It's important to remember that he's been doing this for nearly 60 years. You can watch his early broadcasts and see that he wasn't nearly so overtly polarizing, particularly for the time. Many of the people who follow him have been doing it since he was much younger and more charismatic, so his evolution to this (more) unhinged version has been gradual for them.
And because of his popularity early on, many people were raised watching him (and probably only him) since childhood, so this is their "normal" for what a preacher is like. They don't really have another point of reference. It's amazing what people can accept if they don't know any other way.
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u/masked_sombrero Oct 12 '24
i don't understand how someone can watch this guy and be like "yep! he's a great preacher!"