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(52,221 posts)white over black, straight over gay, male over female, etc.
virtually all his hardcore 35% care about is his constant reinforcement of the social hierarchy that lets them feel superior to other people he gives them license to deem as lesser beings.
they do not gives a rat's behind about facts or lies or exaggerations or any of that. all they care about is that he's constantly telling them they're better than other people.
this latest statement is entirely consistent with authoritarianism and a social hierarchy that treats women as lesser beings.
therefore, it's really not substantively different than most of the other crap he's said, at least not insofar as will change votes.
he won't lose many supporters over this. the people who are outraged are the people who had already rejected him.
arguably, the fact that we're getting outraged is exactly what his fans are looking for. they feed off of "liberal tears".