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354 sats \ 3 replies \ @joda 6 Nov \ on: How to begin restoring normalcy with friends/relatives? culture
Wow, an olive branch. Seriously you're the hero we all need.
I can tell you liberals are upset, yes, but mostly FRIGHTENED TO DEATH.
Trump says so many things, conservatives "interpret" them dismissively, like he's joking or just talking about his "feelings".
Liberals take them literally. People are genuinely scared Trump is dismantling democracy with help from billionaires and Putin.
They think he wants to create concentration camps, and capture and punish his political rivals ("enemies").
They think he will be able to do so because Congress and the Supreme Court are Republican-dominant.
Women's rights is a bit of a "call to vote" -- the real fear is total fascism with a Christian militia.
This is not just something I read online-- these are the very real fears of people I know, in real life.
I think the best way is to just ask how they're feeling, and listen. Like if they had lost a child.
Trump is the poorest winner in history. Don't take his lead.
So, i guess you're getting at something significant... indirectly.
They think
Yes. Those are things they think. And what i'm intuiting from your response is something about why they think that. I suppose it has a lot to do with the places they get their media.
Perhaps the best course of action (in my case) is to discuss differences in the quality/accuracy of our (me & fam/friends) information sources, as well as the relative benefits of our ability to predict outcomes given the sourced information.
Thanks.
Wow, an olive branch. Seriously you're the hero we all need.
I'm choosing to interpret this sincerely, and not sarcastically. Thanks again :) I really do want to integrate a lot of what's been happening, heal from it, and move these relationships forward. I'd like to have most of the people i'm thinking of in a citadel with me... but seriously, I'd rather they were capable and inspired and informed how to develop their own.