“If Trump agrees with Cruz, then Cruz is just parroting Trump’s sage analysis. / If Trump disagrees with Cruz, then Cruz is an establishment puppet.”
When I read NRO, the attacks on Trump push me toward him. But when I read FreeRepublic, the attacks on Cruz by Trump supporters make me gag at the thought.
The deification of someone who talked up Obama in 2009, and the vilification of someone who has fought for constitutional government from the beginning, is making FreeRepublic feel like the religious forum - all vitriol and bitterness.
Excellent post.
‘The deification of someone who talked up Obama in 2009, and the vilification of someone who has fought for constitutional government from the beginning, is making FreeRepublic feel like the religious forum - all vitriol and bitterness.’
I’ve been a Trump supporter for a while, and I haven’t met any fellow supporters who deify him. There are a couple of supporters who are very enthusiastic. I haven’t seen them cross the line into actual deification, however.
Granted, Cruz supporters have accused us of worshipping him from the beginning. From what I can gather, through direct, firsthand interactions, they do this bc it bothers us so much. They know many of us are Christians and worship God only. So an easy way to irritate us (to put it mildly) is to relentlessly accuse us of worshipping Trump.
As for attacks, yes, it is true that some Trump supporters are striking back. But this is after six or seven mos of being beaten like pinatas full of bloody hamburger meat. You’d have to be a Trump supporter to grasp how vicious it’s been.
For example. They started attacking me even before I committed to Trump. I started out for Cruz. As I listened to Trump and pondered switching over, I posted a couple of positive things about Trump. The Cruz supporters opened up with both barrels. And I wasn’t even in the Trump camp yet!
As I said, certain Trump supporters made the decision—and publicly announced it—to fight back. Before that it was mostly defense. Constantly defending ourselves and Trump from truly OTT attacks and accusations. It wears on a person after a while.
Anyway, there’s one person’s experience for you. Fwiw.