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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not MAGA, principally because I dislike Donald Trump, his morals, his dishonesty, his racism, and his insistence on what feels like "dear leader"-style  obsequiousness. But I have some views that I'm sure the DCUM crowd would be aghast at (e.g., opposed to abortion, believe trump has sometimes been treated unfairly by the press and prosecutors, skeptical of our strategy vis-a-vis Ukraine). So I'll give you my reaction for what it's worth:

I think it's a sense of skepticism of authorities. I think many people outside the Dem fold believe that the authorities are persistent perpetrators of obvious falsehoods-- e.g., that free trade would be good for the country as a whole, that an appreciable number of men are actually women and vice versa, that COVID came from a wet market, that inflation wouldn't emerge from the stimulus, etc. etc. (I get that most of you are probably rage yelling "those aren't falsehoods!" or "Trump is worse!", but accept the premise for purposes of this explanation). Then someone comes along and says that the experts are also wrong about our food additives and pharmaceutical products. Is it so hard to see why, in the face of people getting fatter and sicker, many people already skeptical of authorities would conclude there is something to that?[/quote]

Agree with you but you will make DCUMs howl  in rage. [/quote]

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