I've been cornered by bigots countless times over my long life, and the striking thing--the thing that sets bigots apart--was the compulsion to sell it. To try to convince me that it's not in their heads, and to present endless anecdotal evidence arguing that Those People really are inherently bad and evil and inferior. I don't want to think about all the stories of a friend of a friend who was "cheated" by a Jewish merchant. I want to puke sometimes when I hear that crap.

I was going to make this response to your post below, but the conversation moved on up here.

There is no bigotry, no racism, no Nazism. All of the issues are practical matters. You’re connecting dots that don’t exist.

There it is, underlined, that key phrase pleading "please tell me it's not all in my head".

You're attracted to Trump because he reassures you it's not in your head, that They are rapists and They are taking your jobs and They are the ones responsible for the death of the American Dream. That They are unclean and need to be contained, if not outright eliminated to cleanse America--you can't miss how often Trump uses words like "disgusting" to push that particular authoritarian emotional button.

Trump would have you believe he agrees with you that these are "practical matters" that pose such a grave threat that only a Strong Leader like Trump can protect you and yours.

You're being played, Rob. Like you were being played around the time of San Bernardino, when I recall we had a similar conversation about the existential threat that somehow only conservatives can see.

You poor guy, your politicians must have your nerves raw and bleeding by now. I think we'll all be glad when this election is over, no matter how it turns out.