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What a beautiful message of unity from an obviously very sane, intelligent and rational man. Happy Easter
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this post was submitted on 21 Apr 2025
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This is the thing that most astonishes me about this timeline.
Even setting aside all the other issues - politics, ideology, constitutionality, the rule of law, integrity, whatever - Trump is so obviously a raving lunatic that I sincerely have no idea how anyone can possibly fail to see it. There's nothing at all aubtle or obscure about it - he's bludgeoningly obviously unhinged.
Do people actually not see that? How? Or do they see it and ignore it? Again, how?
Because most Americans read at about a sixth grade level... And that's about the level, or lower, that he speaks on.
They're not really paying attention to him, they're paying attention to Fox News or newsmax or whatever propaganda channel they prefer.
And, at the end of the day they're not voting for a person, they're voting for the big three: abortion, guns, and ~~racism~~ immigration. That and "sticking it to the libs".
Religion is a helluva drug. These people are in a cult.
They bought the bamboozle. They're in too deep and they can admit they were wrong. So they just double down.
Such a depressingly common character flaw. I wish people would just be able to admit they were wrong about things...
Remember being in your early 20s and having a friend who drank a little too much or would start fights with everyone but somehow still got invited to everything?
Because he's a really cool guy when you can have a one on one chat with them. He's just misunderstood.
I think Trump is that friend for a portion of America.
It certainly takes a lot of brainworm damage to read this and go "yeah, that's our guy!". But then I've stopped being surprised by the US years ago. The level of lunacy over there is unparalleled.
"The best defense against an unhinged world is a good party with an unhinged leader."
Broadly, yeah. I suspect that more or less what it boils down to is that the US, even before Trump, was and is so warped by greed and corruption and built around so many lies that it's effectively insane, and that's reflected in its political leadership.