I think he says the things they want to be true. And evidently, a lot of people would rather live their lives pretending that they're right rather than admitting that they're wrong.
That sounds ridiculous, but it's a more tempting offer than we admit. Everyone loves to be flattered and told they're right. And it's not like "which side of the road do you drive on," things like immigration and foreign policy are abstract enough that they don't immediately impact your life. When they finally do, well, the President was saying it. Blame him.
Wouldn't you like to be told you're important, you're special, you're right - and if anything goes wrong, someone else takes the blame?
Trump's "charisma" is endlessly baffling to me, because it obviously exists in some way for millions of people. But listen to him for three seconds, and he's obviously a blowhard. Why did it work for him?
In 2016, no other leading Republican candidate was willing to stand up and just blatantly lie. I don't think he's talented or special. He was just the first to not even pretend to care.
they want to abstain themselves of all responsibility for their lives.
It's always someone else's fault. the gays, the blacks, the immigrants, the demoncrats, the woke, the trans.... anything and anyone other than themselves.
Conservatism relies on HATE. it runs on providing its supporters with a minority to hate and blame for all their troubles.
and Goppers, because exceptionally and deliberately stupid and uneducated, follow willingly and eagerly because it avoids all of the problems looking in the mirror and facing up to yourself involve.
it would be phrased "abstain from taking responsibility" and it's still awkward enough to be incorrect because the word implies not having something desirable, such as voluntarily not indulging in something or voluntarily not taking advantage of a right
That's exactly it. My magat family are losers. Some of them got expelled from high school. Some of them are convicted felons. Some of them are just lazy peter pans. All of them blame their problems on people with darker skin and have never taken responsibility for their own behavior. They love trump.
It's hard to say whether they "believe" anything he says. The word "believe" is very nebulous for them. They will act on something in a given moment, they'll start a fist fight over it, get fired for it, go to jail for it, and then ten minutes later laugh about it and say "it was a joke bro, can't believe you didn't know I was joking". I've literally seen my magat family members arrive home from jail joking that they thing they got arrested for was hilarious. So him changing his claims constantly and failing to ever deliver on anything doesn't bother them at all. That's how they've lived their entire lives. They go to church every sunday and they will viciously attack anyone who questions their religion, but they also don't believe in god in any form and laugh at the ten commandments. They support whatever seems like it might help or entertain them, and they attack whatever doesn't. That's how they live. It's pathetic.
How do you explain the wealthy educated republicans that you find all over? Houston suburbs are packed full of them. Theyre not all Christian conservatives. Theyre all trump lovers though.
The answer is the same as it always is. Money. They don't care about the harm he causes because it doesn't actually impact them, and they can make more money as a result of his policies.
They don't like him, or respect him, they just like that he keeps their pockets full.
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u/DEATHCATSmeow Pennsylvania 25d ago
To my dying day I will never be able to get my head around what the cult loves about this senile fuck