FWIW, Tim, I do agree. These people are not driving Trump. Trump is exploiting their fear of social change and the loss of the dominance of their kind [white, straight, Christian]. Trump discovered them when he joined the Obama birther conspiracy theory. Then he exploited them. That's what all demagogues do.
FWIW, Tim, I do agree. These people are not driving Trump. Trump is exploiting their fear of social change and the loss of the dominance of their kind [white, straight, Christian]. Trump discovered them when he joined the Obama birther conspiracy theory. Then he exploited them. That's what all demagogues do.
I will always be thankful to Trump for revealing that America's "Christians", as the largest component in the GOP electorate, are functionally no different than any other extremist religious movement in the world. They are anti-democracy, anti-science, anti-Enlightenment, and in all likelihood pro-death. And you're right, Sandy: Trump's played those people like a two dollar banjo.
FWIW, Tim, I do agree. These people are not driving Trump. Trump is exploiting their fear of social change and the loss of the dominance of their kind [white, straight, Christian]. Trump discovered them when he joined the Obama birther conspiracy theory. Then he exploited them. That's what all demagogues do.
I will always be thankful to Trump for revealing that America's "Christians", as the largest component in the GOP electorate, are functionally no different than any other extremist religious movement in the world. They are anti-democracy, anti-science, anti-Enlightenment, and in all likelihood pro-death. And you're right, Sandy: Trump's played those people like a two dollar banjo.