Imagine you’re a 110 IQ white liberal with pretensions at intelligence working a mid tier white collar job. You’ve watched MSNBC and read things like the New Republic for years. You believe in your bones that Trump is potentially Hitler. His election could be the end.
These people really exist. While Kamala or Chuck Schumer doesn’t believe Trump is a fascist, this white liberal does. And s/he is going to have a mental break if Trump wins. Seriously - there will be people in therapy, crying and coping - because they have believed all the nonsense, and are just smart enough not to understand how little they know.
One of the many reasons to tone down the hyperbole - just for the mental health of such people.
These people really exist. While Kamala or Chuck Schumer doesn’t believe Trump is a fascist, this white liberal does. And s/he is going to have a mental break if Trump wins. Seriously - there will be people in therapy, crying and coping - because they have believed all the nonsense, and are just smart enough not to understand how little they know.
One of the many reasons to tone down the hyperbole - just for the mental health of such people.
In 2016 I read articles about public schools setting up counseling sessions for middle and high school kids utterly distraught at Trump’s victory. That kind of thing will happen again multiplied many times over.
When I said tone down the hyperbole, I was referring to the press convincing people that electing Trump will be the end of the world. The press should chill for the health of its audience. Trump supporters shouldn’t tone down anything. Apparently this wasn’t obvious to some.
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