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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Subject: Re: Trump's Truth
Date: 08/22/23 2:28 PM
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So, if you support trying to subvert the democratic process....

I doubt very much that Trump supporters believe this. Most of them believe that what Trump personally did was within permissible avenues of contesting the result of an election. They might be wrong, of course - but that's what every person they find credible has told them.

I suspect they find Democrats' attitudes towards democracy far more troubling that Trump's, which is why the "Deep State" rhetoric and populist framing works so well. For various reasons, Democrats have long been more the "counter-majoritarian" party - believing that institutions like the courts and federal agencies have the capabilities and legitimacy to adopt wide-ranging rules. On a wide range of recent issues with high saliency (Covid, climate change, cultural issues in public education) the GOP has positioned Democrats as the ones arguing that technical experts, rather than political leaders, should be the ones to decide "should" questions in a variety of contexts. That makes it easy for the GOP to argue that it's the Democrats, not DJT, that's a threat to democracy....

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