• LillyPip@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    Are they? Has fainting happened at other venues?

    Why would they do that intentionally?

    I’m not trying to be combative, but my sceptic spidey sense is tingling. This feels a bit conspiratorial.

    e: I can get behind the water thing, but my gut leans towards his followers being hysterical fanatics.

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      2 months ago

      Hysterical fanatics happen at virtually every major event. The most common cause of fainting is heat exposure and dehydration- and usually that goes hand in hand, not raging fantastism. (Although in many evangelical churches, it’s frequently confused for spiritual things…)

      Further, these issues aren’t happening with other big events at these facilities.

      Indoor venues have very good hvac systems, unless they’re positively ancient venues. But most of those have been revamped or torn down, and none of these are those kinds of places.

      They know this is an issue and they generally take steps to stop it- cooling, and providing access to water are more than enough. You might get a few people collapsing because they’re stubborn and don’t want to get water or something, or because there’s a massive heat wave, but again, generally, those situations are known and easily dealt with.

      One possible explanation is that trump rallies are planned on short notice and it takes forever to get the buildings cooled if havac was off.

      But again, these conditions are known and easy to accommodate by simply providing water

      TL/DR: whatever the physical cause, trump’s campaign is intentionally and knowingly not dealing with conditions. Trump himself has a long history of those sort of negligence- most notably, killing over a million Americans. Ultimately, the real cause is trump is an asshole that doesn’t mind if his own voters cark it, so long as they donate to his grift.