Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) said new polling data suggests that supporters of Donald Trump are lurching into “cultism” territory.Kinzinger, now a CNN senior political commentator, during an appearance on “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer,” was responding to a question from the host over po...
  • MomoTimeToDie@sh.itjust.works
    16·
    1 year ago

    I don’t know that I will ever be able to see Trump supporters (~90% of conservatives) as mentally reliable people from now on. I don’t mean to be dramatic; I go back and forth on this (hence it being a dilemma). At times, I tell myself, “it’s not that bad, it can’t be that bad,” but then another poll comes out reporting that 3/4 of these folks really are forehead-deep in the Kool Aid.

    What’s you’re reasoning for this? My experience pans out differently

    • Tedesche@lemmy.worldEnglish
      71·
      1 year ago

      I’m not sure I understand your question. In the segment of my comment that you quoted, I was simply saying that it’s difficult for me to fathom that 75% of Trump supporters (and ~90% of conservatives support Trump) report having a cult-like devotion to him, to the point that they simply believe anything he says like it’s the gospel truth. That’s roughly 1/3 of the U.S. population, approximately 110 million people, who regard this man like he’s basically infallible, who think he won the 2020 election, that there’s a huge Democrat conspiracy to rig elections, that all the present charges against him are fabricated, with large chunks of them believing even loonier shit, and who apparently can’t recognize the most obvious, artless, opaquely sociopathic liar modern media has ever presented to them for what he is. That blows my fucking mind.

      • MomoTimeToDie@sh.itjust.works
        12·
        1 year ago

        To clarify, I’m asking why you’re of the opinion that 90% of conservatives support trump, and that 75% of that group reports cult-like devotion.