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Why Are Smart People Still Pro-Donald Trump?
They see no evil, hear no evil because they‘re always looking away.
How can anyone be seriously voting for Donald Trump?
That is the question — the one I ask myself a thousand times a day. After a lot of deep thought and several revealing Facebook posts from people who support the President, I think I may have stumbled upon the answer: Unlike the rest of us, they pretty much tune him out.
That’s why they can claim he isn’t racist while maintaining a straight face and accuse his Democratic rival in the 2020 Presidential Election, Vice President Joe Biden, and Biden’s running mate, Senator Kamala Harris, of being disingenuous liars without even a trace of irony. They see no evil, hear no evil because when Trump goes off, they’re always looking away.
I’m not talking about the hardcore fan base Trump plays to with his racist rhetoric. I’m talking about otherwise intelligent people who, under normal circumstances, would recognize a sociopath when he keeps banging them over the head. It’s tempting to write them all off as depraved and immoral, but I don’t think that’s all there is to it.
I’ve considered cancelling them all (and lord knows I’ve unfriended a few), but that wouldn’t change the reality in which we are currently…
