Trump supporters have shifted debate onto ground of emotion and fantasy

Nigel Pike’s letter attacking Dr Frank for pointing out the existence of a “Trump propaganda machine” among your letter writers is astonishing in its idiocy.
Firstly, Mr Pike accuses Frank of being an embodiment of the Frankfurt School, whose theories were established in the first half of the 20th century to analyse and explain the dynamics of capitalist societies. Dr Frank’s diagnosis of a Trump propaganda machine has nothing whatsoever to do with those theories, but is based on the “blind” defence of Trump by certain letter writers who choose to ignore the growing pile of facts that prove his presidency is inept. The arguments of Trump’s critics (myself included) are not driven by emotions stirred by empty slogans like “Make America great again”, build a wall” or “better trade deals”. Instead they draw on the fact of Trump’s lies, poor standards of behaviour and lunatic policies delivered in endless interviews, speeches, tweets, etc. Those policies include duties of 40 per cent on Chinese imports, reducing healthcare coverage, scrapping the ban on lead bullets, using his power for personal profit in defiance of the emolument clause, and autocratic rule by executive order. These actions, among others, are detrimental to the United States and the world and should be exposed and not defended.
Secondly, Pike writes that Dr Frank’s letter is “free of even a Higgs boson worth of factual information”. Drawing on quantum theory and its “God particle” to make a comparison with information in letters is complete nonsense.
By using “big words” like Frankfurt School and Higgs boson, Mr Pike perhaps wants to impress us with his erudition and intelligence, but in failing to understand their meaning or the context in which to use them, he does the opposite.
Another disturbing example of the unsound mindset of Trump-supporting letter-writers JC Wilcox, Pike and HHB is their defence of the insane US far-right media personality Alex Jones.
This shows they live in a fantasy world which in fact makes it impossible to have a rational exchange of opinions. To be able to discuss topics, certain basic assumptions must be shared by both parties (2+2=4 and not 5). Rather than commenting on the examples of Jones’ insanity I offered on this page, these writers chose to ignore these and tried to divert readers’ attention by writing about the supposed ascendancy of this conspiracy theorist. Readers can judge for themselves whether this man belongs in an asylum by googling his name.
To bridge divisions, people have to listen to each other and be willing to accept facts, evidence and proof. This means we don’t ignore these when they don’t fit our beliefs. Neither do we divert attention to another topic or simply post another lie – as did Mr Wilcox when he doubted the integrity of Special Counsel Robert Mueller by claiming he is a close friend of former FBI chief James Comey (he is not). 
It should be noted that Comey was a hero for Trump and his supporters when he reopened the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s email affair, then quickly a villain when he failed to stop the investigation into the Trump campaign’s possible collusion with Russia.
Letters by JC Wilcox and his fellow Trump supporters offer ample proof of emotional propaganda for the pathological liar-in-chief. To deny this is to take a leaf from Trump’s book, ie to tell a lie.
Egon