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Imagine being intimidated by an 80 year old fucking moron with shit in his pants. What a bunch of clown ass cowards.
Also, I thought this wasn't a war, and also isn't it over?
Part of being conservative (ie: authoritarian) is being extra loyal to the in-group. I think it's like in their brain chemistry and structure. They will almost always yield to the authority figure for their in group.
They want big strong men to tell them what to think.
Why? Fuck if I know.
Patriarchy is pretty much the entire platform of conservatives
You'd think they would want to be in charge, though!
It's some sort of strange cuckold fantasy or something.
Pretty sure the cloud of miasma that follows him violates at least 3 Geneva conventions and most of the Hague conventions.
so a meeting with the walking turdling is definitely a threat.
I don't think they are intimidated because they think he will beat them up. It's because he is the most powerful man in the world and because of his rabid fans
His rabid fans started turning on him over higher gas prices caused by this stupid war. They could win those rabid fans over by confronting trump on this issue. He's 80 with one foot in the grave; if they can't grow a spine now, they never will.
"Started" is the operative in that sentence. His rabid fans are still threatening people all over the country with violence if they think they can get away with it. No one is scared of the lunatic in chief. They're scared of the people frothing at the mouth and still supporting him, because he controls the justice department which means their protection, is at his discretion, and in the end he can keep pardoning those people until they get to their targets.
one foot in the grave
According to my curated conservative "news", Trump is healthier and more lively than a 20 year old collegiate athlete.... one foot in the grave, what are you even talking about?
Not unless they plan to switch parties or run independent. Trump is the GOP. His cult of personality reigns supreme.
im sure the 800 names in the epstien files has alot to do with it. hes got dirt on alot of people.
Why is everyone afraid of this stupid fucking pedophile?
I guess he can very well take everyone down with him because he would. All these fuckwad sleezeballs in Washington have dirt on them one way or another. Not a clean soul in the fuckin place.
because he has a magaphone and can get them shot by his cult members, or he has enough pull to fuck the self-serving fucks re-election chances, take your pick.
https://theauthoritarians.org/
The knowledge won't delight you, but it's easier to deal with anger and disappointment when you're not confused.
I think the knowledge is quite delightful. It fundamentally inverses the idea that "anyone put in the position of [horrible people] would act [horrible]" and shows that it is, in fact, related to a spectrum of cognition. It also shows us that this spectrum of cognition can be shifted by surroundings, in a surprisingly easy way. Plus, we see that the side of the spectrum that we would instinctively consider bad (authoritarian) is not. It is a very useful thing, when tempered by the social group.
Also, it appears to be catching on. One of the bullshit probably AI articles that litters the new tab screen on my browser was a (very) dumbed down version of Altemeyer's theories. That gives me some hope too.
Ah, that's a great book. I've been telling people to read that for years and years.
Anyway, I would not be surprised to learn that many right wing politicians against not only themselves, but their families. And I'm sure that's coming from inside the party.
He ran the largest blackmail/honeypot operation over many decades. he has enough dirt on enough people to litterally do anything he wants.
Feckless cowards and traitors to our nation.
Our leaders are felons, rapists, pedophiles, and cowards.
Apparently that is how Americans want to be represented.
For a bunch of supposed alphas, these Republicans sure do seem like a bunch of pussies.
LOL so they were ok until he made it personal. This is all about their egos. Pathetic.