Like the old saying goes, "Hatred is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die." I totally understand why people hate Trump, because there are myriad reasons. Every time he opens his mouth, he adds another one. It's entirely possible to oppose him and all his works without hating him, or those who have willingly allied with him. It's just... really, really hard a lot of the time, given the magnitude of the destruction he's unleashed.
I lurked on DU for years before signing up, and I will say I am utterly dismayed by how extreme some people here have become in their hatred of Trump and his followers since he came on the scene. Some of the posts I've read are every bit as hateful as the sort of things Trump's followers say, some of the suggestions every bit as extreme. This is probably a wildly unpopular view, but it seems to me that Trump has won by making many people, and not just those on the right, like himself.
And it doesn't have to be that way. I'm not saying you have to love him, his followers, or what he/they did, are doing, and will do, mind you. This is not a "turn the other cheek" suggestion. But by hating him/them, you become like him/them, and when that happens, he wins. Some days it's really, really hard, but I try my hardest to choose not to hate. But that's my choice and my way of looking at it. YMMV.
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