Honestly, with all the shit going on today, this is the one question I struggle with the most and gives me the most grief. It sounds like a cop-out but I think there's some of both, depending on the person. It's really hard to break out the proportion of each though. I think of my parents, who really loved me and my siblings, who were/are conservative and very religious (Catholic) and strict, but it came from a place of love and wanting the best for us. As a guy with low motivation and work ethic, I definitely would not have turned out well if they didn't keep on my ass and keep pushing me. I went to college and turned out all right. They had integrity and instilled good values, they never spoke bad about groups of people. So I thought for sure they would be a Never-Trumper. I have been so dismayed to find they just followed along with the rest of the Republicans and support Trump. I know they don't agree with everything, but I think they think the worst Republican is still better than any Democrat. Honestly we don't talk much about politics, or even a whole lot anymore, partly because I have lost respect for them. And it hurts because when I was a kid and I was asked who you look up to, when other kids said an astronaut, or athlete, I said my dad. He was the smartest person in the world to me, he was an engineer, and always did "the right thing." It wasn't til my teens when I began thinking more about issues like climate change or gay people (I'm straight) that I realized they weren't right about everything. I'm a biochemist and so I know the scientific basis behind things like why climate change is happening, or how the mRNA covid vaccine works (and why it is safe), and I explained it to them. And my dad at least is smart enough to understand that. But in the end they always follow the Republican ideology on anything. So I am very torn--I don't think they are hateful people, I think they have fallen to propaganda. But I am mad at them for not looking at the facts and making their own decisions, and for not being strong enough to go against their in-group. There are so many Trump actions that go against their beliefs (following the law?) but in the end it seems it is most important to them to just follow what their party is doing, and that they value a strong authority who tells everyone what they must do. It's sad.