VeritaMusings

I see some Trump supporters maintain that they don't like the person, but they like his policies. This doesn't appear to be a large portion of the electorate, because his personal favorability rating has long been pretty close to his job approval rating. Nevertheless, they exist. While this separation of judgements between the personal and political does make me feel better, because at least they're not justifying the man's behavior, I can't help but note that I would never support someone like Trump. I have in the past voted for (but not volunteered for or donated to) candidates that I didn't like personally, but these were not blatant autocrats who were, as Trump is, openly trying to destroy their opposition, the democratic institutions, and the republic itself. I voted for Bill Clinton in 1996, despite a number of problems I had with him personally, but none of his many faults rose to the level of autocratic ambition.  There are so many example of this behavi...

I used to think that Trump supporters were wrong. Only in the past year have I come to the realization that they're not wrong, they're lying. They're gaslighting, just as their leader does, and for the same reason: they want the dictatorship as well. They've been fighting for this from day 1 of the campaign, and it isn't stopping now.  Before I delve further into this, I should make clear that, in my rational brain, I know that it is in fact a small minority of Trump voters who would actually want a dictatorship. Most had various reasons, I'm sure, to vote for him, but wouldn't support a literal autocratic takeover as it was happening. Having said that, I'm angry right now, and I'm going to refer to "Trump supporters" even though I really mean that small contingent of the staunchest die-hards. Having gotten that out of the way, Trump supporters are fighting for a dictatorship. They don't believe these ridiculous allegations of mass vote...