I agree. But I think they want to be brainwashed. They feel they are part of something that is bigger than they and that reflects their sense of entitlement as white people, and their feelings of being ignored or minimized. I think “white rage” is a decent descriptor. I also think they like Trump because they mistake his bullying for strength. They lack insight into his very, very real weakness. What Kamala said about his vulnerability to flattery and manipulation is correct, and hearing it must have wounded Trump, because at some level, he knows it is true. But his followers cannot see this, because they don’t want to. And many of them are willfully ignorant.
Brainwashed. I think if you can delete Fox and Newsmax from their remotes, and turn the dial from hate radio, you could deprogram a lot of them.
Our country’s enemies have been playing the long game with disinformation for decades, especially ex-KGB operative Putin.
I agree. But I think they want to be brainwashed. They feel they are part of something that is bigger than they and that reflects their sense of entitlement as white people, and their feelings of being ignored or minimized. I think “white rage” is a decent descriptor. I also think they like Trump because they mistake his bullying for strength. They lack insight into his very, very real weakness. What Kamala said about his vulnerability to flattery and manipulation is correct, and hearing it must have wounded Trump, because at some level, he knows it is true. But his followers cannot see this, because they don’t want to. And many of them are willfully ignorant.