I am far less connected to Trump than you think. I don't listen or read to every word he says. I don't follow him on social media I just watched what happen and came to my own conclusions.
Technically speaking I've been boycotting Budweiser all my life. And I have been boycotting Coors, Miller, and every other beer. Not actively boycotting, not not buying any beer.
I don't think it was all conservatives who were boycotting Bud Light. I think there were some liberals who were also boycotting it. Not all liberals/leftists march in lockstep with the majority.
I never heard of a boycott of Goya. What was that about?
https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2008/10/23/republicans-still-happy-campers/
45% of Republicans describe themselves as "very happy"
30% of Democrats describe themselves as "very happy"
"A Gallup analysis found that Jews and members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints report the highest well-being among U.S. religious groups, while those with no religious affiliation report the lowest." According to AI.
"Goodness, just look at the front page. Look at this meme. Look at all these comments. Do they look happy to you?"
I don't know if everyone is happy. I would say the ones who do the most name calling are the least happy but that is just my opinion.
"In the entirety of my life, I have never seen such anger. I mean they were those of us who saw Reagan as antagonistic, but he was a luded-out Hippie compared to what's happening now."
I agree with you. I have never ever seen this level of hatred towards Trump and MAGA. I believe the internet has created a situation to where it is extremely easy to dehumanize people. That coupled with anonymity makes it extremely easy to just say what you really think without any repercussion. But even more than that if you dehumanize a group of people long enough then people start to think that they have to take action to prevent these people from doing what has been projected on them.
The guy that shot Charlie Kirk believed he was doing good for society because he was stopping a "nazi", a 'fascist", a "transphobe" or whatever. There are socialists, communists, neo-nazis in this country but they are in the margins, however socialism is making major in roads but the majority of people in this country, right and left, are none of the above. No conservative is a fascist or nazi. There are neo-nazis and KKK who joined the Republican party recently but that does not mean they are conservatives. There are quite a few leftists who support socialism and communism but I don't believe they are the majority and most of them don't know what they are talking about.
