Not all Republican voters, or even Trump voters, subscribe to all of the positions you cite. While you do not suggest as much, your listing of all of these deplorable positions ,ight encourage a reader to draw that conclusion. You do not cite many other reasons people may have voted for Trump, and this makes me wonder if you are capable of the degree of empathy required to do so. I admit it is difficult, Trump is a distasteful boor, and many of his most vocal supporters appear to be ase well. But you just remember that a little more than half the country voted for the Republican candidate in this election. I am not certain what you mean by “MAGA”, people, but I do believe that your conception of the term does not, indeed CAN not, describe a little over half of your fellow citizens.
Here is what you piece could mention but does not. Some voters were simply not persuaded by what the Democrats were offering and chose what they believed to be the lesser of two evils (again, your mileage may vary, but it’s quite a leap from pragmatic nose-holding to racist idiot).
Some voters were concerned about Biden’s age and infirmity, and we are now learning they may have had reason to be.
Some voters did not believe Harris was a good candidate. While some may have believed this was because she was Black and a woman (this country contains multitudes, as you point out), I believe that it is not reasonable to contend that this was the only possible reason.
Some voters were concerned about inflation and rising prices. Though the rise in prices is certainly not all attributable to Biden, polls and interviews show that many voters did not believe the Democrats could solve the problem. Perhaps that was a message the Democrats meant to send, but perhaps it is worth considering that the results of the election -rather than indicate that more than half of all voters are simply stupid - might indicate that the message was not effective.
Some voters might have been concerned about what they perceived to be an excessive number of people coming into the country without legal permission to stay here. I believe that statistics do show that the number of people who entered under Biden outpaced the prior two administrations by a long shot. I personally do not have a problem with it, but I do agree it happened. Might you be willing to consider that there may be some people who believe it would be better to restrict the amount of people flowing in, or to impose stricter conditions on those seeking asylum? Or to keep better track of them once they enter? Might you be willing to consider that their reasons for believing any of these things might not come down entirely to rank xenophobia and bigotry?
Polls prior to the election consistently showed that there were two issues that voters were most concerned with: inflation and immigration. Not doing away with Medicare. Not annexing Greenland. Not banning masturbation, not putting Trump on Mt. Rushmore. Those two issues.
And as for your contention that some Republican voters post penis emojis and date 14 year olds, I can only ask the following: when did you lose sight of the humanity of more than half of your fellow Americans, such that you judge them all by the actions of the most admittedly reprehensible among us? And is that healthy for you, or for anyone? Is it likely to result in greater cooperation and more effective governance? Will it enhance your own life?
It seems to me this article is meant to point out the absurdity of Trump's positions, many of them known well before the 2024 election, and so of course they were factors in people voting for him. It's not an academic exercise in understanding the deep psychology of Trump voters - it's a screed about how insane it is to even think a guy like this should be in the arena to begin with, and an indictment of the people that allowed it to happen.
More broadly, it is a colossal failure of basic critical thinking skills to listen to him speak during the campaign and prior, and come away with the idea that he will be a competent leader and that he is the lesser of two evils. It shows profoundly poor reasoning skills.
He did not try to hide his authoritarian impulses. He was very clear about them, and now he is acting on them. What other conclusion is there to draw than his voters support this authoritarianism?
And funny how inflation and prices don't seem to matter than much to voters anymore, do they? Why is that?
I hear what you are saying and a part of me wants to agree sometimes but then I come to my senses and I realise, nah, bro/ma'am, half the voters in your country are actually bigoted racist idiots who have zero perspective on anything outside their tiny area of experience in life and who don't care if they are happy as long as they make someone miserable.
As to their humanity, that will come when they are defeated and repenting. Until then, the only people I'm seeing as human are the people we need to defend from these fascists. They are not your fellow Americans. They are quislings and traitors who no longer share your vision of what living in a liberal democracy means. They made their bed, now let them suffer in it while we laugh at them for their stupidity:)
Can't wait to see Dictator for a Day on streaming!
You didn’t cite a single reason for voting for Trump.
Not all Republican voters, or even Trump voters, subscribe to all of the positions you cite. While you do not suggest as much, your listing of all of these deplorable positions ,ight encourage a reader to draw that conclusion. You do not cite many other reasons people may have voted for Trump, and this makes me wonder if you are capable of the degree of empathy required to do so. I admit it is difficult, Trump is a distasteful boor, and many of his most vocal supporters appear to be ase well. But you just remember that a little more than half the country voted for the Republican candidate in this election. I am not certain what you mean by “MAGA”, people, but I do believe that your conception of the term does not, indeed CAN not, describe a little over half of your fellow citizens.
Here is what you piece could mention but does not. Some voters were simply not persuaded by what the Democrats were offering and chose what they believed to be the lesser of two evils (again, your mileage may vary, but it’s quite a leap from pragmatic nose-holding to racist idiot).
Some voters were concerned about Biden’s age and infirmity, and we are now learning they may have had reason to be.
Some voters did not believe Harris was a good candidate. While some may have believed this was because she was Black and a woman (this country contains multitudes, as you point out), I believe that it is not reasonable to contend that this was the only possible reason.
Some voters were concerned about inflation and rising prices. Though the rise in prices is certainly not all attributable to Biden, polls and interviews show that many voters did not believe the Democrats could solve the problem. Perhaps that was a message the Democrats meant to send, but perhaps it is worth considering that the results of the election -rather than indicate that more than half of all voters are simply stupid - might indicate that the message was not effective.
Some voters might have been concerned about what they perceived to be an excessive number of people coming into the country without legal permission to stay here. I believe that statistics do show that the number of people who entered under Biden outpaced the prior two administrations by a long shot. I personally do not have a problem with it, but I do agree it happened. Might you be willing to consider that there may be some people who believe it would be better to restrict the amount of people flowing in, or to impose stricter conditions on those seeking asylum? Or to keep better track of them once they enter? Might you be willing to consider that their reasons for believing any of these things might not come down entirely to rank xenophobia and bigotry?
Polls prior to the election consistently showed that there were two issues that voters were most concerned with: inflation and immigration. Not doing away with Medicare. Not annexing Greenland. Not banning masturbation, not putting Trump on Mt. Rushmore. Those two issues.
And as for your contention that some Republican voters post penis emojis and date 14 year olds, I can only ask the following: when did you lose sight of the humanity of more than half of your fellow Americans, such that you judge them all by the actions of the most admittedly reprehensible among us? And is that healthy for you, or for anyone? Is it likely to result in greater cooperation and more effective governance? Will it enhance your own life?
It seems to me this article is meant to point out the absurdity of Trump's positions, many of them known well before the 2024 election, and so of course they were factors in people voting for him. It's not an academic exercise in understanding the deep psychology of Trump voters - it's a screed about how insane it is to even think a guy like this should be in the arena to begin with, and an indictment of the people that allowed it to happen.
More broadly, it is a colossal failure of basic critical thinking skills to listen to him speak during the campaign and prior, and come away with the idea that he will be a competent leader and that he is the lesser of two evils. It shows profoundly poor reasoning skills.
He did not try to hide his authoritarian impulses. He was very clear about them, and now he is acting on them. What other conclusion is there to draw than his voters support this authoritarianism?
And funny how inflation and prices don't seem to matter than much to voters anymore, do they? Why is that?
"Me." A perfect metaphor for MAGA.
I like the user name:)
I hear what you are saying and a part of me wants to agree sometimes but then I come to my senses and I realise, nah, bro/ma'am, half the voters in your country are actually bigoted racist idiots who have zero perspective on anything outside their tiny area of experience in life and who don't care if they are happy as long as they make someone miserable.
As to their humanity, that will come when they are defeated and repenting. Until then, the only people I'm seeing as human are the people we need to defend from these fascists. They are not your fellow Americans. They are quislings and traitors who no longer share your vision of what living in a liberal democracy means. They made their bed, now let them suffer in it while we laugh at them for their stupidity:)