This article just discusses another article that’s behind a paywall. It says the first type of person is goodwilled Republicans who want to believe Trump isn’t a terrible person so they believe / justify whatever is required to maintain that belief. Unless I missed it, it doesn’t discuss the second type of person. I presume it’s terrible people who believe Trump has done terrible things but they lie that because they’re terrible.
TrueBelievers™️ that have legitimately bought into that shit because they’re broke and desperate and stupid.
Then there’s the assholes that hate all the same people he hates.
Then there’s the assholes that are just using him for the tax breaks and the deregulation and because he lets them exploit the other two groups…. And everyone else…
A huge part of the american voting public views politics as a sport and they have their team ‘red’ or ‘blue’, and that is who they vote for. If they can express any reasons other than ‘my team’ for their vote, it is a regurgitation of talking points from their team’s propaganda system.
This article just discusses another article that’s behind a paywall. It says the first type of person is goodwilled Republicans who want to believe Trump isn’t a terrible person so they believe / justify whatever is required to maintain that belief. Unless I missed it, it doesn’t discuss the second type of person. I presume it’s terrible people who believe Trump has done terrible things but they lie that because they’re terrible.
Imo… there’s 3 kinds of republicans.
TrueBelievers™️ that have legitimately bought into that shit because they’re broke and desperate and stupid.
Then there’s the assholes that hate all the same people he hates.
Then there’s the assholes that are just using him for the tax breaks and the deregulation and because he lets them exploit the other two groups…. And everyone else…
The only group actually listening is the first.
The second group is just waiting for him to say it’s okay to escalate from hate to violence.
And then start crying about said violence when they get curb stomped. Because as it turns out: People fight back.
Waiting for him to say it again, anyway.
Well, I guess there’s a subclass of them that doesn’t even bother waiting (see: recent domestic terrorism incidents outside of Jan 6)
A huge part of the american voting public views politics as a sport and they have their team ‘red’ or ‘blue’, and that is who they vote for. If they can express any reasons other than ‘my team’ for their vote, it is a regurgitation of talking points from their team’s propaganda system.