The Evil of the Right Wing

I've said repeatedly and for years that trump is what the rethugs have wanted for years. This is why they stick with him now - he IS them. What attracts the trump follower at this late date is not any sort of conservative value system, but rather his crudeness, his cruelty, his racism, his sexism, his contempt for social and political norms, and likely even his ignorance.

Conservatism, at it's best, is never too far from authoritarianism, and can easily devolve into this kind of demented right-wingery. People say the conflict is not left-right, but rather decent-indecent. But right now [and perhaps always] indecent = far right.

It has never been about trump, per se, but rather about whatever cipher could represent the evil and ugliness of the right wing raw id. Perhaps trump is uniquely suited because he is negatively charismatic in a way that appeals to these deplorables.

But it was never about trump the person. It was always about trump as a symbol of what a certain class of right wing extremist wants and needs.

More here.