
I don't like trump, in fact I despise him. But I don't automatically hate anyone who likes him, I don't hate anyone solely because they belong to a group different than me. Maybe they're undereducated and uninformed, but could still make a great friend. In fact make friends with them, talk to them, and maybe they'll change their mind once they are informed. I've done that plenty of times, and to change a vote is the only real impact a regular person can have in politics. I would recommend it!
Maybe theyre not ignoring anything, I know plenty of people why actually have never heard of him doing anything bad. Not everyone is fed the same media as you or even on media at all 🤷♂️ If you know everything about him and still like him that does raise questions, but never attribute malice where unawareness occurs.
A lot of the people our age are glued to their phones. They know everything going on,they choose to not let it be a deal breaker. I have not met anyone besides maybe great great grandparents who have no clue what’s going on in the world. Even the children hate trump. We live in a day and age where EVERYONE has a phone including 5 year olds and even the 5 year olds know what trumps doing is wrong
You do not have to know “everything” about trump for him to raise red flags. The news covers so much about how he is a pedo, a hateful man, how he is deporting hundreds of thousands of immigrants. If nothing is raising a red flag while he has been in office, that is ignorance and truly means they don’t care.
Some people don't watch the news is what I'm tryna say, it's just a closed mind frame of thought and you're letting the fucked up elite in power win because youre directing your anger at your neighbor instead of your ruler. That's what they want you to do. And what does hating even more people accomplish? It seems silly to insult and block people off immediately instead of actually make a difference 🤷♂️ Maybe you'll even make some friends
My anger is with my ruler but it’s sure as fuck gonna go towards the neighbor that sees nothing wrong with the behavior. Once again everyone has a phone and takes in media of some sort that encourages them to support trump or not support him. If you are seeing that media and the red flags of what trump is doing and don’t think it’s a problem I don’t want you to be your friend. It’s simple to understand really. I will love my neighbor until they want to deport my other neighbor and condone pedos
There are things I can ignore about others. For example different favorite colors, different favorite animals, different favorite shows, however, we will NEVER get along if we have different morals when it comes to things like touching children, deporting families, or human rights!
Yeah, a lot of people genuinely don’t know what’s going on. We shouldn’t excuse their ignorance but we should keep it in mind when we interact with them. It’s CRITICAL to distinguish between the true believers (maga or worse) and low-info trump voters because some people genuinely have good intentions but are working with bad info, and the second group can be worked with to improve their media/news literacy
We have to keep in mind that there are ongoing efforts to make the media environment as confusing as possible. Combine this with our underfunded and mismanaged education system, there are a lot of people who straight up don’t know what to believe or how to vet the news, who don’t want a pedo president or to deport entire families or take away human rights
Add onto this the fact that so many people are stressed and tired all the time because the people who own everything are squeezing us all from every angle, many have put their focus mainly on their immediate circumstances rather than understanding what’s going on. Maybe they hear their coworkers say this guy will lower prices, so they think “what the hell”. Maybe they hear glimpses of the bad stuff but don’t know if it’s signal or noise. Because there is so much noise
No worries well explained point! And I'm not saying OP has bad intentions, just pointing out the rhetoric they're using on this specific post is decently hateful. I'm trying to suggest they open their frame of mind, but certainly don't have any gripes with them lmao. We're all on the same side here.
I get it, I just think there are more effective ways. Tbh I would get pretty pissed off if someone said that to me in this context even if I agreed with everything else lmao. If we’re gonna be tactical with conservatives, we also have to be tactical with other people on the left to have more productive discussions