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shockey80

(4,379 posts)
Sat Mar 3, 2018, 02:37 PM Mar 2018

I update all the Trump voters I meet or know.

You have to update them because they don't have the ability to figure things out for themselves. It is easy to figure out if someone is a Trump voter. You don't have to ask them directly if they voted for Trump. Simply bring up a current event about Trump and watch their reaction.

Trump voters brains do not work properly so you have to try to help them figure things out.

I have been updating Trump voters for months. I will say things like, Have you heard about the indictments? Did you hear Trump say he would have charged into the school unarmed? Shit like that.

Recently I have seen a slight change in how some of them react when I update them. They look away or down at their feet and don't respond in defense as quickly as they used to.

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YessirAtsaFact

(2,064 posts)
3. I like that approach. I wonder if I could shut and listen to them without comment further.
Sat Mar 3, 2018, 02:46 PM
Mar 2018

Because if you can plant the seed and not get in an argument, it seems like there is a better chance of actually changing somebody's mind.

TomSlick

(11,108 posts)
9. That's the problem.
Sat Mar 3, 2018, 03:30 PM
Mar 2018

The Trumpsters have no idea what is going on in the world because they watch only Faux News.

Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts)
6. Doesn't work
Sat Mar 3, 2018, 03:00 PM
Mar 2018

The MAGAts I know could be told Trump put us at war with Canada and they'd say he wasn't a politician and as long as he keeps pissing off the libtards they stand by their man.

It's pointless to keep offering raw meat to an intellectual vegan.

samnsara

(17,635 posts)
7. my trumper sister didnt even know about the sexual abuse allegations!!! that was last month!
Sat Mar 3, 2018, 03:05 PM
Mar 2018

..they literally are getting NO real news about their all powerful leader. NONE!

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
8. "Yeah...."
Sat Mar 3, 2018, 03:16 PM
Mar 2018

I've found it useful to say, "Yeah, and what's really bugging me is..."

And then say, you know, that Kushner sold the country out for his own gain, etc.

The "yeah" makes them think they agree with me. <G>

It's pretty much no use to deal with the "cultists" who think Jesus ordained Trump. But the "always vote R" Republicans, the ones who probably supported Cruz or Bush or Christie in the primaries, they can be led away from the dumpster fire sometimes. It seems to help to go soft and focus on "Republican values", like "Wow, that was weird, those tariffs he just came up with. I always have kind of secretly admired how Republicans are dedicated to free trade, but maybe he's not really a good Republican, if he's going for tariffs like that."



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