Let's remember this is personal. Those who continue to support Trump are personally invested. Why? Because they are angry. They are angry that the principles they hold are beginning to erode. Manufacturing is being replaced by tech and outsourced by billionaires on wall street.
But you can't yell at Wall Street on Twitter.
You can't call a CEO a libtard on a forum.
You can't boycott Apple, Amazon, Microsoft.
You can't tell Bezos and company to go pound sand.
The common enemy we all have is a protected class and unlike other political ideologies who seek to undermine that class, the conservatives who continue to support Trump seek to go after the lower hanging fruit. Never mind that fruit isn't the right fruit, that doesn't matter. It simply offers an outlet for that anger and frustration we talked about before.
I can hardly blame these folks, really. If your entire life was in blue collar work and all of a sudden that blue collar work went somewhere, you would be upset, too, right? The problem is the Republican machine that financially benefited from those jobs going somewhere else began a narrative that painted the opposing party as the bad guys instead. Now all of a sudden you have a bunch of under employed, vulnerable people who are looking for answers. They have been told it is the fault of the poor/women/gays/immigrants. When in reality it is the elite that continues to bend them (and everyone else) over a barrel.
It isn't entirely their fault. This propaganda machine is good... it's scary how good it is. The very same voters who tend to vote red are the same folks who would benefit the most from the social/financial equality initiatives being talked about. But remember those are the blues! They are the bad guys, screw them, right? After all, the leadership is telling us that is the case so it must be true!
I am not saying other political parties are amazing. But what I am saying is that I can't remember other forms of American leadership stepping around the Constitution to the cheers of the masses. I can't remember a time when other forms of American leadership created a hate campaign against transgender individuals over a bathroom.
But that is where we are. Those are the hot spots that are being created by a large collection of people who would rather "stick it to em" than seek a solution. Detaining those poor kids will not impact one.single.Trump.supporter. Not one. But that doesn't matter, does it? It never mattered. What matters is that the propaganda machine said those people with brown skin are the enemy. THEY took your jobs, remember? THEY brought in drugs, remember? (Never mind the fact the reason drugs are even an issue is because upper class white people want those drugs but, again, being angry at Hispanics is easier.)
What makes this so damn frustrating is all of us common folk have a common enemy. But we would rather build a billion dollar wall, incarcerate toddlers, and patrol bathrooms.
Welcome to America. Enjoy your stay.
