"Owning the libs..." Right wing motivators?

[Caliman73]

This is meant to stimulate discussion about what people's perceptions of the conservative mindset. This was my response to a question in another thread. Here is the original thread

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=12489585

Here is my response to the question:

There isn't really a rational basis for some people. Liberals have been painted as an embodiment of anything that people on the other side fear or hate. It isn't only that we "don't condone White Supremacy" it is that we are going to oppress White people and enslave them as revenge (or White guilt for the "race traitors) for the many injustices that have been "made up". It isn't that we "support gay rights" it is that we are going to make it so that all children are turned gay and that heterosexuals are going to have to sneak around and hide from the pink fascists to avoid internment for "being normal". It isn't "choice" it is that we want to murder all babies including as they are being born or just after, in the most heinous ways. Finally, "education" is "brainwashing" to people who follow Trump and conservatives in general. We lord our educations over them and think we know better with our, "scientific method" and we defy the will of God by questioning Him with our arrogant ideas about humanities and art.

People gravitate to a conservative mindset when they desire certainty and strength rather than curiosity and self-determination. They talk about freedom, but they appear only to mean the freedom to do things their way and not question. People who support Trump think that he is defending them against changes that have been and are being foisted upon them, like the idea that women are equal, that minorities have valid and different life experiences, that you can search for the facts and evidence through the scientific method, but can never be 100% sure of things because knowledge is contextual (postmodernism). Trump supporters just want to be at peace knowing that if they are White, they are still at the top of the social pecking order, if they are men, they have more power than women, and if they are Christian, they are the only true religion. While they continue to need those things, they will be susceptible to any con man who can put together the words they want to hear and they will continue to fear and hate us.

So, what in your mind motivates conservatives, right wingers, Trump supporters, and their ilk? I know there will be people who put in one word answers (the popular: greed, fear, money, power, etc....) but I am hoping for a bit more.