The thing about Trump is that there is no rationale, no logic and no sense to it. When you attempt to apply logic and intelligence it is water off a duck’s back. His cult are irrational and none too bright. They are also extremely ill-informed and live in a bubble.
The Red States are disaster areas. Education is at an all-time low and people live in superstition and blind faith. Economically they have to be propped up by blue states. There is a political/social zeitgeist that is self-sustaining. It’s all about macho, drinking culture based on this strange notion of freedom which exhibits itself in extreme conformity – God, Trump and country. It’s a stereotype.
What unifies everyone is an ignorant hatred of socialism and liberalism. Trump is popular because he hates liberals and says and does things to hurt them
The whole ethos is about being strong, black and white with racist overtones. We will not be replaced. Migration is a key trigger, trans is also a motivator.
This is what Adam-Troy Castro had to say:
Seriously, why do liberals think Trump supporters are stupid?
A real question from a Trump supporter: ‘Why do liberals think Trump supporters are stupid?’
THE SERIOUS ANSWER: Here’s what the majority of anti-Trump voters honestly feel about Trump supporters en masse:
That when you saw a man who had owned a fraudulent University, intent on scamming poor people, you thought “Fine.” (Judge finalizes $25 million Trump University settlement for students of ‘sham university’)
That when you saw a man who had made it his business practice to stiff his creditors, you said, “Okay.” (Trump Hotel Paid Millions in Fines for Unpaid Work)
That when you heard him proudly brag about his own history of sexual abuse, you said, “No problem.” (List of Trump’s accusers and their allegations of sexual misconduct)
That when he made up stories about seeing Muslim-Americans in the thousands cheering the destruction of the World Trade Center, you said, “Not an issue.” (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2015/11/22/donald-trumps-outrageous-claim-that-thousands-of-new-jersey-muslims-celebrated-the-911-attacks/)
That when you saw him brag that he could shoot a man on Fifth Avenue and you wouldn’t care, you exclaimed, “He sure knows me.” (President Donald Trump could shoot someone in public and escape prosecution, his lawyer tells federal court)
That when you heard him relating a story of an elderly guest of his country club, an 80-year old man, who fell off a stage and hit his head, to Trump replied: “‘Oh my God, that’s disgusting,’ and I turned away. I couldn’t—you know, he was right in front of me, and I turned away. I didn’t want to touch him. He was bleeding all over the place. And I felt terrible, because it was a beautiful white marble floor, and now it had changed color. Became very red.” You said, “That’s cool!” (Donald Trump Shared a Hilarious Story About Not Wanting to Help a Dying Man)
That when you saw him mock the disabled, you thought it was the funniest thing you ever saw. (Donald Trump Slammed After Mocking Disabled Reporter)
That when you heard him brag that he doesn’t read books, you said, “Well, who has time?” (https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/01/americas-first-post-text-president/549794/)
That when the Central Park Five were compensated as innocent men convicted of a crime they didn’t commit, and he angrily said that they should still be in prison, you said, “That makes sense.” (‘They admitted their guilt’: 30 years of Trump’s comments about the Central Park Five)
That when you heard him tell his supporters to beat up protesters and that he would hire attorneys, you thought, “Yes!” (Trump’s endorsement of violence reaches new level: He may pay legal fees for assault suspect)
That when you heard him tell one rally to confiscate a man’s coat before throwing him out into the freezing cold, you said, “What a great guy!” (Donald Trump ordered a heckler be sent out into -10C weather without a coat)
That you have watched the parade of neo-Nazis and white supremacists with whom he curries favor, while refusing to condemn outright Nazis, and you have said, “Thumbs up!” (https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/08/why-cant-trump-just-condemn-nazis/567320/)
That you hear him unable to talk to foreign dignitaries without insulting their countries and demanding that they praise his electoral win, you said, “That’s the way I want my President to be.” (Here’s A List Of Countries And Leaders Trump Has Insulted Since His Election)
That you have watched him remove expertise from all layers of government in favor of people who make money off of eliminating protections in the industries they’re supposed to be regulating and you have said, “What a genius!” (https://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2017/12/29/138-trump-policy-changes-2017-000603)
That you have heard him continue to profit from his businesses, in part by leveraging his position as President, to the point of overcharging the Secret Service for space in the properties he owns, and you have said, “That’s smart!” (https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2018-03-05/how-is-donald-trump-profiting-from-the-presidency-let-us-count-the-ways)
That you have heard him say that it was difficult to help Puerto Rico because it was in the middle of water and you have said, “That makes sense.” (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/09/26/the-very-big-ocean-between-here-and-puerto-rico-is-not-a-perfect-excuse-for-a-lack-of-aid/)
That you have seen him start fights with every country from Canada to New Zealand while praising Russia and quote, “falling in love” with the dictator of North Korea, and you have said, “That’s statesmanship!” (15 times Donald Trump praised authoritarian rulers | CNN Politics)
That Trump separated children from their families and put them in cages, managed to lose track of 1500 kids, has opened a tent city incarceration camp in the desert in Texas – he explains that they’re just “animals” – and you say, “Well, OK then.” (More than 5,400 children split at border, according to new count)
That you have witnessed all the thousand and one other manifestations of corruption and low moral character and outright animalistic rudeness and contempt for you, the working American voter, and you still show up grinning and wearing your MAGA hats and threatening to beat up anybody who says otherwise. (https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/democracy/reports/2018/06/04/451570/confronting-cost-trumps-corruption-american-families/)
What you don’t get, Trump supporters, is that our succumbing to frustration and shaking our heads, thinking of you as stupid, may very well be wrong and unhelpful, but it’s also… hear me… charitable.
Because if you’re NOT stupid, we must turn to other explanations, and most of them are less flattering.
– Adam-Troy Castro
