In recent weeks, I've had two people, that I genuinely like and respect, go off the rails on Trump without considering that I may not feel the same way. This brazen confidence of TDS sufferers drives me nuts more than anything. Both have expressed with high emotion how much they hate him and each would like to see him in jail - or worse. In these cases, I've bitten my tongue and changed the subject because I didn't want to ruin the relationship - but at the same time I silently questioned their individuality and common sense. No human is perfect. DJT, while awesome and a very stable genius, has flaws like everyone else. But to ignore the Cadaver in Chief currently acting as pResident and his horrendous performance the past three years while focusing on hating his unfairly represented poltical opposition is just a sign of how well the propaganda has worked. My fear is that these type of people will never see past the lies they've come to believe as gospel and that 2024's election is going to be the most contentious, yet. What do you think will have to happen for these people to see the light? Destruction of the MSM? WWIII? Biden and his global cohorts arrested for crimes against humanity? All of the above? I think next time anyone expresses hate for Trump, I am just going to ask them why they feel that way. I'm thinking they've been told to hate him for so long, they really won't know how to answer.
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I do not associate with anyone who hates Trump. I'm not very diverse in my relationships, I guess. I'm often told that I need to watch CNN just so I can have an idea of the vitriol being spewed by the other side...but I don't have the stomach for it...nor, do I have the stomach for friendships/relationships with people who suffer from TDS. That's just me.
I tell my friends to “go back to sleep”
CNN triggers my gag reflex just slightly up from the severe tendency to spew I feel with hearing the voice of Sean Hannity.
That blowhard irritated me way before he outed himself; it was just a confirmation when he finally did.
Hannity constantly beating the drum for foreign war while ignoring the insidious infiltration of three letter agencies State side made him lose a lot of credibility.
My inner sanctum all feel the way I do. These are working professionals that I occasionally interact with and up very recently, I had no clue they hated Trump so passionately because politics never came up.
Disappointing isn't it? They seem otherwise normal and then the programming comes out and now you can't ever trust their judgment again...
I've thrown caution to the wind because I was ready to be fired when I refused the jab, so I've tried a few different tacks. If you've got a good poker face, "y'know I've got maga in the family and I was trying to find sources for (whatever nonsense they just spewed), but couldn't. You got some links?" Or, "I have a hard time understanding what the DOJ is even doing about the J6 insurrection, because they're not charging any of those guys with insurrection at all, it's weird. At least they didn't take their guns, that would have been crazy, I mean, they'd probably still be there now, under piles of beer cans, amirite?" Or, "right, we need to make sure he and Russia don't steal another election- we need to get rid of hackable equipment and go back to paper and IDs for transparency! What do you mean no ID? Why on earth not? You don't think certain types of people are too dumb to get IDs, are you? I mean, shoot, we just did all that diversity training, don't be getting us into trouble like that."
I'm not real good at playing dumb, but I can get into aggressively illustrating absurdity enough that they will stay to go with it, until they see where the road leads, lol
This exactly. First it was favorite actors from old TV shows, then singers from favorite groups, then old favorite baseball or football players, and now it is friends, acquaintances, and relatives. I don't watch much TV anymore other than stuff I have on Plex (and OAN), I don't like really any new music anymore, I don't watch baseball or NFL (I do still like College football though), and I no longer associate with a bunch of people ever since the pandemic made so many people transparent.
Once these people say what they really feel it makes it clear to me that I am not their core audience and I simply walk away. I don't need that in my life.
Ditto. Moved out of Chicago because of exactly this. True colors were shown when the wife and I started getting asked to show our “cards” anywhere we went. Never forgetting.
I feel ya fren.
I once approached someone at some leftist rally in Manhattan, and asked them, "Why aren't you doing something about the thousands of humans who are executed in our country without any trial every year?" That got their attention, and then I said, "Yes, abortion results in the execution of thousands of innocent humans in our country every year!" Of course, they then walked away. :)
All good advice. My gut is to ask what did he ever do to you? And see if they can come up with anything that isn't emotion related. I dislike Biden because I see the effects of his decisions on my livelihood, but I don't and wouldn't ever come out and tell them how much I don't like him. I think it is poor etiquette and tacky to do so.
President Trump exposed them as great scammers that is what he did. That is what leads to anger as he shines a mirror back at them.
The day President Trump stepped down the escalator is the day that business as usual in politics died. You can consider that the end of 20th century politics which peaked with the 1990s political correctness or appealing to the "center". Yes people can and are pragmatic but I have never met someone that is on the center on most issues. Frankly you can not be because it implies that you lack conviction to take a position.
Putting the onus on them is how it works. You wait for them to spew their stupidity. Ask innocently “What do you mean by that? Can you show me this?” This works wonders because as soon as they’re put on the spot their programming tells them they should be able to Google and present a mountain of evidence. When they look, they find none and it causes a melt down. They’ll find hit pieces but you ask for official court documents, charging accusations from a legal establishment etc. Do this every single time and they’ll eventually stop saying it around you or they’ll end up going off on you for questioning them =]
To that end, I am sure I am among similar types and as yet, politics has not come up. This will be hard to avoid as we get closer to the election in 2024.
That would be nice, but I’d effectively have to disown my entire family to get to this point.
Yes, that is the way of it. It is easy to step away from family members when they call you a racist. That was my experience. I hope when the happening hits the fan…that they remember how ignorant they are & how bad their behavior was.
I’m not counting on it. Even in the event where they realize they’re wrong, it’s always going to be someone else’s fault.
You could be right.
Yes, my predisposition to noticing patterns and also not enjoying the pompous superficial socialite behaviors contribute to my feeling not to associate with our adversaries and not feel about about it, either.