@Marcus: both sides will have to accept the outcome of the election, and they will. It is all threatening the "enemy" and ape-like behaviour. Mud-slinging. Posing.
But i understand it much better now:
"How the Right Wing Convinces Itself That Liberals Are Evil.
Since the 1950s, the conservative movement has justified bad behavior—including supporting Donald Trump—by persuading itself that the left is worse."
How the Right Wing Convinces Itself That Liberals Are Evil
Good article b.t.w.