I FB stalked a bunch of my, er, friends with benefits I had in my early 20s back when I lived in Shithole, Michigan. Roughly 2 decades ago.
Lots of Trump. Lots of Q. A few Confederate Flags. In Michigan. More than a few "Muslim Obama prayed to Allah when the towers went down while he was in office" or blaming Obama for Katrina's piss poor response...
A majority I went to school with, same teachers, as you said. In a town at the time had 1100 people.
Once you go north of Flint it becomes "The Great White North" as a demographic. But Confederate fucking flags. In Michigan.
I don't know man. Indoctrination in an insular community, fear of being excluded. Sooner or later you might just buy into the bullshit.
The same areas that cranked out the
best friend and companion of an
amateur chemist. Who hung out in Decker, Michigan and were quite popular locally. About 40 minutes/40 miles from Shithole.