This was a great read, and if your mind is open to evidence, lays out a lot of facts as to why those who follow Trump are susceptible to hate speech rhetoric.
Deep down, they want to hate, we all do. It’s the easiest emotion. Those of us who take a breath and think, we don’t fall for the emotional appeal. Those people give in to the hate. You can say they’re “deplorable.”
We don't all want to hate. I sure don't. It's too much effort.
Call me lazy, but I don't waste the effort to hate people. Would I be ambivalent if certain people died? Sure. Am I going to be happy about it, or angry if it doesn't happen? No. Ain't nobody got time for that.
Maybe, but I don't think that's the underlying motivator. I think down at the bottom, conservatives are driven by fear.
Fear of the other.
Fear of progress.
Fear of being left behind by that progress.
Fear of new ideas.
Fear of looking weak.
It's all fear. Right now, I'm leaning towards fear of looking weak as the biggest one. It motivates all the virtue signaling on the right, and causes them to treat safety precautions in multiple situations as signs of weakness, from refusing to wear helmets on bikes to refusing to vaccinate against deadly diseases. They have to prove they're "stronger" than anything that could hurt them.
It also explains why they're resistant to accepting expert advice, but easily fall for "strongmen." If some effete scientist manages to get them to do what he asks, why, that's just showing that they're weak. But if a strongman does it, then falling in line isn't a sign of weakness, it's a sign of how gloriously strong the strongman is.
“Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.” — Yoda
This was a great read, and if your mind is open to evidence, lays out a lot of facts as to why those who follow Trump are susceptible to hate speech rhetoric.
Deep down, they want to hate, we all do. It’s the easiest emotion. Those of us who take a breath and think, we don’t fall for the emotional appeal. Those people give in to the hate. You can say they’re “deplorable.”
We don't all want to hate. I sure don't. It's too much effort.
Call me lazy, but I don't waste the effort to hate people. Would I be ambivalent if certain people died? Sure. Am I going to be happy about it, or angry if it doesn't happen? No. Ain't nobody got time for that.
Maybe, but I don't think that's the underlying motivator. I think down at the bottom, conservatives are driven by fear.
It's all fear. Right now, I'm leaning towards fear of looking weak as the biggest one. It motivates all the virtue signaling on the right, and causes them to treat safety precautions in multiple situations as signs of weakness, from refusing to wear helmets on bikes to refusing to vaccinate against deadly diseases. They have to prove they're "stronger" than anything that could hurt them.
It also explains why they're resistant to accepting expert advice, but easily fall for "strongmen." If some effete scientist manages to get them to do what he asks, why, that's just showing that they're weak. But if a strongman does it, then falling in line isn't a sign of weakness, it's a sign of how gloriously strong the strongman is.
“Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.” — Yoda
Judging by the downvotes, my observation still holds.