GOOGLE AI answers my question : In his book " Danse Macabre " horror writer Stephen King wrote that a really good horror story brings out the "conservative Republican " in you . Correct ?

[ "I recall horror writer Stephen King saying somewhere in his book " Danse Macabre" that a really good horror story brings out the conservative Republican in you. Correct? Ironic , considering King's s present loathing for Trump and his MAGA Republicans " ]7:10 AMYou are correct about the sentiment, and your memory of the quote from Stephen King's 1981 nonfiction book, Danse Macabre, is highly accurate.King explicitly states in the book that "monstrosity fascinates us because it appeals to the conservative Republican in a three-piece suit who resides within all of us." He elaborates further in another well-known passage from the same text:"I've tried to suggest throughout this book that the horror story, beneath its fangs and fright wig, is really as conservative as an Illinois Republican in a three-piece pinstriped suit; that its main purpose is to reaffirm the virtues of the norm by showing us what awful things happen to people who venture into taboo lands."Understanding King's ArgumentKing was not making a contemporary, partisan political statement, but rather a structural and psychological observation about how traditional horror functions:The Apollonian vs. Dionysian: King argues that horror relies on a disruption of the "status quo" or the comfortable norm (the Apollonian) by an agent of chaos and taboo (the Dionysian).Reaffirming the Status Quo: The standard narrative arc of horror usually involves defeating the monster, closing the portal, or surviving the night, which inherently restores and validates the original social order, rules, and boundaries.A Strict Moral Code: He notes that classic horror often features a moral rigidity that "would make a Puritan smile," where characters who break societal taboos (e.g., doing drugs, engaging in casual sex, wandering into forbidden places) are punished by the monster.The Irony with Modern PoliticsThe irony you noted is entirely valid when contrasted with King’s outspoken real-world politics. He has long been a vocal critic of the political right, particularly via his fierce, daily rebukes of Donald Trump and the MAGA movement on social media.However, King himself acknowledged this exact paradox in the text, openly writing that he is "no conservative in the political sense," but maintaining that the genre he loves is fundamentally built on an inherently conservative defense of the norm.Are you interested in how King applies this concept to specific monsters like vampires or werewolves, or would you like to explore how modern horror has evolved to challenge this traditional conservative structure?