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In reply to the discussion: John Dean article explains Trump voters. REALLY! [View all]WhiteTara
(29,989 posts)9. Great article and worth the read.
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Yes... When Dean first wrote about the authoritarian personality, it all clicked...
hlthe2b
Jul 2017
#2
So basically say to his supporters "... Trump hugged a non - white person ..." and they'll leave him
YCHDT
Jul 2017
#8
Christie lost a lot of RW supporters when he hugged Obama after the hurricane. Though he would
tblue37
Jul 2017
#16
Yep - Don't forget the Repugs use all kinds psychological tricks to get their voters. We need to
kerry-is-my-prez
Jul 2017
#60
A lot of Republican true believers are still furious that Nixon was removed from office.
tblue37
Jul 2017
#17
LATER generations "changed their beliefs." Where is the same evidence about Hitler's contemporaries?
WinkyDink
Jul 2017
#19
"These seemingly incongruous testing results testing high as both followers and leaders"
Hugin
Jul 2017
#20
It seems that some human beings are hard-wired to be drawn to authoritarianism
Mr. Ected
Jul 2017
#22
Bernie supporter here, but you know something? Fuck all those people (voters)
KingCharlemagne
Jul 2017
#24
More like "Clinton straw man exhaustion". People are tired of the caricature of Clinton ...
eppur_se_muova
Jul 2017
#31
To put a finer point on it: Communists and Socialists. Hitler got rid of them first before
KingCharlemagne
Jul 2017
#35
In his quiet, understated way John Dean has become one of our best political observers...
First Speaker
Jul 2017
#32
Is there something we can do to reduce the numbers of these people in the future? nt
LAS14
Jul 2017
#33
That's why we had 'de-Nazification' in the last half of the 1940s and into the 50s.
PatrickforO
Jul 2017
#38
Yes, I've been posting Altemeyer research on DU for years. Here is my post a year ago
Bernardo de La Paz
Jul 2017
#50
Trump is a muse to his voters. He makes them feel smarter and he allows them their
applegrove
Jul 2017
#57
Interesting so far as it goes, but I don't see it as being especially helpful
markpkessinger
Jul 2017
#74