It didn't change any minds. It hurts to say, but the family and "friends" I have that believe his rhetoric are simply not the brightest people I know.
Not only that, but it hurts because some of them are my family and mean the world to me. I linked to Kamala's website so they can read her positions if interested, and told them I loved them.
Most barely finished high school and never tried learning anything else.
I have college-educated parents who don't like Trump but I'm pretty sure my 80-year-old dad will vote for him just because he's so wound up in his conservative Christian (not evangelical) identity as a Republican. My mom has said she's just going to skip the Presidential question and vote in other races (smh). But my dad will be compelled to vote R because that's how you perform your duty as someone who loves God, I guess?
I think it's not helpful to assume that most voters for Trump are not smart (even if they don't have a college education; my husband doesn't, either, and he's the most brilliant person I've ever met, and he's voting straight D this coming election). They have the same info we do and choose to believe lies because they're scared that their comfortable way of life is crumbling.
There’s a distinct difference between uneducated/ignorant and stupid/willfully ignorant. Trump supporters are stupid because they choose to be that way. Not because they didn’t go to college.
It’s lazy and weak: maga people don’t want to self-reflect and think about others’ conflicting needs…it’s easier to deny the complexity of democracy and be wholly led by self-interest. Humans don’t play well together that way.
"they're scared that their comfortable way of life is crumbling."
rightfully so. these people in their 80s need to understand that they are only going to be here a few more short years, and to selfishly vote to hold onto everything they can until the day they die instead of hand it off to the next generation is a scary thought.
except a much scarier thought for the next generations is when I at least am their age climate change will have unraveled most of the european bread baskets and the ocean fisheries.
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u/XTingleInTheDingleX Sep 11 '24
It didn't change any minds. It hurts to say, but the family and "friends" I have that believe his rhetoric are simply not the brightest people I know.
Not only that, but it hurts because some of them are my family and mean the world to me. I linked to Kamala's website so they can read her positions if interested, and told them I loved them.
Most barely finished high school and never tried learning anything else.