I wonder if democrats even realize that even if they are objectively the best choice, the overwhelming toxicity from that community to any level of criticism results in massive number of voters who are going to vote for trump purely as an emotional response to being mistreated by the community.. purely out of spite.

In fact at this point I think Democrats and the way they treat people is probably the only real reason Trump is part of the landscape at all.

@freemo The question nobody is asking is WHY are a lot of the Democrats so nasty and hostile? The behavior of both the radical trans and the pro-Hamas factions, the way they go into a physical rage when someone questions them, looks almost like demonic possession. Where does that fury come from?

@mike805 My sense is that a whole lot of it comes down to rebels without a place to direct their rebellion.

They need a The Man to fight against, but given the state of the US government they don't see much to fight against there, so they start making up monsters.

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White knighting is definately a huge element here. That is a bit of a left narrative. Tehy are taught how there is so much injustice in the world... and there is, lots, but its exagerated beyond the already high point it is at to the point where the left thinks its literally everywhere.

So they have this sense of white knighting and championing the cause. But then when they struggle to find anything as bad as they imagined they instead need to turn every little moderate offense into being the worse thing since the Nazis... this hyperbole combined with actively seeking things to white knight results in a lot of misplaced toxicity for sure.

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