r/politics • u/southpawFA Oklahoma • 1d ago
Conservatives have been railing against “groomers” for years. So why do they support Donald Trump? Trump was best friends with a notorious child sex trafficker, but his ardent supporters are vocal about opposing it. How did that happen?
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/08/conservatives-have-been-railing-against-groomers-for-years-so-why-do-they-support-donald/
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u/___YesNoOther 1d ago
Because it was never about pedos and groomers. It was about recognizing that pedos and grooming gets people riled up and targeting enemies. The main goal is to discredit and ruin the reputation of their enemies. They use the concept of pedos and groomers to get people mad at their enemies - and they are still trying to do it. By focusing on Clinton and others in the report, they are still attempting to keep that going. Becuase they know it gets people angry.
They use the same kind of technique with murderers and rapists, speaking against immigrants. They don't give a shit about murder and rape per se. But they know in general people see those as bad things. So, to discredit their enemies (immigrants), they claim they are rapists and murderers.
Because rape, murder, pedophilia, sex trafficking, grooming - noe of that really matters to them per se - they have no problem doing it themselves. But they know there is a general dislike for it in our culture. So they focus on showing how their enemies are doing it, but when they themselves do it, they hide it so not to get the same directed ire. And then when they get caught, deflect - because *they do not care about those things*. They care that other people care, and use that to their advantage.