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[-] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 115 points 1 month ago

“When Trump won, my husband was so upset he wanted me out of our apartment. The rage was unexplainable — I mean honest rage. I could not understand this emotion in him and why anyone would let a political vote destroy or nearly destroy a marriage,” he said.

Could not understand why anyone would let a political vote destroy a marriage. A political vote for a party that wants to destroy that marriage might do it.

Also reminds me of the "the missing missing reasons" thing. Where one person is like "it's unexplainable. i have no idea why they're so upset" but when you probe a little, you learn that they did explain.

[-] Snowclone@lemmy.world 85 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

"I don't understand the emotion"

Exactly like my dad on this. It's really simple, he likes Trump's crudeness, cruelty, insulting, and offensive behavior, and getting a rise of people for supporting him or repeating his most blatantly vile statements. It's juvenile fun to pay around with.

He knows he's eating shit to make other people smell his breath. Everything past that is a justification slapped together. Ultimately nothing matters to them past the sport politics sophmoric bullshit.

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 55 points 1 month ago

does something specifically because it hurts other people

"why don't they like me?"

Why are people like this

[-] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 37 points 1 month ago

He believes that hierarchy is the correct way of the world. So he thinks it's his right and duty to keep people "in their place". That's why (in his mind) giving shit to people below him is ok.

Notice how these people never give shit to people "above them", even though trump and others treat them like shit. He accepts shit from people above him and doesn't understand why people below him don't accept it from him.

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

That's actually a pretty interesting lens to use for analyzing these people's behavior

[-] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's not a "lens". It's what conservativism is. This is the only commandment: protect the hierarchy and stay in your place.

Conservativism comes from monarchy, which comes from warlords. All the reasons and ideas are just layers on top, justifications for the hierarchy to exist.

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

In D&D, this is termed "lawful evil".

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