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Lianne MacGregor's avatar

Spot on!

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Gail Bienstock's avatar

While I want to believe your categories as the full picture, I personally know too many supporters who don't fit any of them. Here are some others I've experienced among colleagues, neighbors and, sadly, even congregants, teachers, etc.: Lesser evil, ability to manipulate him and hold on to our power, party loyalty above all else, fear of personal professional and prestige loss and limited news access (yes, by choice, but they trust these folks and believe all the lies they keep hearing in the echo chamber.) Equally sad to me is the reality that we all tend to live in our echo chambers, silos etc. Some of what we repeat as fact turns out to also be a far stretch. Granted, it's rarely the total fabrication we hear quite regularly from Trump, but when we start talking degrees, we're on a slippery slope.

I prefer to focus on my belief that many of these folks, if there were an election "redo," would not be voting for the person they now realize they've elected. From there, I want to seek out Trumpers and LISTEN to THEIR reasoning, in hopes of targeting information and stories that speak to their wants, needs, and hopes.

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Nat Pernick's avatar

Thanks - I agree - my list was not meant to include all the reasons, just some that are not typically talked about. I agree - it is best to listen to people but realistically, if they are spending 5+ hours per day in the right wing echo chamber, what we say will be drowned out. But it doesn't hurt to try!

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Gail Bienstock's avatar

We're not gonna change the dyed-in-the-wools ot party-power-hungry, but so many of the millions turn out to be neitherNewties nor Trumpies. Also believing we need to go for I issue and 1 story per day and put human faces on this insanity. Definitely wasn't criticizing what you put out there ; grateful to you for opening the conversation.

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Michele's avatar

Narcissistic, fascist and psychotic are words left out. While we’re going there, cult leader and mob boss….

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Nat Pernick's avatar

Thanks!

Trump is effective at being a cult leader, which makes people like him - I did add something about that.

I agree with these terms being appropriate but don't think people are attracted to a narcissist, fascist, psychotic mob boss.

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Michele's avatar

I’m not sure what’s going on in the minds of these followers. They are looking for a sense of purpose and belonging but I’m not convinced that they know exactly what they’re getting themselves into

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Doug's avatar

I once worked for someone who said many of the same things, coincidentally he was also a real estate developer. He ended his career by being sentenced to 40 years in prison for mortgage fraud among other things, unfortunately he was pardoned by, you guessed it, Trump, during his first term. So sad.

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Nat Pernick's avatar

Thanks for the comment.

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Lawrence's avatar

QAnon Shaman Jacob Chansley Is Buying Guns After Trump Pardon. Newsweek.

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