It's like they are caught in one of those Chinese finger trap things and keep pulling harder. Doing the exact thing that landed them in trouble. And are doubling down at that.
Good for them!
Political correctness run amuck for the past 10 to 12 years and them labeling someone who disagrees with them, what-ever-phobia, racist, bigots and other labels had as much to do with the rising of Trump than anything. It wasn't his policies, it was a guy that threatened to kill political correctness and it resonated with a lot of people.
Genuine, everyday, blue collar people get tired of hearing that shit said about and to them day in and day out. You didn't support ACA, well, you racist bigot. You didn't support the Iran nuke talks, racist bigot. You don't think the gov't should be paying for abortions, you closed minded evangelical homophobe, you don't want open borders, rasict, bigot, islamophobe....etc...etc...etc. For 12 long years this is all they yelled. Not once did they try and convey their thoughts, beliefs and platform in a civil way. It was always "let me pull this card out and play it". Correct, they didn't learn and now they are screaming their rhetoric even louder.