My father is one of them. He grew up in Nazi Germany and never really change from his early childhood social conditioning. Most of the warehouse workers and truck drivers I meet on the job are also in the Trumpster Republican conservative camp. It’s an illness of lack of vision, an illness of inability to see beneath the surface.
My father is one of them. He grew up in Nazi Germany and never really change from his early childhood social conditioning. Most of the warehouse workers and truck drivers I meet on the job are also in the Trumpster Republican conservative camp. It’s an illness of lack of vision, an illness of inability to see beneath the surface.
Our job is learn how we can show them how to regain that vision, help them understand that supporting programs that help EVERYONE is the best way to help themselves, and to recognize that a world without daily threats and insults is a better world for all of us.
Finding a way to overcome the hatred, lies, and fear without insulting people like your father is the only way we can reunite America again.
Not everyone wants to "see". It's like the posts from yesterday about abused spouses & kids will choose to return to their abuser because it's what they know. What wasn't addressed is how to break that cycle.
We need to remember that after the civil war racism didn't disappear. It went underground & spread like a weed.
So we do need government programs that address the fears of trump voters as well as a truth and reconciliation program like de-Nazification and what continues in Rwanda. As others point out, education.
There is a whole body of academic research and on the ground organizations that work to break the cycle of domestic violence, including separate groups for victims and perpetrators (though sometimes both members of a couple are instigating, reacting, and escalating). The groups combine dydactic instruction with experience sharing among peers. Food for thought.
Hi Marcy, I just posted an article about the distinction between Red and Blue America. Spent the last several hours in it. It might answer your question. If not, get back to me here, if you can even find this location again. otherwise email RolandRLJ at Google Mail.
My father is one of them. He grew up in Nazi Germany and never really change from his early childhood social conditioning. Most of the warehouse workers and truck drivers I meet on the job are also in the Trumpster Republican conservative camp. It’s an illness of lack of vision, an illness of inability to see beneath the surface.
Our job is learn how we can show them how to regain that vision, help them understand that supporting programs that help EVERYONE is the best way to help themselves, and to recognize that a world without daily threats and insults is a better world for all of us.
Finding a way to overcome the hatred, lies, and fear without insulting people like your father is the only way we can reunite America again.
Good luck with your farher.
We can start by getting the politics out of education and massively improve the school system so that everybody can have a chance in life.
Not everyone wants to "see". It's like the posts from yesterday about abused spouses & kids will choose to return to their abuser because it's what they know. What wasn't addressed is how to break that cycle.
We need to remember that after the civil war racism didn't disappear. It went underground & spread like a weed.
So we do need government programs that address the fears of trump voters as well as a truth and reconciliation program like de-Nazification and what continues in Rwanda. As others point out, education.
There is a whole body of academic research and on the ground organizations that work to break the cycle of domestic violence, including separate groups for victims and perpetrators (though sometimes both members of a couple are instigating, reacting, and escalating). The groups combine dydactic instruction with experience sharing among peers. Food for thought.
Perhaps we can start by hiring reprogrammers who work with people who were once in cults. After all, Trumpism is a cult as is white supremacy.
Thanks, I need it. 62 years and counting.
Roland, curious, if you care to elaborate...what do you mean by early childhood social conditioning?
Hi Marcy, I just posted an article about the distinction between Red and Blue America. Spent the last several hours in it. It might answer your question. If not, get back to me here, if you can even find this location again. otherwise email RolandRLJ at Google Mail.
Post the link here.
Yes please post a link to your article here?
Not sure about a link to an article, but Roland has a long post below about Red and Blue America and similarities between Trump and Hitler.
To believe trump has something to offer them beyond stoking their fear.