MaryPat, I had a long discussion with my husband about your reply. It was about if there can be an objective truth and in what circumstances. We didn't reach a conclusion before getting tired of talking.
MaryPat, I had a long discussion with my husband about your reply. It was about if there can be an objective truth and in what circumstances. We didn't reach a conclusion before getting tired of talking.
Wow, I don't know if I should be honored or if I should apologize! I am reminded, though, when I imagine trying to help a trumper "see the light", of the woman who went to a marriage counselor for help. She was advised (if I remember this correctly), "Just because you are right doesn't make it good." In other words, we are right - tRump is a con. But "telling the truth" to a trumper will not solve the problem. I don't have to change my bias, as much as I need to think about what would be helpful for the other person. A stock market that doesn't wobble and plunge, a job that pays a living wage with benefits, a hero who doesn't tweet lies, maybe a prescription that doesn't combine antidepressant with narcotic with alcohol to cause a serotonin storm of anger. I think I am way off the philosophical conundrum now, and describing 4 trumpers I know. Darn, do we have to do this one at a time? Perhaps. What it may all boil down to is one thing my mom used to say, "Be Nice."
MaryPat, I had a long discussion with my husband about your reply. It was about if there can be an objective truth and in what circumstances. We didn't reach a conclusion before getting tired of talking.
Wow, I don't know if I should be honored or if I should apologize! I am reminded, though, when I imagine trying to help a trumper "see the light", of the woman who went to a marriage counselor for help. She was advised (if I remember this correctly), "Just because you are right doesn't make it good." In other words, we are right - tRump is a con. But "telling the truth" to a trumper will not solve the problem. I don't have to change my bias, as much as I need to think about what would be helpful for the other person. A stock market that doesn't wobble and plunge, a job that pays a living wage with benefits, a hero who doesn't tweet lies, maybe a prescription that doesn't combine antidepressant with narcotic with alcohol to cause a serotonin storm of anger. I think I am way off the philosophical conundrum now, and describing 4 trumpers I know. Darn, do we have to do this one at a time? Perhaps. What it may all boil down to is one thing my mom used to say, "Be Nice."