Reflections on the Dumpster

Many sane people are baffled by the veneration of the Trump cultists for such a repulsive, worthless excuse for a human being. I ' m going to say what we aren ' t supposed to say. The answer is obvious: the characteristics of the Orange Shitpile that are most loathsome are exactly what they like about him. He gives not just permission, but affirmation, to the base impulses of people who aren ' t very smart and whose basic nature is selfishness, continual anger, and hatred.People who are ignorant, lack critical thinking skills, and whose minds are boxed in by prejudice and bigotry can ' t win arguments with facts and logic, but now they have permission to win by bullying, threats of violence, and mindless taunts unworthy of a four year old. The hatred in their hearts is amplified and then endorsed. They are not just affirmed, but elevated, for their mindless resentments and false beliefs. The problem is not Trump, but that disturbingly large segment of the population that actually feels empowered and ennobled by his narcissism and psychopathy. That ' s what they actually like about him.What I don ' t really get is why nearly all Republican politicians are buying into the scam. The people he most enjoys humiliating and screwing over are precisely the people who are most sycophantic. What did Mike Pence get out of being VP? What has happened to his butt kissing lawyers? What does Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham have to show for shoving their noses into his diaper? Where is th...
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