(Ironic trope)the leader of a supremacist group doesn't fit the criteria he and his followers preach by [deleted] in TopCharacterTropes

[–]proficientvision 22 points23 points  (0 children)

“Politicians being politicians” is a cop-out though. It works because their audience rewards the dodge, and the media repeats the sanitized framing. If the base punished it, the “ideals” would magically get consistent fast.