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In reply to the discussion: My Best Friend is a Trump Supporter [View all]lunasun
(21,646 posts)72. + 1 this is a good idea . Look at the history of Germany and how the Nazi movement grew with in
a ten year or so period and was accepted
The Holocaust was a series of events that happened over a long period of time. Jews were dehumanized, deprived of many legal rights, became the victims of both random and organized violence, and were socially if not physically isolated from the rest of the population.
Many people became bystanders to this ever-radicalizing program long before the mass roundups and killings began and were numb and didn't care when it when it came to mass death
Plato: "The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men."
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Cultists can't easily give up their cult without reprogramming and this is Cult45. nt
tblue37
Sep 2017
#35
Maybe it's you who has evolved also . Did you just start to notice he thinks all blacks are on
lunasun
Sep 2017
#3
Maybe the 'no evolution'came from his church . Totally wierd if he picked up beliefs like that just
lunasun
Sep 2017
#6
Glad you have been awake all this time. Racism didn't come with trump and anti gay religions
lunasun
Sep 2017
#32
Life, my patience and my temper are too short, so I avoid them whenever possible
Siwsan
Sep 2017
#16
Very sensible! You are a good example of how to deal with political differences.
Doodley
Sep 2017
#79
I feel for you. It's a tough situation, particularly when it's someone you love who has
smirkymonkey
Sep 2017
#18
I'm sorry for your loss, but that relationship has died...we all grieve on different timelines.
Moostache
Sep 2017
#24
The worst thing about twitlers election was how he has divided long term family and friends
kimbutgar
Sep 2017
#40
Rolling Stone, Newsweek, Fortune and some other right wing sources that are scorching Trump
uponit7771
Sep 2017
#48
+ 1 this is a good idea . Look at the history of Germany and how the Nazi movement grew with in
lunasun
Sep 2017
#72
No way my "best friend" could support Trump, because I would find a new one. Easy! n/t
USALiberal
Sep 2017
#70
I think there's been some kind of embarrassment on the part of hard righties, especially
janx
Sep 2017
#73
Dumping Trumpers and forcing them to be only with like-minded people does not help.
Doodley
Sep 2017
#87