The problem is that they're not willing to admit that he is rubbing their noses in their own crap.
That's because they aren't willing to scrap the emotional investment they've made in him. In for a penny, in for a pound. Trump voter = raw self-destructive stupidity.
Or, in other words, as I added to my last post just before you replied to it:
They would rather risk continuing being humiliated and duped by him than suffer the embarrassment of having to admit they've been humiliated and duped.
No precept or claim is more suspect or more likely to be false than one that can only be supported by invoking the claim of Divine authority for it--no matter who or what claims such authority.
That's because they aren't willing to scrap the emotional investment they've made in him. In for a penny, in for a pound. Trump voter = raw self-destructive stupidity.
Or, in other words, as I added to my last post just before you replied to it:
They would rather risk continuing being humiliated and duped by him than suffer the embarrassment of having to admit they've been humiliated and duped.
Gunnar, it feels like we share a common perception. It's almost as though we both care about what's real, or something.
I obviously think you're spot on.
Religion is for people whose existential fear is greater than their common sense. It's also the favored cover for hypocrites.
