Second in a series wondering why Trump still has adherents
In Episode I, I suggested Trump's supporters have been brainwashed by their betters.
But another theory occurs to me: Trump's supporters think he's funny.
With the cancellation of The Apprentice, the Reality TV star has taken on a new role—that of the clownish "know nothing" Sergeant Shultz, the laugh-a-minute prison guard in CBS-TV's Hogan's Heroes.
Harold Livera, a high-school classmate of mine, once told me a story about his dad, who'd been a POW in a German stalag during WWII.
It seems the guards in the prison camp amused themselves one morning by knocking Harold's dad to the ground and kicking him in the stomach repeatedly.
The beating caused such damage to his body that Harold's dad still suffered from his injuries in 1967.
Harold's dad was outraged that Hogan's Heroes was on the air. By turning a blind eye to Nazism, fans of the show gave permission to CBS to turn atrocity into comedy.
Trump gives his fans that same permission. His antics distract them from evil.
While his henchmen perpetrate crimes that result in thefts of the Treasury, destruction of the environment, the imprisonment of children, and the deaths of 400,000 Americans, his followers forgive Trump—because he's hilarious.
Trump can act with impunity because he's so freakin' funny.
What's the matter? You're not laughing?
NOTE: If you notice a physical resemblance between Shultz and Trump, just tell yourself, "I see nothing. Nothing!"
Don't miss Episode III.
