For many on the Left,Trump's popularity confirms their worst suspicions: that half of the population are fascistic morons. Similarly, President Obama's presidency has confirmed for many on the honest that half of the population are America-hating elitists (who are also morons). According to Michael Lind, and co-founder of the New America Foundation,these myths we perpetuate to justify how someone could have a different political, religious, and economic belief than we attain are perhaps the most perilous lies of all.
Source: wnyc.org