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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 29 Sep 2020

      Jeet Heer Retweeted Jonathan Blanks

      1. I think this is astute. There's definitely subset of the population that can't "see" Trump's charisma. It's like color blindness or tone-deafness: they can be told about it but they can't experience it (true to some degree of all charismatic figures but Trump more than most)https://twitter.com/BlanksSlate/status/1311001032512729088 …

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      Jonathan Blanks @BlanksSlate
      Something I've come to terms with over the past few years: Trump clearly has a charisma that attracts people to him. I and people like me are entirely immune to it. But there's no denying he has it. But I can't tell you how to beat it because I literally cannot see it. https://twitter.com/radleybalko/status/1310986894315073536 …
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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 29 Sep 2020

      Jeet Heer Retweeted Jeet Heer

      2. In terms of not understanding Trump's charisma, I think the missing ingredient is nihilism (as I said back in early 2016). If you don't have a little bit of nihilism in your soul, it's hard to understand Trump's appeal.https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/692880960006672384 …

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      Jeet HeerVerified account @HeerJeet
      You can't understand Trump's appeal unless you have a little nihilism in you, a small desire to bring everything down. Most pundits don't
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    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 29 Sep 2020

      3. A lot of people who support Trump don't have the nihilism either, but they don't really love him. They support him for courts or taxes or some other policy reason. The people who really, really love Trump -- let's call them the Q people -- have nihilism.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 29 Sep 2020

      4. If you want to break a window, any brick will do. For many people who want to break windows, Trump is a convenient brick. Understanding the desire to break the window is the key. QAnon is also a brick.

      12:17 PM - 29 Sep 2020
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        1. You wouldn't donk a car.‏ @donkyourenemies 29 Sep 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          QAnon is a brick thrown by someone wearing a thin blue line.

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        1. Tom Mullaly 💧Life Expansion‏ @wagefreedom 29 Sep 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          You seem to be describing mass psychosis.

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        1. Kass Assassin‏ @KassAssassin 29 Sep 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          This sounds like the nihilists you describe see him as a means to an end, not that they're swayed by his charisma.

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        2. inverted vibe curve: burgertown must be defended‏Verified account @PatBlanchfield 29 Sep 2020
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          this is a confusing and extremely loaded analogy at this particular moment, wouldn't you say?

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        3. Jeremy Milloy‏ @jeremymilloy 29 Sep 2020
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          this also is a misreading of why ppl are attracted to Q-Anon, which is at the end of the day a fantasy of order and hierarchy

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        2. Andrew‏ @TungstenPoles 29 Sep 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          I don’t know about this. I’ve read Trump support as people having the same sense I do that things are gravely wrong in this country. Healthcare, earnings, property ownership, debt, the ability to get ahead is all very flawed. And the message of I alone can fix it is very strong.

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        3. Andrew‏ @TungstenPoles 29 Sep 2020
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          That it is a feeling of fantastic hope. Especially since the biggest chunk of his support is going from being culturally dominant to being a majority minority group in the country. That they are losing that sense of cultural supremacy. It’s a lot of change in 70 years.

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        1. JM‏ @LiberalDem101 29 Sep 2020
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          I have a hard time finding any personal qualities in Trump that withstand even a modicum of scrutiny.

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        1. Alice@wonderland‏ @izzyqueenof 29 Sep 2020
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          I've talked with some supporters and the ones that I talked to had 1 thing in common. They come from very abusive, neglected families, upbringing. Once you know about Trump's upbringing I think you can understand what it is that they have in common and what draws them to him.

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        1. Alice@wonderland‏ @izzyqueenof 29 Sep 2020
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          That nihilism is probably coming from anger. That comes from hurt. when there is abuse and neglect, a child learns to manipulate and distrust. But there is always a lot of anger too so they feel wronged (might be true as a child) but they project it on the world.

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