People come in all flavors.

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2. I would like to make a statement about abuse phrases.

I happened to notice one of the many abuse phrases that come from abusers in your 6th paragraph, so I wanted to touch on that for a moment.


Phrases such as "You're too sensitive, "You're so emotional", "You can't take a joke", and "You're overreacting" are emotional abuse phrases made by abusers who dismiss and invalidate another person's feelings. These type of phrases said to anyone at any given time are massive red flags that are used to shame other people for their thoughts and feelings. It is emotional abuse.


If at any point someone else doesn't agree, it's perfectly reasonable to say "I don't agree" with that because it's not dismissing another persons thoughts or feelings.



Getting back to Regressive party (Republican party) the supporters themselves are human. Unfortunately, they're fed a continuous and extreme amount of disinformation that is used to keep them angry and misinformed. It's a vicious cycle of indoctrination.


Over the years, other Du-ers have shared success stories with reaching out and connecting with some Regressives and showing them reasoning and logic. It seems to be a rare occurrence but it does happen from time to time. Bless these DU-ers that have the endurance to make this happen.


An excellent OP, ShazzieB!