Every Trump supporter I know would never tolerate his behavior from their own children. He’s the embodiment of every naughty childhood behavior, in human form. I read about his “charisma” and it’s like a different planet. To me he’s 100% revolting.
It's charisma to people who were abused by their own parents, are stuck in pre-adolescent rebellion stage, always wanted to stick it to them, and now they feel like they are. All that yelling and investigation and name-calling--middle-school assholes.
Wow, thanks for this link! I almost didn’t see it. I didn’t realize how desperate I was for answers/explanations about Trump’s followers - even though, thankfully, I don’t have any in my immediate circle.
Removing exposure seems to be the only answer to breaking the dysfunctional link between the mentally ill leader and his followers; hopefully soon? With Trump campaigning it feels like a very fragile hope. Maybe we are too deferential to our political process; what was intended to protect us seems more likely to harm us.
Yes, how indeed? I don’t think prison would do it. Not even death, probably. It feels like we are sliding towards a martyr cult. Maybe some unrelated national catastrophe will change the subject. How unfortunate. But Biden is working diligently on mitigating inequality, by ginning up manufacturing jobs for people without a college degree, which she identifies as a cause in his supporters being so fragile. I just downloaded her book on Kindle.
Yes, Biden IS working on addressing the economic causes as in the bipartisan Infrastructure bill he signed. I hope those jobs start coming through and soon and Dems make the most of it in their messaging.
However, the social cause is the change in our culture - the acceptance of sexual deviants, as their Bible paints them, whites becoming a minority, and women outpacing men in achievement. Why does that make them anxious? My theory - they know how minorities and women in the US have been treated.
It would take a herculean effort on the part of the center right and center left Dems to convince them they Blacks and recent immigrants are Americans because they believe in the Constitution. That's what makes us Americans, not our color.
Another theory: Allowing non-whites into the US economy makes their chances for success less. Especially legal immigrants. It is well known that legal immigrants are job makers in the economy. And the less educated whites are not.
Every Trump supporter I know would never tolerate his behavior from their own children. He’s the embodiment of every naughty childhood behavior, in human form. I read about his “charisma” and it’s like a different planet. To me he’s 100% revolting.
It's charisma to people who were abused by their own parents, are stuck in pre-adolescent rebellion stage, always wanted to stick it to them, and now they feel like they are. All that yelling and investigation and name-calling--middle-school assholes.
Well said! Take a look at "The ‘Shared Psychosis’ of Donald Trump and His Loyalists" (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-shared-psychosis-of-donald-trump-and-his-loyalists/) by forensic psychiatrist Bandy X. Lee. She says exactly that.
Wow, thanks for this link! I almost didn’t see it. I didn’t realize how desperate I was for answers/explanations about Trump’s followers - even though, thankfully, I don’t have any in my immediate circle.
Removing exposure seems to be the only answer to breaking the dysfunctional link between the mentally ill leader and his followers; hopefully soon? With Trump campaigning it feels like a very fragile hope. Maybe we are too deferential to our political process; what was intended to protect us seems more likely to harm us.
You are welcome. I came across it a few months ago. Explains a lot!
How is removing exposure to be done?
Yes, how indeed? I don’t think prison would do it. Not even death, probably. It feels like we are sliding towards a martyr cult. Maybe some unrelated national catastrophe will change the subject. How unfortunate. But Biden is working diligently on mitigating inequality, by ginning up manufacturing jobs for people without a college degree, which she identifies as a cause in his supporters being so fragile. I just downloaded her book on Kindle.
Yes, Biden IS working on addressing the economic causes as in the bipartisan Infrastructure bill he signed. I hope those jobs start coming through and soon and Dems make the most of it in their messaging.
However, the social cause is the change in our culture - the acceptance of sexual deviants, as their Bible paints them, whites becoming a minority, and women outpacing men in achievement. Why does that make them anxious? My theory - they know how minorities and women in the US have been treated.
It would take a herculean effort on the part of the center right and center left Dems to convince them they Blacks and recent immigrants are Americans because they believe in the Constitution. That's what makes us Americans, not our color.
Another theory: Allowing non-whites into the US economy makes their chances for success less. Especially legal immigrants. It is well known that legal immigrants are job makers in the economy. And the less educated whites are not.
When Trump was first elected, I had the idea that American liberals and progressives needed to go on a listening tour. Van Jones tried. See https://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2016/12/06/exp-van-jones-special-cnntv.cnn. It didn't make a dent. It needs to be a wide-spread effort.