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"Seedorf said he’d “take a bullet for” Trump and that Trump was the only politician he’d commit such an act of self-sacrifice for. Of the former president, Seedorf said: “He’d do it, too, for everyone else.”"
These people are mentally ill. It would be sad if it weren't so terrifying
I feel it's important to point out that gullible and mentally ill should not be conflated. He's an easy mark for Trump's rhetoric, a sheep eager to be fleeced. That doesn't mean he has a mental disorder.
I think imbecility counts.
I agree.
Stupidity is based on a lack of knowledge or awareness
When you are aware and enthusiastic about what you are doing and saying while pretending to be ignorant or misinformed .... it's malicious.
I disagree. Ignorance is based on a lack of knowledge or awareness. Stupidity is when you double down on what you think you know, and you're not willing to be proven wrong.
Ignorance can be cured. Stupidity is too-often not.
Well, gullibility is a symptom of histrionic personality disorder, but only one of many
Yeah, the only person Trump would take a bullet for would be his own reflection in a mirror and even then I'm not convinced. (This is, of course, assuming that Trump was temporarily granted the physical ability to jump in front of a bullet.)
He's told his followers that he's being indicted to protect them and they've bought it hook, line, and sinker. They really think that, without Trump, the Democrats would arrest all of them for possessing classified documents, financial fraud, trying to overturn an election, and trying to incite an insurrection.
Meanwhile, in the real world, the only reason they would be indicted for any of these things would be if there was evidence that they did any of this. For some, there is (e.g. the January 6th Insurrectionists), but for your average MAGA Republican? Nobody is going to file charges against them.
But still, they are convinced that Trump is protecting them somehow.
Trump would let an infinite number of people take a die if he got a fish delight a second faster. His supporters are not connected to reality.