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awareness · 03-24-2018, 10:16 PM

"In his new article, "Personal values and support for Donald Trump during the 2016 US presidential primary," published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences, psychologist Ryne Sherman describes a "prototypical Trump supporter""

They are more likely to be authoritarians and to embrace other extreme right-wing ideologies.
They are racially resentful and hostile to nonwhites. This attitude is especially pronounced toward African Americans.
They exhibit forms of toxic behavior associated with "collective narcissism."
They believe that white people are the real victims of racism in America.
They are political bullies who engage in social dominance behavior against individuals and groups they view as Other (nonwhites and immigrants, Muslims, gays and lesbians) or their political enemies (liberals and progressives).
They hold sexist and misogynist views.
Trump's most extreme and enthusiastic supporters in the "alt-right" feature the "dark triad" of personality traits: narcissism, a propensity for violence and a Machiavellian longing to manipulate others.
They have little regard for America's democratic norms and institutions and believe that winning at all costs is all that matters—even if that means siding with a foreign power such as Russia to elect Donald Trump
They live in regions of the United States where people are more likely to be unhappy, miserable and physically unwell and to suffer from the "depths of despair."
They are attracted to Trump's threats of violence and his other antisocial behavior.
They are anti-intellectual, disdainful of higher education and hostile toward experts.
They possess a deep fear of death and social obsolescence which compels them toward "strong leaders," guns, superficial expressions of patriotism and Christian fundamentalism.
They are extremely gullible and thus vulnerable to disinformation and other lies, as disseminated through the right-wing media.
They seek simple answers to complex problems and are quick to reject new and inconvenient information.
Either directly or indirectly, they want to hurt others whom they consider "un-American" or outside their tribe and community.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...886918300862#!

03-24-2018, 10:16 PM	#2989
awareness Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 8,064	Re: Politics and the Church "In his new article, "Personal values and support for Donald Trump during the 2016 US presidential primary," published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences, psychologist Ryne Sherman describes a "prototypical Trump supporter"" They are more likely to be authoritarians and to embrace other extreme right-wing ideologies. They are racially resentful and hostile to nonwhites. This attitude is especially pronounced toward African Americans. They exhibit forms of toxic behavior associated with "collective narcissism." They believe that white people are the real victims of racism in America. They are political bullies who engage in social dominance behavior against individuals and groups they view as Other (nonwhites and immigrants, Muslims, gays and lesbians) or their political enemies (liberals and progressives). They hold sexist and misogynist views. Trump's most extreme and enthusiastic supporters in the "alt-right" feature the "dark triad" of personality traits: narcissism, a propensity for violence and a Machiavellian longing to manipulate others. They have little regard for America's democratic norms and institutions and believe that winning at all costs is all that matters—even if that means siding with a foreign power such as Russia to elect Donald Trump They live in regions of the United States where people are more likely to be unhappy, miserable and physically unwell and to suffer from the "depths of despair." They are attracted to Trump's threats of violence and his other antisocial behavior. They are anti-intellectual, disdainful of higher education and hostile toward experts. They possess a deep fear of death and social obsolescence which compels them toward "strong leaders," guns, superficial expressions of patriotism and Christian fundamentalism. They are extremely gullible and thus vulnerable to disinformation and other lies, as disseminated through the right-wing media. They seek simple answers to complex problems and are quick to reject new and inconvenient information. Either directly or indirectly, they want to hurt others whom they consider "un-American" or outside their tribe and community. https://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...886918300862#! __________________ Cults: My brain will always be there for you. Thinking. So you don't have to. There's a serpent in every paradise.