How To Be Kind To the Unkind
Fear spreads fear. Right-wing Republicans are skilled at spreading fear like Catholics are skilled at spreading guilt with apocalyptic language. Evangelicals spew fire and brimstone. So, stand firm.
Even some Democratic Party reporters and all of the maga-Trump-Republicans are falling victim to their own propaganda. The world will end if Trump wins. The world is going to hell if Biden wins. Get a grip, sane people. Are you one of the Chicken-Little’s parroting this baloney?
Dear pro-Democracy activists:
Stop whining about magas and Trump. They aren’t worth the effort because they cannot see beyond their Trump bubbles. How much time have you wasted when you could be getting voters registered for pro-Democracy candidates and Biden! Lift up your voters!
The old honey vs. vinegar method of turning people around works just as it does will children. It’s all about being kind, understanding of others’ life situations. If you use the honey approach, however, you will have to change your attitude toward Republicans. They are Americans and need their views heard too. You can agree to disagree if you approach average citizens patiently.
So what happens if you take the bitter, accusatory, holier-than-thou vinegar approach with Republicans? You lose any future hope for the needed re-building of America’s unity. Do you want the venom and vinegar to be your guiding light? Your children will never be kind to those who disagree with them.
I wrote the above before I read this article about Trump’s diminishing brain power. Please read it. It’s long.
I am not sure how his decline can be dealt with sensitively except to listen and observe his gaffes and outbursts. The world is laughing at him. Neither honey nor vinegar will help. The maga-Republicans will cover for him and use him like rulers of old. That’s scary. Very.
The Heritage Foundation and Federalist Society power players behind Project 2025 and oligarch donor money are the ultimate controllers of Speaker Johnson and The Party of Putin in Congress as Trump becomes more of a Weekend at Bernie’s standup straw figurehead sinking into dementia.
If Trump’s decline is obvious to us, as painful as it is to endure more than ninety seconds of seeing and hearing him, as others have stated here it’s obvious to those in politics around him and logically accounts for limited public appearances and sheltering at Mar-a-Lago. But there will be no stating the emperor has no clothes as long as the Project 2025 masters are behind the curtain controlling all.
They probably won’t let him debate and although there is the possibility of an off cue one off impromptu inside of or leaving the courtroom, defendants needn’t say much unless directly required to reply to the judge. So don’t look for many sound bites there.
But how is Trump in a normal one to one conversation, away from cameras and crowds? British foreign secretary David Cameron visited Trump this week. As far as we know, Cameron is not beholden to Putin or Project 2025. We can only hope someone in the British press asks.
Thanks for sharing this important information, Diane.
I recently had a terrifying thought -- if DJT were to be elected president, and his mental status continued to decline, some other Rethuglican undoubtedly would step up quietly behind the scenes to "help" him make decisions. We would have no idea who was really running the country. It could be anyone whispering in his ear and flattering his ego. Steve Bannon, Erik Prince, Mike Flynn, Roger Stone all come to mind. Which, perhaps, explains why MAGA leaders appear to be ignoring obvious signs of dementia.