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LAS14

(13,790 posts)
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 11:43 AM Feb 2019

Has there been an investigation into how Trump enthusiasts....

.... deal with his assault on the truth? Note that I said "enthusiasts." That's the real puzzle for me. I expect that some significant number of Trump voters just hold their noses and vote Republican or choose "Trump" in a poll because the alternatives are to Democratic.

I'd be interested to know what you DUers think, but I'm most interested in finding out if anyone has studied this.... podcast, book, article.

Of course you're welcome to reply "they're stupid," or variations on that theme, but I'm looking for a study. If that's the conclusion, based on fact, so be it.

Here are the possibilities I've come up with:

They're stupid.

They just skip over the lies and don't think about it, preferring to wallow in the ideology.

They treat them as theater. Attention getters, that's all.

They affirm them as a way to stick it to the establishment that they want to tear down.



TIA
LAS

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Has there been an investigation into how Trump enthusiasts.... (Original Post) LAS14 Feb 2019 OP
Simple: world wide wally Feb 2019 #1
They don't care about truth...just about their guy winning. irresistable Feb 2019 #2
Twisted American prosperity gospel. He be saved. They be saved. Full speed ahead. yonder Feb 2019 #3
 

irresistable

(989 posts)
2. They don't care about truth...just about their guy winning.
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 12:08 PM
Feb 2019

No ethical or moral structure...just like their hero.

yonder

(9,684 posts)
3. Twisted American prosperity gospel. He be saved. They be saved. Full speed ahead.
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 01:11 PM
Feb 2019

Can do what they like with no fear of eternal consequences. They think it says so right there in that big old book they like.

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