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In reply to the discussion: Here's what each and every Trump voter has in common: [View all]grumpyduck
(6,232 posts)I believe racism is a symptom of something else, something deeper. Someone above suggested anger and I think that's a possibility, but I think even anger is a symptom.
From what I see in the MSM, and from talking with a few DJT supporters (and from what Fox says), what I see them having in common is more like stubbornness. They seem to insist on getting their news and commentary from very specific sources and going only with what those sources say -- not wanting to even consider that there may be other viewpoints. From what I've seen, it appears that a lot of them have "dug in" and want to stay there regardless of anything. To quote a line from the movie The Sixth Sense: they only see what they want to see.
I've known, and worked with, a number of people over the years who are the same way: they believe something, or do something, or not do something, and then dig in forever, refusing to even consider the idea that they may have made a bad choice, or a mistake, or done something that hurt somebody. At the last job I had, most of the higher-ups appeared to be deathly afraid of being perceived as making mistakes, so they insisted on defending them even when it was obvious there was a mistake. It's like they didn't want to lose face. After some digging, I discovered that the company culture, developed over the years by very authoritarian heads, made it nearly "suicidal" for managers to admit a mistake. It was a culture of fear.
So I have to wonder if what a lot of them have in common is really a deep-rooted fear of something. And when I see what top Congressional Republicans are doing or not doing, that's what I think I see.