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Wed Oct 21, 2020, 10:14 AM

55. Morning thoughts

I was just thinking about this this morning--not that I don't think about this on many mornings. There are a lot of books out about trump and his administration and his many flaws ("flaws" is far too gentle a word...). I am very interested in what motivates his followers--there are no books on that subject, are there? Lots and lots of articles to be found trying to explain it, but no book that I know of. What made them like that? It's too easy to say "They like him because he is them." Is it fear that drives them? Hate? Why? At some point all of us encountered that moment when we decided which way to break--for trump or against him. What made us say no way and them say he's my guy? I would really, really like to understand the psychology and origin of their leanings. Bad childhood? Bullied a lot? Abandoned?

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94 replies	Author	Time	Post
I awakened thinking that on top of being insane, [View all]	PCIntern	Oct 2020	OP
There are a few things that I will never understand.	madaboutharry	Oct 2020	#1
Quick answers - Citizen Kane	empedocles	Oct 2020	#18
"...over 40% of the population. What do they see in this damaged and sick man?"	jaxexpat	Oct 2020	#22
I don't think Trump is an anomaly	Buckeyeblue	Oct 2020	#24
According to Mary Trump he has been in a form of 'institutionalization' his whole life...	Hugin	Oct 2020	#44
Good post	empedocles	Oct 2020	#53
Thanks.	Hugin	Oct 2020	#65
He's Like a Human Version of a Veal	Skraxx	Oct 2020	#57
Excellent metaphor.	Hugin	Oct 2020	#61
Sure, No Problem!	Skraxx	Oct 2020	#63
They see that he openly hates black people.	Kingofalldems	Oct 2020	#45
You've pretty much answered questions 1 and 2...	Raster	Oct 2020	#47
It is pretty mindboggling	PatSeg	Oct 2020	#48
Traits of Trump supporters	Danascot	Oct 2020	#68
+1	Hugin	Oct 2020	#69
"Intergroup contact"	PatSeg	Oct 2020	#70
Even 2 different races having a baby makes a difference. I have experienced	Maraya1969	Oct 2020	#80
Oh yes	PatSeg	Oct 2020	#92
the attraction to scammers goes back to the old medicine shows	NRaleighLiberal	Oct 2020	#50
. . . and movies	empedocles	Oct 2020	#52
Spectacular, perspicuous, insights.	empedocles	Oct 2020	#2
I'm just a dentist who has dealt with	PCIntern	Oct 2020	#5
So impressed here	empedocles	Oct 2020	#20
Boy, when the "Father of Rhetoric" finds you impressive -	ZZenith	Oct 2020	#82
Plausible	Bayard	Oct 2020	#3
He craves fame. I'm pretty sure the name trump will go down in history	captain queeg	Oct 2020	#4
Agreed	Sherman A1	Oct 2020	#7
Trumps narcissism is off the charts.	My Pet Orangutan	Oct 2020	#17
A grammarian is smarter...	PCIntern	Oct 2020	#71
A wood box is smarter :)	My Pet Orangutan	Oct 2020	#72
Your right...	N_E_1 for Tennis	Oct 2020	#11
PCIntern	malaise	Oct 2020	#6
And I yours...	PCIntern	Oct 2020	#8
This applies to every area of his life	malaise	Oct 2020	#10
There is nothing more wounding	PCIntern	Oct 2020	#14
and publicly	malaise	Oct 2020	#15
And say what you want about her:	PCIntern	Oct 2020	#16
Yep	malaise	Oct 2020	#19
And we have to suspect that if post-coital signs of affection	Ilsa	Oct 2020	#41
There was no love in his family home	malaise	Oct 2020	#46
Post-coitally he probably goes in the bathroom	PCIntern	Oct 2020	#60
I remember Lava.	Ilsa	Oct 2020	#64
Lava As A Skin Drying Agent	ProfessorGAC	Oct 2020	#75
Thanks for the soap lesson	I_UndergroundPanther	Oct 2020	#78
They Do!	ProfessorGAC	Oct 2020	#87
What has been your experience with 'Savon de Marseille'?	GoneOffShore	Oct 2020	#85
It's A True Soap	ProfessorGAC	Oct 2020	#86
Interesting. I think we're going to stick to Savon de Marseille, not least because Marius Fabre	GoneOffShore	Oct 2020	#88
Perfectly Good Reason	ProfessorGAC	Oct 2020	#94
I think you are on to something.	smirkymonkey	Oct 2020	#9
It is not atypical	PCIntern	Oct 2020	#12
Very astute observation.	smirkymonkey	Oct 2020	#25
Morning thoughts	birdographer	Oct 2020	#55
I think that would be an interesting topic to explore as well.	smirkymonkey	Oct 2020	#73
Weak sense of self	Wicked Blue	Oct 2020	#90
my wife said	onethatcares	Oct 2020	#26
Please assure her for me	ZZenith	Oct 2020	#83
That's what boggles my mind.	GoCubsGo	Oct 2020	#28
I briefly encountered him back in the 1980s and was viscerally repulsed	Wicked Blue	Oct 2020	#77
Ugh. I got a sense of that from my random encounters with him	Dark n Stormy Knight	Oct 2020	#81
KnR...very interesting...nt	N_E_1 for Tennis	Oct 2020	#13
He's one defective unit	spanone	Oct 2020	#21
Interesting insight. That his whole warped personality might revolve around his bathroom "habits"	Vinca	Oct 2020	#23
My late husband was a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst	mnhtnbb	Oct 2020	#27
Thank you	empedocles	Oct 2020	#29
Interesting synthesis.	JudyM	Oct 2020	#30
What is the psychology behind someone who seems like he is invulnerable	Beringia	Oct 2020	#31
He doesn't envision that scenario.	PCIntern	Oct 2020	#32
He is terrified of appearing weak. n/t	MicaelS	Oct 2020	#51
I hate to say this, but what if he's already undead?	Wicked Blue	Oct 2020	#89
I had same idea, like the character in Practical Magic who came back from the dead	Beringia	Oct 2020	#93
The image that comes to my mind, is the photo of him in his shit-stained golf pants.	3Hotdogs	Oct 2020	#33
That Marla Maples quote is something else.	dubyadiprecession	Oct 2020	#34
Here	PCIntern	Oct 2020	#35
Yes, The 'New York Post'!	dubyadiprecession	Oct 2020	#37
There were reports that trump did that, and many similiar things for publicity	empedocles	Oct 2020	#56
"Miss Maples concluded her comments with the admission that	Ilsa	Oct 2020	#42
THAT I sincerely doubt...	PCIntern	Oct 2020	#43
Odd question	Nexus2	Oct 2020	#36
Having nothing to do with nutrition,	PCIntern	Oct 2020	#40
He's a hot mess of overlapping mental, emotional, and psychological disorders.	Roisin Ni Fiachra	Oct 2020	#38
Great analysis PC. The reason for the golden toilet.	panader0	Oct 2020	#39
Great stuff! well done...food for thought.	NRaleighLiberal	Oct 2020	#49
This WAS THE Greatest thing I have read about our	onecent	Oct 2020	#54
Did trump have a nervous breakdown after divorcing Ivana?	Ilsa	Oct 2020	#58
I don't know about that at all,	PCIntern	Oct 2020	#59
I awakened thinking that on top of being insane...	Silent3	Oct 2020	#62
Trump's pathologies could provide ample material for an entire abnormal psychology textbook	dlk	Oct 2020	#66
Trump's defects and dysfunctions could fill up a DSM...	3catwoman3	Oct 2020	#67
Lewis Black was right - you could have a solid gold toilet, you're still going to take a dump in it.	Initech	Oct 2020	#74
That's a fascinating take on the Mad King. Let me second Malaise: I always look for your posts.	Hekate	Oct 2020	#76
maybe we shouldn't go where I'm going, but it could be a national security matter.	Grasswire2	Oct 2020	#79
excellent analysis	Skittles	Oct 2020	#84
I have no idea if any of this is true	bigtree	Oct 2020	#91

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