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In reply to the discussion: Many Trump voters are NOT a lost cause... [View all]renate
(13,776 posts)... I would dig in my heels even harder to defend and explain my vote. That's human nature.
So I agree with you, even though I'm also persuaded by the opposing points being made. Trump voters *should* be made to feel bad about what they did. Unfortunately, calling them out on it is going to make them defend themselves, and that is going to make them entrench their position. That's a basic tenet of a form of persuasion called motivational interviewing, the other aspect of which is to let them argue with themselves to let them solidify their own new conclusions. People will listen to themselves more than they'll listen to someone who's trying to make them feel wrong and bad and stupid. So if they've already started arguing with themselves, the last thing we should do is get in the way of that process.
Everyone here is correct, IMHO. Trump voters who are changing their minds may *deserve* to be made to feel bad for what they did, but that would only be counterproductive for us politically, even if it would be gratifying temporarily.