The reason they do this is because they are, like many other people in this country, completely driven mad by religious fervor. It seems completely irrational because it is.

Silicon Valley is filled with people, at the top echelons of the most valuable companies in the world, who genuinely believe they have invented divine intelligence by making a mathematical model of human speech.

Utah is for all intents and purposes a religious enclave.

We’re just like this - I don’t know what else to say. I guess we were better at hiding it when we felt we had something to lose.

It's not the majority of us. Unfortunately too many people don't care and don't think elections matter so we've allowed an extremist minority to dominate, fueled by right-wing media propaganda.

To be fair, the other party that matters has dropped the ball on too many occasions, or been complicit, so there's some reason for all the apathy. That plus winner-takes all elections leaves a lot of people feeling like their vote doesn't matter.