Trump voters in 2016 said they wanted *respect*. For three years they celebrated a moral trash fire of a human being - and cannot understand why they are still not respected. If Trump wins in 2020, they'll be even more furious... because they know that respect is never coming. /1
The irony, of course, is that they want "respect" from people they claim to hate. The support of others like themselves is not enough for them. They demand approval from the people they claim they don't care about and whom they swear don't matter. It is central to their fury. /2
When I was a young conservative, people called me a Nazi and fascist and all kinds of names because I was voting for Reagan and Bush. Didn't matter to me. The people who were voting with me were the ones whose views I cared about. I wasn't angry that others looked down on me. /3
But then, I also didn't have the gnawing feeling that I was doing something wrong. I was comfortable - then and now - with my vote. I have very few votes, for both Rs and Ds, I regret. Maybe that's why I never much cared if someone in OH or FL or CA disagreed with me. /4
The people who are in a constant fury about others looking down on them are arguing with their own conscience. That's why they're here. That's why they *demand* you agree with them, and insist that you cannot judge their choices.
Too late. /5x
Too late. /5x
