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In reply to the discussion: EVIDENCE DIRECTLY IMPLICATES SEN. RON JOHNSON IN TRUMP COUP [View all]Thunderbeast
(3,425 posts)...is a futile effort.
Trump has animated the Tribal synapses in the amygdala (brain stem) of folks who respond in the same way the ignorant and selfish have responded since our ancestors were rodents hiding underground.
These feelings are "hard wired" and can only be overcome by a fully developed prefrontal cortex. MAGATS and other loathsome racists appear to be deficient in that brain development.
Trump has convinced them that HE ALONE will save them from brown people, liberals, inelectuals, gays, and electric car drivers. Trump knew, from reading Hitler and Goebels how to leverage human fears and insecurities into a powerful political movement. The playbook has been repeated throughout history.
There is no amount of evidence or rational conversation that will change their minds. HE hates the same people that they hate.
The only way to stop this madness is to show up at the polls next November and BURY MAGA in their own rhetoric. We must make MAGA nonsense irrelevant.
If you know someone who is on the fence or apathetic (I'm talking to YOU GEN X,Y,and Z), do whatever you need to do to get them engaged in the project to save democracy!