Perceived betrayal of fundamental authorities justifies rejection of normal ones.

Evidence

But note the modifier “perceived.” Some extremists may reject normal authorities who (it seems to them) have betrayed the real, fundamental established authority: for example (their perception of) God’s will, or the Constitution. They often believe the government has been taken over by Jews, homosexuals, feminists, Communists, and so on. Such extremists are right-wing authoritarian in this context-”superpatriots”? — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 134

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to Whitehead & Perry’s Christian-nationalism claims about perceiving a ‘true’ America betrayed by secular authorities. — connects to: Perceived official lies radicalized residents into distrusting their government. — Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster, From the Ground Up: Environmental…, 482; Claims of routine unconstitutional overreach convert normal contestation into delegitimation. — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying: The New…, 205