Ok Shabs and B/A You Guys will find this funny. Good luck in November.

[caddieman]

A GUIDE FOR TALKING TO A TRUMP SUPPORTER WITH LOVING EMPATHY

by JEREMIAH TUCKER

 

Strategy 1

Cautiously approach the Trump supporter you want to connect with while saying, “It’s not your fault.” As you close the physical and emotional distance separating you from this broken, suffering, statistically most likely older white male, continue repeating this phrase: ”It’s not your fault. Hey, look at me — it’s not your fault.”

Remember that he’s been brainwashed by Trump’s appeals to his race-based anxieties and promises to restore his eroding status, so he might fight back. That’s good! It means you are breaking down his walls. He’s touched by your desire to really see him and understand his point of view, but he’s so afraid! Can you help him be vulnerable? Yes you can!

"This is not a book to simply read in total and digest--yes, do that--but it is also a work to return to in parts whenever necessary. It's a book to ingest like medicine." 
—Rion Scott

He is also likely packing. So as you continue to say, firmly but calmly, ”It’s not your fault,” begin jogging in a zigzag pattern to avoid any gunfire. By the time you’re within hugging distance, he’ll be ready to receive your compassionate embrace and renounce the hatred clouding his judgement.

Strategy 2

Learn to empathize. Keep in mind that 48% of American voters chose Trump, and they aren’t all white supremacists. Take my cousin, Ted, for instance. Ted’s a small town bank president in Oklahoma who wanted higher interchange fees on debit card transactions, and he considered Trump the best candidate to make that happen.

“Buddy, look at that,” he told me recently, pointing to his 2014 Buick Encore crossover SUV. “Trump understands that you don’t get that without hard work. We need to start running this country like a business.”

In Ted’s office, he proudly displays a tangle of lanyards from banking conferences he’s attended like a freshman spring breaker still wearing wristbands up to his elbow in July. He’ll email me a Wall Street Journal op-ed in favor of deregulating Wall Street with the short missive, “This guy gets it,” as if the author considers, just as Ted does, Goldman Sachs and Beaver City Community Bank equals.

"It's going to take lots of energy for us to grapple with the challenge we're facing, and some of it is on vivid display in these pages." —Bill McKibben

I make balloon animals for a living, but it’s only when I think of Ted’s subscription to CEO Magazine or the many times he’s bragged about closing the new Piggly Wiggly deal over a round of golf that an almost unbearable sensation of despair and pity wells up inside me. Sure, it’s easy to feel for immigrant parents being ripped away from their children or vulnerable LGBTQ communities stripped of their rights, but when you begin to blame Trump supporters for such cruelty, think of Ted.

Ted, supping at an Applebee’s, once again boring his children with the story of the time in college he got to meet Sam Walton, lingering almost ponographically on the handshake — “… firm and strong but not sweaty, coarse, too, like a man not afraid of a hard day’s work.”

Ted, who always uses himself as an example of success when attempting to inspire his four employees with his Friday morning “Ted Talks,” unwittingly putting them at a greater risk of succumbing to the opioid epidemic sweeping the state.

Are our hearts not big enough also for the Teds of America?

Strategy 3

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Get outside your bubble. Have you ever talked to a Trump supporter? You should!

I like to start the conversation by saying I’m here to build a cathedral of mutual respect and understanding. Depending on the context, such as a Trump rally or the field of a random farmer I spotted from the road, I might be called a “snowflake,” a “libtard” or a “trespasser,” but every time I’ve come away with a new appreciation for the other side’s point of view.

It’s also important not to be annoying. When I’m buttonholing a Trump supporter, I’m careful to dial back my core beliefs and avoid certain words and phrases common to left-leaning speech that might make them defensive. These include:

• Racist
• Sexist
• Misogyny
• Bigotry
• Diversity
• White fragility
• “You should really see Moonlight”
• Minority representation
• People of color
• Black Lives Matter
• Black people
• Hamilton
• Rights (unless preceded by “gun”)
• New York Times
• Islamophobia
• Hispanic
• Whitewashing
• Brunch
• Implicit bias
• Toxic masculinity
• Transgender
• LGBTQ
• Multi-family housing
• California
• Privilege
• Microaggression
• Climate change
• Beyoncé
• Normalization
• Feminism
• Women

A good rule of thumb is if you can’t picture it being sung in a country song — avoid it.

Strategy 4

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Write a country song! If you can show Trump supporters you speak their language, they’ll be more willing to listen to your message. I’m currently working on one called “Rednecks? No, Human Beings.”

I want Trump’s supporters to know, I get it. I care. I’m here for them.

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-guide-for-talking-to-a-trump-supporter-with-loving-empathy

 

 

[Synopsis]

      

 

Potty "reading" "material".

 

What is ALWAYS missed is The True The United States Of America Patriot President Donald J Trump is FALSELY cast as an icon or hero.

 

 

The issues have ALWAYS been about the four (4) Textual Cornerstones:

• The Bible
• The United States Of America Constitution TO INCLUDE The Ratified Bill Of Rights/Declaration Of Independence/Federalist Papers
• Blackstone English Common Law (stripped of the Crown Entity obligations)
• Magne Carta

 

The THREAT so disconcerting to the Elitist / Socialist / Liberal / Leftist / Progressive / Nazist / Communist / Fascist / Race Baiting / Whack Jobs is the four (4) Textual Cornerstones REQUIRE application by The True The United States Of America Patriots USING Decency, Reason, AND Common Sense DUE TO Personally Practices INDEPENDENT Personal Acknowledgement, Personal Responsibility, AND Personal Ownership.

 

The True The United States Of America Patriot President Donald J Trump IS NOT A HERO OR AN ICON TO True The United States Of America Patriots.

 

The True The United States Of America Patriot President Donald J Trump DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH True The United States Of America Patriots' INDEPENDENT EXERCISE OF the four (4) Textual Cornerstones WHILE PROVIDING LESS RESTRICTIONS AND THE PEACEABLE AND PROFITABLE Life, Liberty, AND The Pursuit Of Happiness.

 

So, WHAT, pray tell, do THEE Elitist / Socialist / Liberal / Leftist / Progressive / Nazist / Communist / Fascist / Race Baiting / Whack Jobs have to offer as a sustainable AND peaceable alternate The True The Unites States Of America Patriots' PERSONAL APPLICATION OF the four (4) Textual Cornerstones USING Decency, Reason, AND Common Sense DUE TO Personally Practices INDEPENDENT Personal Acknowledgement, Personal Responsibility, AND Personal Ownership???!!!

 

NOTHING, ACTUALLY!!!

 

Except.

 

Create FALSE Narrative, FAKE Media, FALSE Flags.

 

Promulgate LIES, DENIAL, DEFLECT, BLAME ON OTHERS.

 

AND......................................................................

 

Create a FALSE hero AND./or icon to tear down thinking OTHERS will cow tow TO THEE Elitist / Socialist / Liberal / Leftist / Progressive / Nazist / Communist / Fascist / Race Baiting / Whack Jobs agenda.

 

      

 

           

 

Hey, @caddieman, I see YOU watching the threat as I type.

 

Are YOU, @caddieman, going to give me yet MORE Red Ruby Citations As Badges Of Honor For ME For "Display Of Intellectual Speed And Power" AND LIE ABOUT IT???!!!

 

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU @caddieman!!!

 

      

 

      

 

Go E Pluribus Unum FOREVER!!!

 

Go MAGA FOREVER!!!

 

Go True The United States Of America Patriot President Donald J Trump THROUGH 2024!!!

 

Go True The United States Of America Patriots FOREVER!!!

 

Go Israel FOREVER!!!

 

(A Special Thank You To ALL The Red Rubymeisters In ADVANCE For ALL The Red Ruby Citations As Badges Of Honor For ME For "Display Of Intellectual Speed And Power" Who THINK (misnomer, OF COURSE) The True The United States Of America Patriot President Donald J Trump IS A POS!!!)!!!

 

Go Red Rubymeisters AND Self Declared Lack Of Sufficient Intelligence Voters (ELSEWHERE!!!)!!!

 

YYYEEEAAAHHH BBBAAABBBYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Edited February 1, 2020 by Synopsis

[nstoolman1]

Strategy #1 will get you shot where I live.  

Patronizing people isn't going to work either. 

 

[Synopsis]

1 hour ago, nstoolman1 said:

Strategy #1 will get you shot where I live.  

Patronizing people isn't going to work either. 

 

 

HEAR!!! HEAR!!!

[learning all i can]

Ha, I like strategy #1. 

he's probably packing so yes a zigzag pattern to run is probably best.  See we do have somethings in common.  Run Forrest, run

Edited February 1, 2020 by learning all i can

[Karsten]

58 minutes ago, learning all i can said:

Ha, I like strategy #1. 

he's probably packing so yes a zigzag pattern to run is probably best.  See we do have somethings in common.  Run Forrest, run

 

Humm, Some of us practice for multiple targets or say that Drunk that Zigs when he should have Wagged....They are called Shot and No Shoot Targets......Funny how they both have holes at the end of a Match.

 

Just sayin.

 

Karsten

[Markinsa]

Just goes to show how the Democrats look down their noses at Conservatives and Conservative values.

[coorslite21]

They sure are grumpy lately......Nadler stealing Schiffs last Grand Standing close in the hearings.......and yesterday Schumer scolding Kamala Harris for laughing during his somber, prayerful dissertation on throwing Trump out of office......the eye roll is priceless......    CL

 

 

 

[umbertino]

 

Quote

Cautiously approach the Trump supporter you want to connect with while saying, “It’s not your fault.” As you close the physical and emotional distance separating you from this broken, suffering, statistically most likely older white male, continue repeating this phrase: ”It’s not your fault. Hey, look at me — it’s not your fault.”

End Quote

 

 

 

 

[nstoolman1]

”It’s not your fault. Hey, look at me — it’s not your fault.”

 

They are right, it is not my fault.

If the Liberals and Independents had not continued to vote these jack wads in,

Trump would not have been so appealing as a choice. 

So thank you helpful people for validating my decision.

 

Edited February 1, 2020 by nstoolman1

[coorslite21]

Perhaps the premise of a left leaner approaching a Trump supporter for any purpose is flawed.......

 

With participation trophey in hand.....the snowflake would first have to pick themself up out the fetal position, wallowing in their puddle of tears......stand tall.......and see if they could speak to the issue......

 

I know......a little harsh......but it felt pretty good.......guess I'm getting my game day Super Bowl face on.😮😉       CL

[Synopsis]

30 minutes ago, nstoolman1 said:

”It’s not your fault. Hey, look at me — it’s not your fault.”

 

They are right, it is not my fault.

If the Liberals and Independents had not continued to vote these jack wads in,

Trump would not have been so appealing as a choice. 

So thank you helpful people for validating my decision.

 

 

      

 

Well Said, NSToolMan1!!!

 

Having said that, I am pleasantly shocked by how The United States Of America has advanced with The True The United States Of America Patriot President Donald J Trump agendas and policies put in place. As far as The United States Of America has advanced in the last three years, likely ONLY getting started AND, with the National AND International corruption being cleaning up, I suspect the WHOLE WORLD will enjoy the benefits AS LONG AS THE SAME PHILOSOPHIES ARE MAINTAINED.

 

Fortunately, a business oriented person, like The True The United States Of America Patriot President Donald J Trump, provided enough "distraction" for the Good LORD to install The True The United States Of America Patriot President Donald J Trump as a life line for The United States Of America AND the WHOLE WORLD.

 

I am NOT saying The True The United States Of America Patriot President Donald J Trump IS the "anointed" "one" OF The Good LORD. HOWEVER:

 

Romans 13:1-7 New International Version (NIV)

Submission to Governing Authorities

13 Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. 2 Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. 3 For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and you will be commended. 4 For the one in authority is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God’s servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. 5 Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also as a matter of conscience.

6 This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God’s servants, who give their full time to governing. 7 Give to everyone what you owe them: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.

 

Reminds me of how the  Good LORD used Cyrus to free and return the Jews back to Israel after the seventy (70) year Babylonian Captivity.

 

Isaiah 45:1-13 New International Version (NIV)

45 “This is what the Lord says to his anointed,
    to Cyrus, whose right hand I take hold of
to subdue nations before him
    and to strip kings of their armor,
to open doors before him
    so that gates will not be shut:
2 I will go before you
    and will level the mountains[a];
I will break down gates of bronze
    and cut through bars of iron.
3 I will give you hidden treasures,
    riches stored in secret places,
so that you may know that I am the Lord,
    the God of Israel, who summons you by name.
4 For the sake of Jacob my servant,
    of Israel my chosen,
I summon you by name
    and bestow on you a title of honor,
    though you do not acknowledge me.
5 I am the Lord, and there is no other;
    apart from me there is no God.
I will strengthen you,
    though you have not acknowledged me,
6 so that from the rising of the sun
    to the place of its setting
people may know there is none besides me.
    I am the Lord, and there is no other.
7 I form the light and create darkness,
    I bring prosperity and create disaster;
    I, the Lord, do all these things.

8 “You heavens above, rain down my righteousness;
    let the clouds shower it down.
Let the earth open wide,
    let salvation spring up,
let righteousness flourish with it;
    I, the Lord, have created it.

9 “Woe to those who quarrel with their Maker,
    those who are nothing but potsherds
    among the potsherds on the ground.
Does the clay say to the potter,
    ‘What are you making?’
Does your work say,
    ‘The potter has no hands’?
10 Woe to the one who says to a father,
    ‘What have you begotten?’
or to a mother,
    ‘What have you brought to birth?’

11 “This is what the Lord says—
    the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker:
Concerning things to come,
    do you question me about my children,
    or give me orders about the work of my hands?
12 It is I who made the earth
    and created mankind on it.
My own hands stretched out the heavens;
    I marshaled their starry hosts.
13 I will raise up Cyrus in my righteousness:
    I will make all his ways straight.
He will rebuild my city
    and set my exiles free,
but not for a price or reward,
    says the Lord Almighty.”

Footnotes:

Isaiah 45:2 Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint; the meaning of the word in the Masoretic Text is uncertain.

Isaiah 45:13 Hebrew him

 

My opinion is The Good LORD has thrown us a life line of HIS own doing so that:

 

1 Timothy 2:1-6 New International Version (NIV)

Instructions on Worship

2 I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people— 2 for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. 3 This is good, and pleases God our Savior, 4 who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all people. This has now been witnessed to at the proper time.

 

So, WHAT, pray tell, DO THEE Liberals, Independents, AND Progressives HAVE to offer EXCEPT chaos, confusion, unrest, AND enslavement???!!!

[Synopsis]

Just now, coorslite21 said:

With participation trophey in hand.....the snowflake would first have to pick themself up out the fetal position, wallowing in their puddle of tears......stand tall.......and see if they could speak to the issue......

 

Aptly spoken, of course, CoorsLite21!!!

 

Thank You.

 

Well, OK, I have been "advocating" THEY remove THEIR "cognitions" from THEIR "respective" "safe" "spaces" for quite some time now.

 

Maybe THEY will find Your "admonition" MORE "worthy" OF "application".

 

                    

 

HOPE SO!!!

 

      

[Shabibilicious]

On 2/1/2020 at 12:22 PM, coorslite21 said:

Perhaps the premise of a left leaner approaching a Trump supporter for any purpose is flawed.......

 

With participation trophey in hand.....the snowflake would first have to pick themself up out the fetal position, wallowing in their puddle of tears......stand tall.......and see if they could speak to the issue......

 

I know......a little harsh......but it felt pretty good.......guess I'm getting my game day Super Bowl face on.😮😉       CL

 

A year ago your response above would have never happened....Not you, no way.....Proof, I guess, that everybody can be gotten to.  Sad day.....You would have used this dumb thread as a learning lesson opportunity.

 

GO RV, then BV

Edited February 3, 2020 by Shabibilicious

[Shabibilicious]

Bad form, Caddieman.....Not funny.......This thread serves absolutely no purpose.  As always, just my opinion

 

GO RV, then BV 

[Shabibilicious]

I prefer to focus on the continued lunacy coming out of the White House, like Trump having no idea the Chiefs play in Missouri, not Kansas, not so much the people who choose to blindly support it.....and I don't really appreciate having my name attached to this thread.  That's why I bristled.  Thought an explanation was in order.

 

GO RV, then BV

Edited February 3, 2020 by Shabibilicious

[coorslite21]

12 minutes ago, Shabibilicious said:

 

A year ago your response above would have never happened....Not you, no way.....Proof, I guess, that everybody can be gotten to.  Sad day.....You would have used this dumb thread as a learning lesson opportunity.

 

GO RV, then BV

 

No worries.....I can still rail on Trump for his small hands....Bloomberg for standing on a box......and so much more......

 

Unrelated....

Something I have noticed though is that the MSM has become more shut down to rebuttal.....more internet news feeds used to offer comments at the end of the articles.....now they just slant the story to their own political purposes......and leave the reader to believe that's all there is to it..... a little more erosion to society today....     JMO.   CL

[Shabibilicious]

3 minutes ago, coorslite21 said:

 

No worries.....I can still rail on Trump for his small hands....Bloomberg for standing on a box......and so much more......

 

Unrelated....

Something I have noticed though is that the MSM has become more shut down to rebuttal.....more internet news feeds used to offer comments at the end of the articles.....now they just slant the story to their own political purposes......and leave the reader to believe that's all there is to it..... a little more erosion to society today....     JMO.   CL

 

Really?....I haven't noticed that at all....the comments are my favorite part of the articles....the sarcasm is off the hook, both from the Left and Right in the comments sections......some people are very cleaver.

 

GO RV, then BV

Edited February 3, 2020 by Shabibilicious

[coorslite21]

Just now, Shabibilicious said:

 

Really?....I haven't noticed that at all....the comments are my favorite part....that sarcasm is off the hook, both from the Left and Right in the comments sections......some people are very cleaver.

 

GO RV, then BV

 

Totally agree with the favorite part........perhaps my MSM feeds are to limited.......yahoo is the only one I frequent that mostly allows comments...

CL

[caddieman]

18 minutes ago, Shabibilicious said:

I prefer to focus on the continued lunacy coming out of the White House, like Trump having no idea the Chiefs play in Missouri, not Kansas, not so much the people who choose to blindly support system" rel="">support it.....and I don't really appreciate having my name attached to this thread.  That's why I bristled.  Thought an explanation was in order.

 

GO RV, then BV

Sorry about that Shabs didn’t mean to offend! Just thought it was a funny parody that’s all.

[bostonangler]

6 minutes ago, caddieman said:

Sorry about that Shabs didn’t mean to offend! Just thought it was a funny parody that’s all.

 

No need to apologize... It was funny... I remember a time when people could laugh at themselves... When America was Great!

 

B/A

[Shabibilicious]

6 minutes ago, caddieman said:

Sorry about that Shabs didn’t mean to offend! Just thought it was a funny parody that’s all.

 

No worries.  

 

GO RV, then BV

[learning all i can]

I thought it was funny too Canddie man.  Parody being the key word here.  

[Shabibilicious]

Just now, bostonangler said:

 

No need to apologize... It was funny... I remember a time when people could laugh at themselves... When America was Great!

 

B/A

 

Laughing at yourself, and having others laugh at you are completely different.....this thread is an example of the latter.  Right is right.

 

GO RV, then BV

[DinarDavo]

22 minutes ago, coorslite21 said:

rebuttal

 

An opposing point of view? What's that?