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Guys like that are a tiny, tiny portion of the population. The problem in America, as usual, are the ignorant and politically disconnected. I'd go as far as to say that most MAGA have no idea what Trump is up to. Think Fox News and their FB friends are talking about all this, seeing the news we see here everyday?
Martin Luther King, Jr. pretty much nailed what I'm trying to say in Letter from a Birmingham Jail [emphasis mine]:
I'm sorry but I have to respectfully disagree. Every conservative, no matter how ignorant or politically disconnected, believes that they are the exception. That they are special and they will be spared from being eaten by the leopards.
It's all those other people who deserve it.
Every conservative believes this. From the sweetest nana to the bitter Nazi.
This is the root of conservatism: that they are the boot and everyone else deserves to be stepped on.
ALL of that is true! I'm just saying there not all unapologetic Nazis like the guy pictured. They're mostly ignorant.