This just in: It has long confounded me that there are people that support Trump. I have a few theories. These don’t apply to everyone but there are enough separate buckets of rationale to create a fairly large base for him.

There are the racists.

There are the intellectually lazy.

There are those that benefit financially.

There are the evangelicals, which is really just a subset of racism.

Now I have a new category. A category that may be the biggest yet. A category that disappoints me the most.

This category is as follows: There are people that find Trump’s behavior acceptable.

Pretty simple statement. But I think it speaks volumes about the character of those that this statement describes.

These are bright, educated people. They are our neighbors. They understand what Trump does and says. They understand the impact that he has on our children, our families, our states and our country. They know what he has done to our standing in the world. They know the sideroad he has taken our country down; a sideroad to insignificance.

They know all of this and yet, they find it acceptable.

I don’t know how they can do this but I imagine that they are wonder how I can’t.

So now, when I come across a Trump supporter, I have a better understanding of the contempt that rises up within me; a contempt that is unwelcomed but hard to contain.

When I see a Trump supporter, I see someone that knows all about who he is and yet still find him acceptable.

To me…that is unacceptable.

Up, up and away…

Jim