In a Christmas message to his followers Monday, former President Donald Trump said he hopes supporters of “Electric Car Lunacy” would “ROT IN HELL.”
Trump’s Monday afternoon Truth Social post continued a theme he had been developing with several other posts since Christmas Eve, attacking Justice Department Special Counsel Jack Smith, who is prosecuting two criminal cases against him.
The frontrunner of the 2024 presidential race for the Republican Party nomination added a missive against “THUGS,” which he said were more “evil” and “sick” than all world leaders. In the grammatically confusing post, Trump also appeared to attack Israel, which Trump lumped in with Iran, as well as both Russia and Ukraine.
*Conservatives.
It’s the conservatives doing it. It always has been, it always will be. No need for enlightened centrism here. And don’t pretend they don’t do it outside the US because I follow world news.
You’re 100% right. The conservative groups always try to attract two types of people: nostalgic idiots pining for a past that never existed and braindead idiots who are easy to convince that one or more minority groups are responsible taking one or more things away from them. Sometimes these idiots overlap.
It’s a side effect of the different circling mentalities. The right circle the wagons, the last form a circular firing squad.
The right defaults to defending the in group at all costs. The worst thing you can do to persuade someone on the right is to attack their core beliefs.
The left swings the other way. The left wing is a swarm of loosely aligned smaller groups. When attacked, they attempt to purge the issue. Unfortunately this can quickly turn into an internal witch hunt. In moderation, it makes the left’s ideas better, and improves the group. Unfortunately, the right have found it great fun to prod and abuse.
Hey, remember compassionate conservatism?