That's because they're stupid, and don't grasp that they're on the hit list. This will become easier for them to understand when they either get swarmed by MAGA red hats, or get rounded up.
Let's take it a step further. The list must remain populated - facism doesn't actually work to make things better, so it requires someone to blame. Everyone ends up on the list, eventually.
It gets extra fun when fellow citizens, in an effort to stay out of the crosshairs, will snitch on Unpatriotic Americans. Anyone among the MAGA faithful that are uneasy about this, should remain demonstrably Patriotic.
I think that reporting someone for being an Unpatriotic American would be far more effective than SWATing someone. Like if someone at work didn't appreciate a witty reply or something, they could just erase you, or at the very least get you permanently in the crosshairs.
There exists a subset of people who always believe they are part of the “in group.” Even when they get swarmed and locked up/beaten/disappeared they will hold to the “truth” that a mistake was made, and someone will soon realize and apologize.
Leopards, faces, etc. There are multiple instances of people cheering on their own abuse. E.g. the thousands of women who protested against women's right to vote. Often their reasons, like those given for homophobia, revolved around "traditional family values" and "the natural order".
Plus loyalty has not proven to be a guarantee of support from Trump or MAGA. Given how many Trump supporters are now in prison or other legal trouble, it's odd that anyone thinks they'll be the exception due to blind loyalty.
Gay Republicans swoon over Donald Trump for hosting a gay wedding at Mar-a-Lago
... because they're too god damn stupid or willfully ignorant to realize Trump is only in it for the money and has no morals, ethics, or ideology beyond "How can Trump profit from this?"
“Oh, honey, I understand your concern but… well, god uses imperfect men to enact his will. See, Joe Biden is actively calling for these people to have rights. Trump ain’t perfect, but he already banned them trans people from being in the military. Joe put them right back in there.
See, Trump isn’t perfect. He’s a sinner. He’s doing more Jesus work than Biden though. With Trump we’ll have a pure and godly nation again one day if it isn’t already too late.”
It's not that simple, though. Yeah, those reactions will be there, large portions of MAGAts are already indoctrinated for that, but with the right messaging in the right places, some people will get mad and at least stay home. No group is homogenous, and I think this has potential to eat into a significant portion of his ravenous base. The messaging has to look like it's coming from their own, a kind of "Trump betrayed us to get in with the liberal elites" narrative. Throw in some pics of men kissing and Trump rubbing elbows with the Clintons. It's all about hitting the emotional weak spots and diverting some people here, some people there, into a new narrative. Whether a good long shower afterward will wash away the dirty feeling is another matter.
It's meant to be a call back to the days of "Lincoln Republicans" - when President Lincoln built much of his reputation on a true "rags to power" story after being born in a literal log cabin in Kentucky. Lincoln Republicans coalesced around Lincoln's belief in true equality and freedom for all regardless of race. The LCR is an extension of that and arose during a fight against anti-LGBT laws in California in the 1970s.
However I'd argue that the rest of the GOP has fallen so far down the rabbit hole these days that the LCR's are "in name only" supporters of gay rights and have no reason to exist as an organization.
They refer to the idea of closeted right wing gay men who have marriages in public, but do retreats in secluded log cabins together to do gay sex and stuff. It's a log cabin because they are traditionally seen as secluded weekend houses.
Being gay and Republican makes you an idiot. Republicans fought tooth and nail to oppose gay marriage and used all sorts of awful dog whistles around the gay community - there's still a large contingent of Republicans that are fighting against gay marriage and, of course, they openly demonize another LGBT+ group every fucking day.
I know gay Republicans exist but it's fucking baffling.
Like the anti vaccine movement, many have forgotten the horrors of the past and feel like they can just discard the things that got us to where we are.
Selfish reasons like wanting to be treated like human beings politically? Get married? Adopt kids? Get wedding cakes at bakeries without being shut out? Those kind of selfish reasons?