And I was called alarmist, and extreme... I was accused of slandering the conservatives...

The conservatives fled here not because of our railing against them, they fled because they knew the game was over when they fell in line behind Trump- they no longer could pretend to be patriots, they no longer needed to pretend to be decent human beings... whats more, they had no desire to keep pretending what they weren't...Trump gave them permission to freely be the amoral monsters they always were... that is why they loved him, that is why there was no line he could cross that would be too far for them.

Jody liked to giggle and brag she was a "deplorable" on other forums... Others went on to join online white nationalist groups openly advocating for genocide... They dabbled in Propertarianism (A 'philosophy' akin to Ayn Randian 'philosophy' if it smoked Meth- and very popular among the white nationalist 'sovereign citizen' nutcases). Propertarianism had a surge in popularity during the pandemic.

They always were vicious trash, they just tried to hide it- poorly- so they could participate in forums like ours in hopes they could convert others. Then when Trump took power and promised to inflict harm and punishment on the liberals and minorities they felt they had won, they no longer had to keep up the act... they could revel in the evil they saw being done in their name. They could cackle over 'liberal tears', the cruelty against minorities...

That is the freedom Trump gave them, and they LOVED him for it... the harm he inflicted on the country, even the harm he inflicted on them as well, was a small price to pay for the freedom to be the monsters they always were.