(September 9, 2023 at 9:23 am)LinuxGal Wrote:(September 2, 2023 at 4:43 pm)ShinyCrystals Wrote: In regards to religion, I think the GOP is just like religion. They just go by one way of thinking, and discard others, and they do not actually care for, or even allow freedom, even if they say otherwise. They are just trying to take advantage of and brainwash people to follow them, no matter how wrong they actually are. It is a shame some people do not see through their lies.
Expecting evangelicals to turn against Trump because of his obvious criminality means assuming that they will modify their beliefs in response to real-world objective evidence. If they were capable of doing that, they wouldn't still be evangelicals. They aren't supporting Trump because they believe he lives and believes in accordance with their ideals. They're supporting him because he offers them the opportunity to feel powerful and dominant over their opponents -- what their more secular fellow Trumpanzees call "owning the libs". It's a primate dominance urge thing.
Yeah, I can see that. If by primate urge, you mean psychological need, that is something that works.
Though for the record, I was not saying evangelicals would turn against Trump, was I not?
