"The problem isn't anger, its contempt"
BS. Contempt is the exactly the proper word for the people who reject basic facts & objective truth & for those who wallow in the conspiracy mongering hatefests of talk radio and fox. Contempt is the proper word for a party base that would elect a man like Trump.
Conservatives snowflakes can whine all they want about the contempt that reasonable, open-minded, reality-based Americans show towards them but what makes a modern conservative a conservative today is the unhinged contempt for all things liberal they learned on hate talk radio and fox. Contempt for liberals is what has defined the modern conservative for 2+ decades.
The modern conservative has been wallowing in an unhinged contempt-filled rage-drunk hatefest for all things liberal for the last 25 yrs. Shaking the hands of those who are defined by contempt and anger isn't going to make any difference. And pardon flippin' us if we liberals are finally returning that contempt.