Saturday, November 7, 2020

80,000,000 to 74,000,000

The national divide of 80,000,000 Americans voting for Biden and 74,000,000 Americans voting for Trump desperately needs addressing.

The national divide has been horrendous for the four years of Trump and was very bad for years before Trump.

I. Biden and Trump supporters talking to each other
I have pounded for several years in favor of the two sides to talking to each other.

I will continue pounding on that.

To proceed on this, I copy and paste here a message I received a couple of weeks ago from a European woman who has an adult daughter living in Alabama and who took took an acute interest in the election. The message said: 

Congratulations. Now you all must start the healing process. Each democrat must choose one staunch Trumpoupie, call him/her up and have them express their frustration, anger, sorrow whatever and not go into discussion. Just listen and say things like; it is very upsetting for you. Just reflect their feeling (you are so angry, so sad, so hurt etc) and no discussion. The wound must be healed by kind and understanding ‘democrats’. And that democrat must really try to build a relation with that Trumpoupie. If each democrat chooses 1, then 70 million Trumpoupies get the feeling they are understood and that may be the other side isn’t that bad. Once the anger and sadness subsides and rationality sets in it will be possible to plan together how to reunite the country again. You need a love peace happiness movement.

When I asked the woman what efforts she had made to share the above message with others, she replied: 

Well sort of spread it on as many democratic sites as possible hoping people would forward it. I get very mixed reactions. From people who really will try to people who are so hurt and offended by the Trumpers these past 4 yrs that they have no intention of even trying to become ‘United’ again. It is very worrisome this split in your country. I just wonder what the human glue could be that glues you together again. Not money. Too much research has already proven that money is a very short lived bandaid. May be the potable water needs to be diluted with cannabis oil. Cannabis mellows people up. However the Trumpers I contacted are so frustrated and angry now, reacting like upset children ready to start fighting. And some - even on the support group page - have admitted they will start the 2nd civil war. I try to mellow up 1 Trumper at the time, but they are convinced the election was stolen. How do you reason with angry people if reasoning is not what they are capable of and revenge is?

 

II. Best interest of our Country
Donald Trump has now used the words "in the best interest of our Country." Discussions about what is in the best interest of our Country might be productive.



III. Is this crazy? [added 12/12/20]
I have succeeded in accomplishing one conversation, which is set out below:
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