Serious question

[Bernardo de La Paz]

15. No, not mentally ill. It is a denial of reality to think only insane people are hard right

Generally, they are less bright and less well educated. That doesn't make them insane.

More importantly they have a psychological predisposition to follow "strong" leaders like The Donald, Prosperity Gospel preachers, Young Earth Creationists (6000 years) like The Johnson, Speaker, Putin, etc. They buy into evangelical christianism without questioning it. Being sheep-like does not make them insane.

They also, more than the average public, have a great tendency to seek confirmation when reading/watching news and websites. They reject out of hand without examination any information that runs counter to the narrative they are fed. Intellectual laziness does not make them insane.

If one denies that sane people can become magats, then one has no hope of understanding how they tick and how they can be blocked and defeated.

Seriously, to all DU members, drop the insanity trope. It's counterproductive.