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This reminds me of, for instance, how so many of the die-hard right-wingers are men without women.
And I've seen a lot of clips where the die-hard Trump followers who go to many rallies don't seem to have much background interest in politics, but just seem to have latched on to Trump as a personality cult.
Loneliness is breaking America
By Michelle Goldberg
I was fascinated by Bender’s account of the people who followed Trump from rally to rally like authoritarian Deadheads. Bender’s description of these Trump superfans, who called themselves the “front-row Joes,” is sympathetic but not sentimental. Above all, he captures their pre-Trump loneliness.
“Many were recently retired and had time on their hands and little to tie them to home,” writes Bender. “A handful never had children. Others were estranged from their families.” Throwing themselves into Trump’s movement, they found a community and a sense of purpose. “Saundra’s life had become bigger with Trump,” he says of a Michigan woman who did odd jobs on the road to fund her obsession.
This reminds me of, for instance, how so many of the die-hard right-wingers are men without women.
And I've seen a lot of clips where the die-hard Trump followers who go to many rallies don't seem to have much background interest in politics, but just seem to have latched on to Trump as a personality cult.
Loneliness is breaking America
By Michelle Goldberg
I was fascinated by Bender’s account of the people who followed Trump from rally to rally like authoritarian Deadheads. Bender’s description of these Trump superfans, who called themselves the “front-row Joes,” is sympathetic but not sentimental. Above all, he captures their pre-Trump loneliness.
“Many were recently retired and had time on their hands and little to tie them to home,” writes Bender. “A handful never had children. Others were estranged from their families.” Throwing themselves into Trump’s movement, they found a community and a sense of purpose. “Saundra’s life had become bigger with Trump,” he says of a Michigan woman who did odd jobs on the road to fund her obsession.
The article is pure crap. Loneliness? Really? I’ve said it a million times and I’ll say it again. There is Trump himself and then there is the message that rallied Americans around Trump. Many were not necessarily enamored with Trumps leadership style but his message resonated and unified those on the right.
Liberals and leftists have let it be known that they relish the thought of Trump gone so much they actually accept Biden (which is scary in of itself), but mark my words, Trump’s message is not going away anytime soon. Those that think it’s going away guilty of wishful thinking.
We on the right will patiently wait our three and a half years and will welcome someone like Desantis who will pick up where Trump left off. I know this is the last thing those on the left want to hear but it is what it is. If anything, it just paints a vivid picture of how divided we are as a nation.
Maybe if you guys didn’t vote in Biden in the primaries, and kackles as Vice President, you wouldn’t have to worry.
There you go again, ASSuming.
I'm not a Democrat, and I would never vote for Biden nor Harris either.
Everything isn't 'Us vs. Them'.
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