More than 20 percent of Republicans surveyed said certain criminal charges against former President Trump have made them more likely to support him in the 2024 election, according to a new Ipsos poll released Thursday.

  • HandsHurtLoL@kbin.social
    10·
    1 year ago

    Sincere question: does this statistic represent the sentiment that they A. like that Trump is a security risk to national interests or B. see this indictment as further proof that he’s actually the messiah who was close to unearthing JKF Jr and QAnon stuff, so clearly he was thisclose to draining the swamp?

    I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: what is the role that Oppositional Defiance Disorder is playing into such a huge number of people??

    • acronymesis@kbin.social
      11·
      1 year ago

      Oppositional Defiance Disorder

      Oooo I love learning a term that perfectly describes something I previously couldn’t!!

      ETA: Oh my.

      Oppositional defiant disorder (Also called: ODD).
      A disorder in a child marked by defiant and disobedient behavior to authority figures.

      Bruh, “in a child”? These are full grown adults!

      Some children with ODD outgrow the condition by age eight or nine. But about half of them continue to experience symptoms of ODD through adulthood. People with ODD report feeling angry all of the time, and about 40 percent of them become progressively worse and develop antisocial personality disorder.

      Wow. WOW. So many things in the world just made so much more sense to me in the last 5 minutes. Holy shit.

      • HandsHurtLoL@kbin.social
        6·
        1 year ago

        I used to live in a house with a lot of drifters. There was a young woman (24 years old) that I roomed with who, when she would go out for the day and I would say, “Have a great day!” she would snarl back, “Don’t tell me what to do!”

        Like 5% ironic but 95% sincere. It was wild.

        • Flaky_Fish69@kbin.social
          7·
          1 year ago

          I Used to work contract security. when people were on their way out… I would say something like “have a nice day,” or some other inane pleasantry.

          “Oh, I’m coming back.” kind of comments in reply… I’d put on my biggest shit eating grin and say, “well, in that case have a lousy one.”

          The perplexed look on their faces was always- always- priceless.

      • Pandantic@kbin.social
        3·
        1 year ago

        I teach a student with ODD. It’s weird - he likes my class and can easily do the work, but he wants to spend the first 5-10 minutes giving me shit about how it’s stupid and “why do I have to do this?” If you respond to any of the comments, he will get in a full blown argument with you on why he should not have to do the work. It’s like he just likes arguing.

    • Iunnrais@kbin.social
      9·
      1 year ago

      They believe the trial is nothing but his political enemies, the dems/libs/antifa/blm/Mexicans/commies/satanists/whatever, trying to drag him down for bullshit reasons, so they just have to support him harder.