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They didn't care because all it takes is a threat to what little middle class people actually have for some fast talker to come in and tell them how he'll protect that from the people (like him) that plan to take it. Oh, that and the threat of people who don't speak the language the middle class speaks coming to take their jobs/children/money/daughters/religion/freedoms. Middle class people are fucking stupid and easily manipulated.

Same, went to a bar to watch the results as they came in, and I thought there was no way, right? He was just so obviously toxic, a con man, awful. But then it started looking like he was winning, then they called it.

I don’t smoke, but I went outside to get some fresh air and bummed a cigarette. I just had no idea what to do, felt despondent. Now just look at us! :(

They are the same type of trash humans. They relate to trump because they are the same and believe that they should be wealthy and unaccountable. They are pro rape, pro pedophilia, pro racism, pro genocide, pro mysoginist, cuck losers. they believe in the colonialist heirachy that places white men(simply for existing) above the rest of the racialized and gender casted working class. They don’t understand that enforcing this system oppresses them too because they are not educated and that’s by design. They act as the enforcers, policing those who don’t conform to the system that benefits only the capitalist class. A lot of these toxic fascist right wing white males are handed six figure jobs right out of high school. These types of jobs are unionized and seem to hire their friends and family while gatekeeping and hazing minorities out. enter the police force, union construction, fire department, ice, prisons corrections ect… without a college degree and be making six figures, with retirement and full benefits almost immediately. These unions always seem to be the only unions not under constant attack. These jobs are dominated by white men who then think it’s easy to survive in this rigged game and listen to media funded by the capitalist class telling them to be good flying monkeys punch down because they’re the real victims. They love this system they’re getting poorer but they get to be sadistic, self righteous and superior to others Meanwhile any job dominated by women or minorities is underpaid and requires years of expensive schooling. This system is by design.

Source: 20 years in construction, Dad was Cop

There is a certain type of person who is convinced he's honest. Yet, when you ask them an example of him being honest, it's Trump being a total asshole to someone. They want to be able to get away with treating people like shit the way he does. And they want to be free of the politeness that governs society.

May i ask what works? Everytime i hear him talk i feel like i'm either listening to the dumbest person alive or to someone who loves himself more than i could ever love a person ever. And both are very off putting to me.

It's a thing a lot of narcissists are good at. I'm curious how the numbers break down with people's resistance to his voice vs general narcissists. I generally assume my immunity comes from my having had a narcissistic father and having bad mental reactions whenever someone starts the narcissist charm. Others are just immune, and then there's folks like you who feel it but can resist it.

And I should clarify it's not magic or anything, the personality disorder just takes advantage of how our social brains are wired, it's not even the only personality disorder to do that.

Steve Jobs had a similar ability to manipulate. He used it to sell electronics. Trump uses it to bomb brown people, tank an economy, kill all progress, and drive up the costs of said electronics.

It’s not a super power. It’s not even all that rare. It’s just mental illness being celebrated because he’s portrayed as rich. Rich people aren’t crazy. They’re colorful.

Did he actually learn anything or is he just going to vote for the next fascist with an R next to their name?

How'd that work out with the Confederacy? Did turning the other cheek teach them the error of their ways? Or did it just create a society that makes excuses to justify its racist "heritage"?

The sentiment of your post is commendable, but I'm skeptical that any magats are "finally seeing the light". They've been fully supportive of bigotry and facsism for a decade now. I'm relieved that support for trump is beginning to dwindle, but it's not because those supporters are now becoming more progressive. Its because their gas prices have gone up. They will blindly continue to vote red in the future.

I've been hearing this on NPR as well...several pieces all with this outline, about how there are just not enough democrats alone so we need candidates that can appeal to disenfranchised Trump voters.

I'd say I'm surprised that they don't know better than to just play into conservatives hands like this....but trump has taught me a LOT about how little most democrats have in common with the left. They really seam to see the actual left as more of a threat than literal fascists....

Rehabilitation of people willing to forgo MAGA and the conservatism that fuels it is one thing, but quotes like "He’s a con man, a liar, doesn’t keep his promises" illustrate that some voters haven't had a change of heart about MAGA policies, just on Trump's ability to actually deliver on them.