So much of it is because they adopted the myth of American exceptionalism as gospel.

They then look themselves in the mirror and say "American exceptionalism really means I and people who agree with me are exceptional, everyone else are traitors and inconsequential scum."
Reposted from Josh Chafetz
Among many, many other things ... it's remarkable how little confidence today's GOP has in the attractiveness of American life. There was a time when it was thought that showing people from Communist countries how Americans live would make them friendlier to the U.S. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/u...

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