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Mariana

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7. That's why his incessant whining appeals to them so much.

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Wed Nov 11, 2020, 10:07 PM

Nov 2020

They've been told all their lives that they're being oppressed and persecuted for being white, for being male, for being Christian, and so on and so on. Trump validates their entire worldview when he complains about how unfairly he's been treated by everyone. They really relate to that and they consider him a hero for "speaking the truth" as they imagine it.

It was the same with Sarah Palin in 2008. The very same people who fervently support Trump today loved it when she complained constantly for months on end about "gotcha questions" and the like.

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Happens with conservative religious types, too The Genealogist Nov 2020 #1

Yes. That's their modus opperandi, and it works. Laelth Nov 2020 #2

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+1 That's it. n/t Laelth Nov 2020 #5

Anger is their mission in life, their identity Wicked Blue Nov 2020 #6

That's why his incessant whining appeals to them so much. Mariana Nov 2020 #7

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