From the ever excellent 'The Banter' Mag:
"Trump supporters are Kevin Bacon screaming for another merciless paddle whack in the can. Allegiance to Trump no longer exists in spite of personal pain caused by POTUS but because of it. It is that pain—the joblessness, the food insecurity, the looming death—that today unites its victims. It is that sharp, unpleasant jolt to the derrière validating membership in a frat..."
https://thebanter.substack.com/p/thank-you-trump-may-i-have-another
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