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Contrarians for Trump

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Carl Beijer
Sep 15, 2015
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Broadly, the ascendance of Trump seems to express some alarmingly fascist psychological tendencies, as noted previously. But this isn’t an exclusive explanation for his popularity, and browsing through #tcot Twitter lately I’ve noticed another dynamic that seems fairly compelling.

The #tcot debate over Trump seems to have consolidated into two factions. …

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