It’s easy to understand once you accept a couple of premises about a large part of the republican base:
They’re fundamentally uneducated and unintelligent.
They’re essentially brainwashed by their media consumption
They approach politics like football: “This is my team, and I love my team. My team is good because it’s my team. The other team is bad because it’s not my team.”
I think there’s a more fundamental thing with your item 3. They are fascists. The one thing they value most is white supremacist hierarchy. They do not give a single fuck about truth or integrity if those conflict with supporting the hierarchy.
It’s easy to understand once you accept a couple of premises about a large part of the republican base:
I think there’s a more fundamental thing with your item 3. They are fascists. The one thing they value most is white supremacist hierarchy. They do not give a single fuck about truth or integrity if those conflict with supporting the hierarchy.