Not the most important issue, but one of the things that really disturbs me about America under Trump is the number of seemingly reasonable people who went completely feral 1/ https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fox-business-lou-dobbs-donald-trump-2020-election_n_5fafa3f3c5b68baab0fc7e31
Fox's Lou Dobbs Has Full-On Election Meltdown: Denies Trump What's 'Rightfully His'

The Trump sycophant demanded to know why Republicans "just say we’re not going to accept the results of this election."

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fox-business-lou-dobbs-donald-trump-2020-election_n_5fafa3f3c5b68baab0fc7e31
I used to go on Lou Dobbs's show in the early 2000s; he was conservative but not rabid, indeed seemed likable in a sort of old-fashioned, courtly way. Obviously something snapped. But why? To all outward appearances, life treated him well. Why the crazy? 2/
I mean, the white evangelicals I sort of understand. If you believe that God demands white patriarchy, stuff follows — and they were always this way. But what's with privileged members of the elite going full MAGA? 3/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/11/13/trumps-racist-appeals-powered-white-evangelical-tsunami/
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