I think you are absolutely right! Sort of the "dumbing down and numbing down " of the electorate so that racism, sexism, xenophobia, antisemitism et al are somehow OK....and I don't hold my breadth that our esteemed clergy will do much to prevent it....

I suspect that it will be those hated coastal "elites" who will identify and fight such numbing and dumbing and will typically be rejected by the truly virtuous who support Trump...