The thing to notice from Tweets like these ( @marcorubio and @LindseyGrahamSC) is that it's now a badge of honor for members of the Trump-Fox-GOP to be criticized by the media and the left.

Similarly, convictions are a badge of honor: Flynn and others are given a hero's welcome.
Not at all. It looks to me like the ultimate defiance. They actually rejoice in their defiance.

They consider themselves heroes for bucking rules and norms and laws.

Convictions and criticism (for them) enhance their status as victims. https://twitter.com/cindycrum/status/1329434360177627136
They're breaking laws they don't believe should exist.

Their hatred of the "deep state" is hatred of the regulatory agencies that hamper the personal liberty of white men.

They see convictions (and criticism) as a "corrupt" society out to get the true champions of America.
The way to understand their definition of "corruption" is that corruption has two meanings. We use "corruption" in the first sense: Illegal behavior by those in power.

They see corruption as impure: The "real" America is corrupted by impure elements (immigrants, "others.")
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