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In reply to the discussion: My Best Friend is a Trump Supporter [View all]Texin
(2,841 posts)I don't - nor have I ever - watched anything on that channel and I couldn't even tell you when it first started airing. I've seen what this saturation in constant lies does to folks with too much time on their hands and/or too little critical thinking, intellectual curiosity and, for many, a wistful nostalgia about "the good old days" (i.e., the Reagan era, specifically). The older white male twitler voters identify with him. Back during the '70s we saw the Archie Bunker persona ridiculed and criticized on television and it led to a majority of people repressing their inner bigot and suppressing their silent fury at being "intellectually lazy". Meanwhile, the world began to pass them by as the aged. They found themselves surrounded by a younger and more diverse population. twitler gave them permission to act out all their repressed rage. As for the younger twitler cultists, I guess one has to chalk it up to being the children of similar believers, though some I'm sure came to beliefs all by themselves. It's a cult of personality for sure. They will remain implacable in their support regardless of what he does or says or what eventually comes out about him. They will take their worship of him to his or their graves.
