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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By the point it gets to that in a conversation (and it occasionally has), I've usually strung the other party along for quite awhile with a balanced reasonable chat, often where we're in agreement or at least find a common ground on the subjects at hand.
If TDS comes up by this point, most often I'll say something like "well, I'm a full fledged Q-tard, you know, a Q Anon" and do this emoji with my body: 🤷♂️
Followed by "but I don't really talk about it. I guess we're not all as crazy as we're made out to be". and another 🤷♂️
In the moment, we usually carry on cordially with the conversation and it's all good. In the small handful of instances this has happened with people I consider "more than acquaintances", I'd say 80% then disappeared from my life. Maybe they got busy, it's certainly possible as these were mostly busy people. Regardless, it's ultimately their loss as I suspect I brought more Joy to their lives than I will be missing from them.
Onward soldiers.