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(884 posts)But even so, I do also think that there is merit to considering the difference between pandering to trump voters or making excuses for them and messaging to us on the left that we should be mindful that we should not assume that everyone who supports trump is deplorable.
I could agree with the idea that anyone who supports him despite knowing all of the terrible things he has done, and that he actually has done them is deplorable, but that still leaves a number who may support him only because they either don't know about the terrible things he has done, or don't realize that it's actually true despite how outlandish it may seem.
The whole point is that there are some who supported trump that may well be worth educating and converting.
We do need to know the difference, and not waste too much time on the truly lost, but the merely unaware are another story, and we certainly won't convert the merely unaware by treating them as deplorable. We should reserve that treatment for those who actually do warrant it.