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In reply to the discussion: @DanRather The Rule of Trump: No matter how bad you think it is. It's worse. Much worse. [View all]wnylib
(21,335 posts)57. "Stand-in for their daddies." Yes!
I know two men who had abusive childhoods at the hands of their fathers - psychological and physical abuse. They spoke of Trump like a child looking at a daddy figure with hope and trust. It was as if they identified with Trump as someone who had also had a psychologically abusive father, or as an abusive figure who now had the power to do "good things" that would make up for their childhood abuse. It was like a form of denial. "Yeah, my father was strict and tough but that's the way life is and he prepared me for it because he loved me."
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@DanRather The Rule of Trump: No matter how bad you think it is. It's worse. Much worse. [View all]
riversedge
Sep 2021
OP
Good God. The last 5 years have not been a game. We have been lucky so far.
Evolve Dammit
Sep 2021
#37
I'm starting to be thankful COVID is killing off many who would elect Trump again.
Liberty Belle
Sep 2021
#8
I've never understood why so many voted for the most obnoxoius character alive.
NH Ethylene
Sep 2021
#18
Compared to the deranged and downright traitorous actions of his presidency, this is simply tacky.
argyl
Sep 2021
#29
For any political party to work so hard at duplicitous, anti-scientific appeal in the face of
lambchopp59
Sep 2021
#52