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“Could a dead man do THIS?!” asks Trump before lying down in coffin forever (thehardtimes.net)

submitted 2 months ago by MHLoppy@fedia.io to c/theonion@sh.itjust.works

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President Trump showed off his physical prowess today in an attempt to dispel rumors about his failing health by climbing inside a coffin, where, “through sheer force of will,” he will remain for all eternity, sources confirmed.

“This is going to be the most alive you’ve ever seen a person, folks, that I can assure you. People are going to come up to my coffin, crying their eyes out and say ‘Wow, President Trump, you are so alive and it makes me want to have big beautiful babies and name them Donald.’ Can you believe that? Lots of people are saying Donald is the best baby name for boys and girls,” boasted Trump to reporters in a pre-recorded video played on a television next to the coffin before hoisting himself into the casket, where he will remain for all of time. “As I am about to demonstrate, I am not only alive, I am physically strong enough to keep my body perfectly still in this coffin from now until the end of creation. I won’t need to breathe or eat because of how perfectly still I will be being. I can’t wait to see how CNN spins this one!” [...]

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[–] Novamdomum@fedia.io 29 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've recently started to understand how his supporters take him seriously and it's a remarkably simple reason, which is also why it works so effectively. It's because supporting him is part of their identity, not part of their beliefs. Many people have complicated and often uncomfortable relationships with their parents. Many would even describe their parents as terrible, flawed people with many awful qualities. However, if a stranger was to openly attack them verbally or otherwise, these same people would leap to their parents defense instantly "Don't be talking s**t about my Ma", that sort of thing.

Well, the astonishing trick Trump has pulled off is to somehow con millions of people into feeling the same way about him. That blind loyalty to a parent figure is almost impossible to break. They are Trump's children. No amount of ridiculing him or crimes that he is revealed to have taken part in will ever have any effect. It's also not the only reason. There's a heck of a lot of "sunken cost fallacy" at play here too. It's hard to change tack when you've chosen to follow someone like this and invested so much of your time and identity in it. This is where the cult like aspect kicks in. It's hard to leave a cult.

This dude really nails this concept...

[–] Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Same in group/out group mentality that allows people to make fun of friends, but fight a random person for saying the same things to that person. While everyone has a form of this, the in group/out group dynamic is exceptionally important to conservatives/right wingers.