It's interesting, I've seen our beloved high school teacher go from Conservative that hates Trump to Conservative that loves Trump in the span of a decade.

I ask what happened; what changed.

Crickets.

Posts easily falsifiable and patently ridiculous accusations against Democrats (like we see here), gets called out, acts contrite, then does the exact same thing three days later.

There is a part of the brain that Trump tickles particularly in old white people.

Me personally, I think it's the sense of group inclusion part that society used to sort of segregate into existence. Boys didn't used to have long hair, girls wore dresses, that kind of think.

Not explicitly racist and sexist, but nostalgic for a simpler time -- simpler for them by virtue of the racism and sexism that they were blind to as children and acknowledge but won't introspect on as adults. Like the way we can enjoy Mad Men but not actually agree with the politics of that era. They just want things to be their normal, for boys not to have long hair, for girls to wear dresses, and so on.