I read the following in a Facebook post the other day, and it is just as valid now as when it was originally posted:
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The question was posed, "Why do people continue supporting Trump no matter what he does?" A lady named Bev answered it this way:
“You all don't get it. I live in Trump country, in the Ozarks in southern Missouri, one of the last places where the KKK still has a relatively strong established presence. They don't give a shit what he does. He's just something to rally around and hate liberals, that's it, period. He absolutely realizes that and plays it up. They love it. He knows they love it. The fact that people act like it's anything other than that proves to them that liberals are idiots, all the more reason for high fives all around.
If you keep getting caught up in "why do they not realize this problem" and "how can they still back Trump after this scandal," then you do not understand what the underlying motivating factor of his support is. It's fuck liberals, that's pretty much it.
Have you noticed he can do pretty much anything imaginable, and they'll explain some way that rationalizes it that makes zero logical sense? Because they're not even keeping track of any coherent narrative, it's irrelevant. Fuck liberals is the only relevant thing.
Trust me; I know firsthand what I'm talking about.
That's why they just laugh at it all because you all don't even realize they truly don't give a fuck about whatever the conversation is about. It's just a side mission story that doesn't matter anyway. That's all just trivial details - the economy, health care, whatever.
Fuck liberals.
Look at the issue with not wearing the masks. I can tell you what that's about. It's about exposing fear. They're playing chicken with nature, and whoever flinches just moved down their internal pecking order, one step closer to being a liberal.
You've got to understand the one core value that they hold above all others is hatred for what they consider weakness because that's what they believe strength is, hatred of weakness. And I mean passionate, sadistic hatred. And I'm not exaggerating. Believe me. Sadistic, passionate hatred, and that's what proves they're strong, their passionate hatred for weakness. Sometimes they will lump vulnerability in with weakness. They do that because people tend to start humbling themselves when they're in some compromising or overwhelming circumstance, and to them, that's an obvious sign of weakness.
Kindness = weakness. Honesty = weakness. Compromise = weakness.
They consider their very existence to be superior in every way to anyone who doesn't hate weakness as much as they do. They consider liberals to be weak people that are inferior, almost a different species, and the fact that liberals are so weak is why they have to unite in large numbers, which they find disgusting, but it's that disgust that is a true expression of their natural superiority.
Go ahead and try to have a logical, rational conversation with them. Just keep in mind what I said here and be forewarned.”
So, what does this mean for the rest of us? Do we give in to our hatred and anger and become just like these losers? Or, do we find ways of disconnecting ourselves from them in all ways and let them stew by themselves in their own anger? I feel sorry for these cult members, but I won't forgive them. They have choices they can make, and they keep making bad ones. The best I can do is to put myself in positions where they can do as little harm to me as possible, for as long as possible. But what do I suggest for civilized people as a whole?
I suggest total disengagement. Advocate policies that protect our communities from their hatred, even if it hurts them in the long run. Let them destroy their states as long as we can protect ourselves from them and their politicians. Boycott their states, as the Canadians are boycotting America. If it's easy to avoid doing business with firms such as Hobby Lobby and Chick Fil A, do so. But this will not always be possible. Many of the biggest firms are managed by people who benefit from targeting the weakest in our society. So do business with them as little as possible.
Right now, I have friends in Texas who I will not visit until their state recovers its sanity. Since that isn't happening soon, all I can do is meet with them over a Zoom link. It's not good, but it's better than visiting them as an unauthentic self to avoid persecution in that state.
