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.
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
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.
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 =]