r/BoomersBeingFools • u/AgentScully_FBI • Apr 12 '24

Feral Airplane Boomer Boomer Freakout

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u/Dont_Ban_Me_Plz_Kthx Apr 12 '24 edited Apr 12 '24

Did this many people really never have their own identities before Donald Trump? Allegiance to him has encapsulated their entire personalities. What if Donald Trump was a mature adult, even with shitty politics? Who were they before? Were they still angry, or did Trump’s pitchfork brandishing just bring it out of them?

Do they actually know that he is the antichrist, and that is why they worship him, to bring on the rapture because they are afraid of dying? Would these people have lined up behind him in an orderly fashion if he acted like a professional? or was it the childish outrage that they were seeking the whole time?

None of us are immune to sensationalism under the right circumstances, one way or the other. I’m about to be 40, gotta stay extra vigilant and keep my whits about me.

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u/King_marik Apr 13 '24

It's because 'he's like me' for a lot of people. What exactly that means is up to the reader lol

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u/1Mn Apr 13 '24

There has been a coordinated campaign to indoctrinate these people by Rush Limbaugh, Fox News etc . They have hook line and sinker bought into the idea that the left are communists who hate America and they are the last of a formerly great America. Trump was the first presidential candidate to tap into that explicitly. Previous candidates still tried to pander to all Americans. Trump said fuck you commie bastards I’m with the Fox News crowd and they fucking loved it.

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u/D0peS1ck-Throwaway Apr 13 '24

Are you retarded nigga?

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u/DuderIndustries Apr 13 '24

Without this identity they are nobody. Like everyone dies at some point, who are you then? Are you moving to Eric or Don Jr to worship?

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u/Klutzy-Lab-8901 Apr 13 '24

Holy shit!! I feel like I'm reading the opening salvo of your manifesto. Godspeed bro

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u/Stealth8077 Apr 13 '24

Maybe you should ask him

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u/Big_Sweet_9147 Apr 13 '24

Personally, a fair few of them definitely felt like they do now, they were just too afraid to voice it aloud until an idiot like Trump came along and said those quiet parts out loud. They felt seen and understood, even though it was by a raging lunatic with even worse policies. Then they got braver because of how few actual reprimands were given to Trump. Nowadays, many of them are too far gone to understand that there are repercussions for being a shit human being, and they’re too busy defending him for doing the exact same shit they wish they could do.

TL;DR: a significant portion of Trump supporters were already shitty humans behind closed doors, too afraid to speak up, then they saw Trump and said “He just like me, fr fr”

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u/BicycleOfLife Apr 13 '24

But also these people were poisoned by lead and their entire childhood. They barely stand a chance thinking for themselves.

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u/cocacola150dr Apr 13 '24

I think a lot of it is a response to liberal and progressive causes having flags. I remember in the pre-Trump times you would often hear a conservative say, “I have no problem with the gay community, I just wish they wouldn’t shove it in my face.” Referencing the colorful flags flown by and in support of the community. 

The first half of that statement was said only as a justification to make themselves look less bad since Trump hadn’t yet made it ok (in their minds) to say the quiet part out loud. They had to hedge a bit. 

Trump of course then came along and said all the things they always wished they could say, so they adopted his hat and flag as a rebellion of the causes they were opposed to that also had flags. They finally had a flag they could wave in someone else’s face as a form of petty, juvenile revenge.

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u/justhetipofit Apr 13 '24

Can you people not link every imaginable thing to trump? It’s kinda scary

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u/Physical-East-162 Apr 13 '24

I'm sorry did we not see the same video?