I wonder if there’s really anyone out there who is undecided. Is it at all possible to still be on the fence? If you are somehow still undecided, if the past behavior hasn’t convinced you. If the 91 indictments haven’t convinced you. If the million plus mostly preventable Covid deaths didn’t convince you. The cozying up to tyrants doesn’…
I wonder if there’s really anyone out there who is undecided. Is it at all possible to still be on the fence? If you are somehow still undecided, if the past behavior hasn’t convinced you. If the 91 indictments haven’t convinced you. If the million plus mostly preventable Covid deaths didn’t convince you. The cozying up to tyrants doesn’t convince you, if abandoning 70+ years of NATO alliances doesn’t matter to you, if leaving the Paris accord and rolling back environmental protections doesn’t convince you. If inciting a riot and refusing to allow the peaceful transition of power didn’t convince you. I’m not sure sharing the truth or facts about this trail (or really anything) is going to change anyone’s mind.
I almost wish we could hold the damn election tomorrow and see what kind of nation we are — and will be for the next four years (and longer). Is this really how things were before the election of 1860, and 1932, and 1968? I really dread finding out how many Americans think this man is their savior. And sure as heck don’t want to hear all the “I didn’t know’s” from people who later regret supporting Benedict Donald!
Tragically, brainwashed Trump cult followers had their souls removed and destroyed. Heartless cold blooded creatures, whatever integrity has been gaslite into nothingness..they will drink the Orange KoolAiid when the command is given
Facts alone will not change anybody's mind. It feels like being hammered with words. But helping them to see how it affects their lives directly can make them think- and that's the first step in changing one's perspective. It's not an instantaneous thing, but something that builds. You automatically lose the chance to change someone's perspective if you brush off their capacity to think. And namecalling has already shown to entrench people in their beliefs. I got sick and tired of listening and reading self-righteous people looking down on others who might have been receptive, thereby failing to even create a possible opening for change.
If we are going to be effective, we have to stop focusing on the extreme end of the spectrum. We actually participated in creating them by pushing them into reactionary corners. That means that the people now coming out against Trump are extraordinarily courageous people. Can we learn from them, and from the way we reacted to them with disdain and sneering four years ago?
I hope so. Because I think there are a lot of people we CAN reach, if we don't fall back into the same spiral of targeting people, and begin looking for ways to reach those who are questioning Trump, but are afraid of being called names and looked down on because they had voted for Trump.
Think about it, please. And ask yourself what different approaches might work that don't involve confrontation, self-righteousness, and judgement - but leave the door open to listening and dialogue. What can we learn from them that will help us understand the questions they are asking and make the answers match their concerns, instead of bombarding them with our version of the "facts"?
"Anyone out there who is undecided." In 2020, more than 77 million eligible voters “did not vote”—as compared to 81 million who voted for Biden and 74 million who voted for Trump. We should focus our efforts on registration and get out the vote campaigns. There is plenty of ground to be made up among the population of voters who stayed home in 2020.
FT6 has identified about 13 million who trend heavily Democratic using data mining. 60% of unregistered voters have never been asked to register! "Using our one-of-a-kind database and every outreach method possible (phone and text, postcard, email and targeted ad, and in-person too), where new Democratic voters will make the most impact – in the most flippable states and districts."
It is shameful that so many in this country do not vote. Just after the 2016 election when roughly only 50% of eligible voters voted I was driving for Uber. I picked up a group of 4 Danes visiting the US. They didn’t really care who won, but they really couldn’t understand why so few voted. They told me that in Denmark it is considered shameful not to vote. Their voter turnout is routinely 90% or more. While I’m not sure shaming people into voting is the right approach, I’m not completely against it either if it’ll get people off their asses to vote. I worry the day is coming when voting truly won’t matter as there will only be one name on the ballot.
Thank you, Ann. I find it unbelievable that so many don’t exercise their “right to vote.” I was raised to vote in EVERY election, and my mother voted her whole life in every single election until she died at 98. The mentality is that “my single vote won’t change the outcome.” Multiply that illogical thinking by millions of people, and you have millions of people who don’t vote.
Register to vote and vote!!!! Preferably Vote Blue to save our Democracy, for the democratic process of exercising your “Right to Vote” to continue on in our future.
I wonder if there’s really anyone out there who is undecided. Is it at all possible to still be on the fence? If you are somehow still undecided, if the past behavior hasn’t convinced you. If the 91 indictments haven’t convinced you. If the million plus mostly preventable Covid deaths didn’t convince you. The cozying up to tyrants doesn’t convince you, if abandoning 70+ years of NATO alliances doesn’t matter to you, if leaving the Paris accord and rolling back environmental protections doesn’t convince you. If inciting a riot and refusing to allow the peaceful transition of power didn’t convince you. I’m not sure sharing the truth or facts about this trail (or really anything) is going to change anyone’s mind.
I almost wish we could hold the damn election tomorrow and see what kind of nation we are — and will be for the next four years (and longer). Is this really how things were before the election of 1860, and 1932, and 1968? I really dread finding out how many Americans think this man is their savior. And sure as heck don’t want to hear all the “I didn’t know’s” from people who later regret supporting Benedict Donald!
Tragically, brainwashed Trump cult followers had their souls removed and destroyed. Heartless cold blooded creatures, whatever integrity has been gaslite into nothingness..they will drink the Orange KoolAiid when the command is given
You’re right. Willful ignorance is as hard as a diamond. Very dense material if you know what I’m sayin'
The members of any cult accept what their leader tells them to accept.
Precisely Ann 👍👍
Facts alone will not change anybody's mind. It feels like being hammered with words. But helping them to see how it affects their lives directly can make them think- and that's the first step in changing one's perspective. It's not an instantaneous thing, but something that builds. You automatically lose the chance to change someone's perspective if you brush off their capacity to think. And namecalling has already shown to entrench people in their beliefs. I got sick and tired of listening and reading self-righteous people looking down on others who might have been receptive, thereby failing to even create a possible opening for change.
If we are going to be effective, we have to stop focusing on the extreme end of the spectrum. We actually participated in creating them by pushing them into reactionary corners. That means that the people now coming out against Trump are extraordinarily courageous people. Can we learn from them, and from the way we reacted to them with disdain and sneering four years ago?
I hope so. Because I think there are a lot of people we CAN reach, if we don't fall back into the same spiral of targeting people, and begin looking for ways to reach those who are questioning Trump, but are afraid of being called names and looked down on because they had voted for Trump.
Think about it, please. And ask yourself what different approaches might work that don't involve confrontation, self-righteousness, and judgement - but leave the door open to listening and dialogue. What can we learn from them that will help us understand the questions they are asking and make the answers match their concerns, instead of bombarding them with our version of the "facts"?
Excellent!👍
Well put Ann, but we'll keep trying . . . just in case
Ann said above, "I’m not sure sharing the truth or facts about this trail (or really anything) is going to change anyone’s mind." Trail > trial?
"Anyone out there who is undecided." In 2020, more than 77 million eligible voters “did not vote”—as compared to 81 million who voted for Biden and 74 million who voted for Trump. We should focus our efforts on registration and get out the vote campaigns. There is plenty of ground to be made up among the population of voters who stayed home in 2020.
FT6 has identified about 13 million who trend heavily Democratic using data mining. 60% of unregistered voters have never been asked to register! "Using our one-of-a-kind database and every outreach method possible (phone and text, postcard, email and targeted ad, and in-person too), where new Democratic voters will make the most impact – in the most flippable states and districts."
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It is shameful that so many in this country do not vote. Just after the 2016 election when roughly only 50% of eligible voters voted I was driving for Uber. I picked up a group of 4 Danes visiting the US. They didn’t really care who won, but they really couldn’t understand why so few voted. They told me that in Denmark it is considered shameful not to vote. Their voter turnout is routinely 90% or more. While I’m not sure shaming people into voting is the right approach, I’m not completely against it either if it’ll get people off their asses to vote. I worry the day is coming when voting truly won’t matter as there will only be one name on the ballot.
Thank you, Ann. I find it unbelievable that so many don’t exercise their “right to vote.” I was raised to vote in EVERY election, and my mother voted her whole life in every single election until she died at 98. The mentality is that “my single vote won’t change the outcome.” Multiply that illogical thinking by millions of people, and you have millions of people who don’t vote.
Register to vote and vote!!!! Preferably Vote Blue to save our Democracy, for the democratic process of exercising your “Right to Vote” to continue on in our future.
Ann, my fantasy is to have an election where the only valid voters are those who received their right to vote via constitutional amendment...