At the same time, the tens of millions of people who vote Republican are not deplorable. They are misled. And the mocking and tribalistic coverage that lefty media often engage in only makes things worse. Only love can defeat hate.

I will be undertaking several projects address these and other large subjects including: a memoir of my youth in a fundamentalist Mormon household and a new magazine called Flux that will cover politics, data, sociology, and religion. Please follow to join me!

And just to clarify my point about people who are "misled."

It's the people that Trump referred to when he said "I love the poorly educated." They are the people who work hard, go to church, and feel they have no future in a secular America.

Not the leaders but the led.

Thanks for reading my rant.

If you would to see some of my writing that explores this topic at greater length, here is an older piece I wrote about the vulnerability of "own the libs" conservatism to reaction. https://washingtonmonthly.com/2019/11/22/the-conservative-establishments-nightmare-is-only-just-beginning/

Thanks everyone for reading and helping me get the word out!

You might also like a historical essay I wrote a few years ago about racism and "paleolibertarianism."

Religion is the main driver but racism is a factor https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/09/02/where-did-donald-trump-get-his-racialized-rhetoric-from-libertarians/

Thank you all the newcomers to the thread! Welcome ! You might be interested in a followup thread I have going about how Biden can handle reconciliation. It also shows how far-right media are even now claiming that Trump will win: https://twitter.com/mattsheffield/status/1325494553361608705