@sonhouse said
@sh76
You do have a point there. The reason I post my shyte is we know Trump is the most dangerous person in the last hundred years bent on destroying our democracy and worse, like pulling out of NATO if he gets the chance, a move that would shake up the entire western world not that Trump gives a rats ass about anything not Trump.
The ultrarightwingnut crowd here insists ...[text shortened]... bills he passed that Trump never would even contemplate putting out BIDEN BAD. Asssholes in action.
Trump is a demagogue and so by definition one of the most dangerous things a democracy can face.
The real question is "Why?" Why do we still hear his name? Why haven't we just laughed him into oblivion by now?
The answer is that demagogues work PURELY on emotion, and once a supporter has made an emotional commitment to a demagogue they will cheer for them forever. Doesn't matter how they are doing, doesn't matter if they are crooks.
We know that the Most Faithful in any religion are not the people who were raised with it. It's the converts. Converts can't go back without admitting they made a mistake - nobody wants to do that.
So while traditional Republicans migrate away from Trump, the converts to Trumpism stay because it makes them feel good. You can't challenge their faith because it IS purely Faith. It becomes a second religion.
When I first heard people say, "Oh you just don't like Trump," I was like, "Uh oh." That was the first sign that Reason and Logic had left the building. From that moment on, in the eyes of true believers, nothing anyone said against Trump mattered.
So it's reasonable to continue posting reasonable posts. But not aimed at the devout followers.