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- progressivepolitics@lemmy.world
- conservative@lemm.ee
cross-posted from: https://lemy.lol/post/39626252
We have to agree where we ARE before we stand a chance to agree about what we do from here.
Trumper human beings. They make mistakes and have bad opinions. Last week I met a Trumper who argued for an hour about how Covid wasn’t real. This week he was talking about civil war because he has realized what the administration is doing to him and people he cares about.
Never forget that our enemies are people. While they may not deserve your compassion, if you give it anyway, they will learn to see that they can deserve it and would like to. Treat them as individuals, not an out group
And next week he’ll change his mind again.
I dunno man, when you actually sat down and talked to him he seemed to really understand what was going on. He doesn’t like the tax laws, the tarrifs, the health crisis. He doesn’t like them at all, he just didn’t realize that the powers that be were manipulating the media he saw and information he received to make it seem like those were problems they would solve instead of cause.
He didn’t like listening to the guy that got angry and told him “Covid almost killed me!” But he did enjoy listening to the guy that befriended him and then started subtly bringing up issues with all the new legislation