I’d like to start this post with a great big thank you to this group and to everyone who replied to my post from yesterday. I was truly shell shocked from the FB wars where I found inane and divisive responses to what I had said there in a measured manner. You encouraged me to come here for R&R and gave me a proverbial hug. I appreciate …
I’d like to start this post with a great big thank you to this group and to everyone who replied to my post from yesterday. I was truly shell shocked from the FB wars where I found inane and divisive responses to what I had said there in a measured manner. You encouraged me to come here for R&R and gave me a proverbial hug. I appreciate it so much.
As to the news we are all talking about, we will never convince those who refuse to believe the truth. No matter how many verifications come about, people will not believe. So don’t spend your precious time trying to change minds. Use it to drive up the vote. Get your young grandchildren and your senior friends to vote. I’m connecting with my nephew to work on a social media campaign to get his friends out in November.
I am having a similar experience on Facebook. All I did was post a news article - the Atlantic article on him bashing the troops. Then I posted an article that said that even Fox had verified the story. Now a trump supporter is fighting with several folks about whether the Fox article is true or not. And has resurrected articles from his non-visit to Belleau Wood and defending him by saying the weather wouldn’t allow him to fly and it was too short notice for a motorcade. I haven’t actually said *anything* myself. Amazing how this has taken on a life of its own on my own Facebook page! And this trump supporter is an educated person with a PhD in one of the sciences. Unbelievable.
I share your pain, Karen. That was one of the articles I put on my FB page too. I had all kinds of nutty responses, scattershot diatribes. Then they also started getting into FB "fights" with my brother and friend who posted separate articles to support what I said. And today I had another friend, a very successful former corporate executive who I knew as intelligent and discerning say she didn't believe any of it.
Did you see the video of Pete Buttigieg on Fox (!) yesterday? If not, look it up. It was great. Something that stood out was the fact that Kelly and another dignitary drove to the cemetery so if tRump had really wanted to go, he could have gotten there.
I’d like to start this post with a great big thank you to this group and to everyone who replied to my post from yesterday. I was truly shell shocked from the FB wars where I found inane and divisive responses to what I had said there in a measured manner. You encouraged me to come here for R&R and gave me a proverbial hug. I appreciate it so much.
As to the news we are all talking about, we will never convince those who refuse to believe the truth. No matter how many verifications come about, people will not believe. So don’t spend your precious time trying to change minds. Use it to drive up the vote. Get your young grandchildren and your senior friends to vote. I’m connecting with my nephew to work on a social media campaign to get his friends out in November.
Atta girl!! Get back on that horse!
I am having a similar experience on Facebook. All I did was post a news article - the Atlantic article on him bashing the troops. Then I posted an article that said that even Fox had verified the story. Now a trump supporter is fighting with several folks about whether the Fox article is true or not. And has resurrected articles from his non-visit to Belleau Wood and defending him by saying the weather wouldn’t allow him to fly and it was too short notice for a motorcade. I haven’t actually said *anything* myself. Amazing how this has taken on a life of its own on my own Facebook page! And this trump supporter is an educated person with a PhD in one of the sciences. Unbelievable.
I share your pain, Karen. That was one of the articles I put on my FB page too. I had all kinds of nutty responses, scattershot diatribes. Then they also started getting into FB "fights" with my brother and friend who posted separate articles to support what I said. And today I had another friend, a very successful former corporate executive who I knew as intelligent and discerning say she didn't believe any of it.
Did you see the video of Pete Buttigieg on Fox (!) yesterday? If not, look it up. It was great. Something that stood out was the fact that Kelly and another dignitary drove to the cemetery so if tRump had really wanted to go, he could have gotten there.
Stacey Abrams has a great list of What To Do against voter suppression, as well as a great “monster movie” on this topic:
https://twitter.com/latimes/status/1302023135567532033?s=21
https://twitter.com/nprpolitics/status/1302324880465997824?s=21