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"I have absolutely no way to credibly debate a position against Trump's policies. There's no sensible argument against a wall. The economy is running fucking great. We're not in a war. This Russia stuff is bogus. No one really cares how sleazy he is. However, my fragile ego cannot bear the cognitive dissonance associated with admitting that I was wrong about this man being a literal demon. I can't do that because I'm weak, cowardly, and ignorant.
Rather, I think I will double down on my demon claims, and I'll scrape together any shred of flimsy evidence I can find. If I can brand this man a racist, then I can take everything he has ever said or done, put it in a box, put the box on a shelf, and completely remove him from the dialogue. If he's out, then I don't have to contend with the fact that he's actually done a pretty good job as president. I can ignore that, and then I don't have to experience the crushing cognitive dissonance associated with changing my opinion of Trump so that it's based on objective facts.
By fishing for anything that can be spun into a racist claim I can make myself feel good because I'm really good at deluding myself into believing I actually have pure motivations of compassion, equality, and racial sensitivity. Now I can feel good about ignoring the objective reality of Trump, because in my own false narrative, he's a vile racist. So in this narrative, that only exists in my feeble mind, I am a compassionate hero standing up for the rights of the oppressed. And Trump is evil. Boy that feels good."
I believe the above accurately describes, in every detail, the thought process espoused by Oskar, Jack, Poop, CNN, MSNBC, Trevor Noah, Bill Maher, Elizabeth Warren, and everyone else with a low IQ.