But even as Trump’s campaign has been blaming outside groups and allies for bad headlines, Trump himself has been vowing “retribution” against his enemies and ramping up his use of violent and authoritarian rhetoric, including saying he would only be a dictator on “day one” of his second term. He has also pledged to appoint a special prosecutor to go after President Joe Biden and has outlined an immigration agenda that includes militarizing the southern border and mass deportations.
Because WAY too many brainwashed, uneducated, cult members have literally plugged their ears and gone “LALALALALA” if anything that doesn’t support their world-view hits their “news” feed. And I use the term “news” lightly as it’s a lot of just garbage memes on social media or propoganda “news” networks like NewsMax and OAN are their sources of information.
We all know the type of bottom-of-barrel dredge that fills his rallies: alcoholic deadbeats, meth heads, pridefully illiterate let alone uneducated. Racists, bigots… Someone who ate one too many lead paint chips or sniffed that leaded gasoline.
Interestingly, studies by neuroscientists see remarkable distinguishing factors between liberals and conservstives. Conservatives have a larger amygdala, having a heightened sensitivity to disgust. They have a smaller cingulate cortex compared to liberals, reducing pattern recognition and maybe more importantly pattern dissonance.