who lies daily, is incompetent, racist, self-serving and potentially a felon, should not rationally be the president of the United States. Turning our allies against us, ruining the economy and being the laughingstock of the world tends to breed hate

It does help! Agnostics eschew falsehood and persue truth. So that, by definition, makes one a Trump hater.

I don't hate the President, that would require that I acquire some sort of feeling for him. I have no respect for him, he doesn't lead, he's a coward, and he has an unusual relationship with the truth. Other than that he is who he is, we all knew that going in, he won't change and it's up to the People to decide who we are and how we would like to be represented to the world. As for his supporters, I understand it something new and anti-establishment, because both parties are b.ought and paid for by the same few lobbies,
Yet this guy has not one ounce of decorum befitting the office, he has no public integrity and he is dragging us down a road that I thought we had abandoned.

If this is what you relate to you might have a problem meeting friends, not just here, anywhere.

Most religious skeptics are critical thinkers. They look beyond the facade to the evidence. Also I would say many atheists are humanists. I wouldn't think conservatism and humanists are compatible. Feel free to contradict that if you think differently.

If you cannot thrive in the presence of truth, that is on you.

Trying to defend this is inconceivable to me.

Presidents come and go, good websites last a lifetime.

What’s baffled me are the handful of Republican/ trump backers. I’ve fought for Atheists Rights all my adult life, if not sooner. It’s ‘thee reason’ I’ve involved myself in politics, and the greatest motivator for learning how our US court system works..

To have stomached 8 ugly years of a president best described as an ‘amiable dupe,’ then his lapdog.. Eventually 8 longer years with the son of a lapdog - by then having crowd surfed to office on the religious vote his party had so deviously cultivated ... everyone of these asshole presidents having upped the religious ante ..to the point perhaps the best president of my lifetime felt it necessary to constantly ‘ask god for our blessing’ … now ‘This’ ..it’s near impossible for me to understand how any participant on this board would support ‘him’

Well he IS detestable after all.

If you like this President it shows you are lacking in both intelligence and morals. Lacking both of those will probably get you blocked by quite a few folks here, by me for sure.Thanks for rearing your tiny little head.

Trump has a terminal case of dumbcunt

Nah, most of us non Americans don’t care one way or the other. He’s just a buffoon, a comic circus sideshow to us. I certainly feel sorry for you guys having such a fool in charge. Keep off the subject and engage with the erudite minds here and you’ll be fine!

At his inauguration , Trump outspent all of his predecessors by a factor of 2, yet he had only a quarter of events, activities and facilities. Yet, you say Obama outspent Trump. This was day 1, inauguration day! Cmon man!

Sounds reasonable enough...

It is up to you to thrive on here, just as it is in your life outside of here. By the small sample during my time on here, yes, it seems most members don't like Trump. I don't like him either, even though I'm not on the political left, but it's his ideas, or should I say the lack thereof, that I don't like. But, there hasn't been a president I've liked for many years.

I think that atheists, in general, base their opinions on facts and evidence. Not in every case though.

Yeah this is not a trump friendly zone and barely an independent zone. I think that it’s because there’s people on here that simply equate religion to republicans because of their deep resentment towards either.

And then you have some liberal extremists who have mainly the opinions of their media source to guide who and what to hate.

Me personally I believe that trump is his greatest enemy and should out of respect for our he should resign.
And also that he’s the greatest thing that Hillary Clinton has ever done for the Democratic Party.
But enjoy the hate ?

I find hate on one side or the other to be a sign of an individual's issues. If one cannot discuss the pros and cons of any issue, and accept that other people have different viewpoints -- then we are in trouble. (I think we are already there.)

Since you merely made an observation, and didn't declare yourself a trumper, .....and since "hate" is such an insecure label.....until futher evidence is in....welcome.

Either that, or spend your time on the Conservative Atheists group.

Yes unfortunately that is the way it is on the main forum. When you reach level 4 you can join us in the conservative atheist group on here and it will be a lot different in that group.