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Related: About this forumTrump BLINDSIDED After Youth TURNS On Him In DROVES - Really American
Really American host Chip Franklin breaks down new polling showing that the youth in America is turning on Trump at alarming rates for MAGA! - 10/30/2025.
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BobTheSubgenius
(12,132 posts)1. This isn't unqualified Good News fpr Dems, either.
The fact that his numbers, as bad as they are, are as good as they are, should be alarming. How can 4 people in 10 be in favour of this...I can't think of a word that can sum it up or describe it by itself? "Lunacy" certainly fits, but it lacks the inclusion of "evil."
There are certainly other nuances, but "evil lunacy" is a decent start.
some_of_us_are_sane
(2,421 posts)2. One word, BobTheSubgenius
"Stupidity". FOX news followers who question nothing they hear on that channel become lassoed by the prejudiced thought patterns all around them.
Beyond that, there is willful ignorance and in many cases... "geological bias".
(Two other categories are unquestioning religious followers and RICH, SELF-SERVING BACKERS.)
Beyond that, there is willful ignorance and in many cases... "geological bias".
(Two other categories are unquestioning religious followers and RICH, SELF-SERVING BACKERS.)
BobTheSubgenius
(12,132 posts)3. I lean farther towards the "wilful ignorance" explanation.
Your alternative examples also have a lot of merit, but I think that some miracle that swept away the wilful ignorance would turn the tide almost completely, in time.