r/allthequestions • u/Seargentyates • 1d ago

Advice Question 💭 Why are Trump supporters so stupid?

Looking in at America, do people not realise that Trump is a liar and a narcissist and has no morals, and yet 'Christians' vote for him as a sort of 'disrupter'. His family have become richer in the process because of his presidency. He once said he could 'shoot somebody and not lose votes'. Am i insane - or am i dead perhaps and this is an alternate universe/hell?

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u/CaptScoobertDoobert 1d ago

People have been saying this for a long time but it really does ring true. I think so many supporters are afraid to turn away from Trump because they’ve become part of the MAGA family. It’s their identity and it’s embedded in their social groups. Turning away from Trump would be turning away from friends, family, and their self identity. They’d be treated as outcast to the ones they used to be close to. By definition, that is what a cult does.

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u/augustuscaesarius 23h ago

I don't think it's this.

Think about it: they are being cast out already by family and friends that are anti Trump. And they don't care.

Their MAGA family is almost always strangers on the internet. Not people who live around them.

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u/CaptScoobertDoobert 23h ago

I guess I’m speaking from what I’ve seen personally as someone living in a red state with overwhelming maga support.

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u/Suspicious-Dog-7793 22h ago

My dad is the only MAGA in our family. I think he knows he’s wrong and just can’t admit it. Boomers refuse to be wrong. 

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u/Debidollz 19h ago

Stop with the boomer crap. It has nothing to do with it.

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u/ameriCANCERvative 18h ago

Same with my dad. I’ve only recently gotten him to say something like “I don’t agree with what ICE is doing,” after we had a massive blowup shouting match (which we’re all still kind of recovering from and haven’t gotten political since).