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In reply to the discussion: Many Trump voters are NOT a lost cause... [View all]Whiskeytide
(4,459 posts)... in what you and I believe is a skewed way. When someone says "black lives matter", they DO hear "black lives matter more". When you point out that they are misunderstanding the phrase, most of the ones I've talked to readily agree that black lives matter just as much as anyone's lives (maybe they're just being polite, but they almost always concede that - if they don't, they are deplorable and I'm done talking to them). You can attribute their initial position to stupidity, or to media conditioning - whatever. But I've had that conversation. I challenged them to find one legit quote from a BLM leader to the effect that black lives matter more, and they couldn't.
I'm not naive enough to think that guy might vote differently in the next election because of that exchange. But I DO think that perhaps he views BLM a little differently. And that's a point for our side.
Look - the posts in this thread disagreeing with me seem to be along the lines of "I'm not kissing a racist's or misogynist's ass just for a vote". I'm not advocating that. Just be strategic in talking to them. I'm on a mission to convert as many of these people as I can into doubters. I'm in Alabama so even if I get to 10,000 of them, it won't affect an election. But there are places it could.
You don't have to welcome them if it's not in you to do so. But don't piss on them either. There's no gain in that.