11-20-2022, 12:52 PM
(11-20-2022, 11:45 AM)GMDino Wrote: In general I think people are overlooking the cult mentality of the Trump supporters.
They are not conspiracies...they are truths to those supporters. They literally believe he can do no wrong, DID nothing wrong, that he was cheated, and that only HE can "fix" our problems.
And I'm talking 20-25% of his base support.
I know these people. Every thing ELSE is a conspiracy except what Trump tells them. What he tells them are facts and the REAL truth.
It won't matter what he does, what is proven, what facts there are. And once he starts knocking off the low hanging fruit in the primaries he'll easily garner enough support to win the nomination.
I know a couple people like this, but it isn't that surprising given that I live in Oklahoma. It is a bit shocking to see, though. I remember talking to one of these individuals after Biden won and they admitted that they began crying and hyperventilating when Trump lost. They were absolutely terrified of what was going to happen and that the U.S.A. was going to fall into the hands of China. They started speaking about potentially moving to Canada to "escape the madness" and the irony there is they RAILED any liberals acting that way when Trump won in 2016.
No shit.
Then, of course, they started seething with anger because they thought the election was stolen. They started saying things like "have you seen Biden's rallies? No one shows up. There is no way that Trump lost to him." and proclaiming that Trump was the greatest President the country has had. It's really ***** weird. I enjoy talking politics in person, but I had to start avoiding the topic around this person. Every political topic just ended with them becoming furious that I voted for Biden, regardless of what it was. Oil prices and gas prices? They suddenly knew more than me and everything I said was wrong despite my experience in the industry. It was Biden's fault, and my fault for voting for that "traitor". Leading up to the election, I told them that Biden was likely going to win. That was wrong, too. Why? Trump said so. That's about as deep as it goes.
Disclaimer that I know there are Democrats who act this way as well but I don't know any personally because of where I live.
