Are there any trump voting students that are going to be emotional enough to seek counseling
The answer is no
I do agree with this.
Do you guys think that because college Trump supporters aren't emotionally invested? Or is there more of a taboo around therapy in the conservative community? I'm genuinely asking...
Quiet honestly, and I'll probably be made fun of, but I think it's just the biological makeup of a person. Everyone is different. And IMO, and it's been discussed in this thread, I just think people that support Trump (and I'm not talking about the lunatic fringe) are able to look past that he's a dick, and don't get emotional on things, just in general. And this goes for everyday life. Just get the job that we want done and move on. Where I think more left leaning people have a more emotional side. They are more emotionally invested from a standpoint that they are willing to go out and dance in the streets if they are happy, but if something bad happens, they take it extremely hard. And there is nothing wrong with that. It's just the way people are.
So you won't see the need for emotional or mental support from this election that you would have if Biden lost.
I don't know if I'm explaining that correctly or not. It's just like I'm more of a laid back guy, I just go with the flow in everyday life as well, and my wife is more high strung, gets stressed easily, etc. It's just different people, different mental makeup. And there is nothing wrong with that.
This was fascinating to read because I think I have the complete opposite view. To me, the group I will generalize as "Trump's base" is--or at least must be from my eye--highly emotional. The Trump brand has such limited intellectual appeal, that I'm not sure I can conceive of it otherwise. I don't even think Trump tries to appeal to people on anything but an unemotional level.
The idea that Trump's words only matter to the extent liberal weenies have their feelings hurt (I'm not saying you go all the way there, but it is a common thing I hear from Trump defenders) is hard for me to wrap my mind around. I strive to be as unemotional as possible (not to say I am successful all the time), and I find Trump absolutely mortifying.
I believe the incredible tribalism-fueled division that exists right now to be by far the greatest issue of this moment. And I believe Trump is among the worst possible individuals in the history of the world to guide a liberal democracy through it. That is based in large measure on what might be lumped into him "being a dick." To my eye, his being a dick has exacerbated this problem immensely, and I'm not even sure the damage can be undone. He is incapable of unifying because he is a morally bankrupt narcissist. Demagogues cannot unite. And if they do, it is bound to lead to atrocities. There is so much more to criticizing Trump for his tweets than having a thin skin and being offended by something that might be charitably considered mere brashness.
But perhaps this is just a case where neither you nor I think emotionally, so we can compete equally compelling "unemotional" cases for/against Trump based upon our own perspective on the matter.