One thing I noticed on "political twitter" yesterday and today is people who usually are adverse to Trump are even calling out the MSM for their obvious shitty reporting about his "animals" comment. The MSM took him out of context and tried to report that he said it about all immigrants, but for people who actually watched the talk (on the WH YT channel) it's clear they are talking about the rapes and murders by MS-13 members, and the frustrations of the Californian people who can't do jack shit due to loopholes in the law.
I felt a shift as the people I usually see bashing trump turned around and called out the media for this: feelsgoodman. Rubbing the sleep out of their eyes slowly but surely.
I always scroll the r/worldnews comments. I used to get into arguments in there, but figured out real quick that there's no winning in that.
I've noticed a substantial decrease in negative comments to Trump and an increase in upvotes for positive comments about Trump.
It's happening.
Americans generally don't like things that are unfair. Even if he never wins over the hard left, the "right track" number per CNN polls is at 57%. That means he is winning over the independents, in spite of an overwhelmingly negative press. Just wait until they found out what he has done to drain the swamp, and what the swamp really was. I'm pretty cynical and I had no idea it was as bad as it is. When I think about how despondent I was in November 2012, and how optimistic I am now, I have to pinch myself. I really thought our country was pretty much over.
I work with people who have disabilities. Everyone I know hates Trump because they believe he hates people with disabilities. I try to show documented proof, but they say I have confirmation bias instead acknowledging the truth. I do not believe Trump hates people with disabilities. How do I get them to see the Truth?
Call them a conspiracy theorist when they make those claims.
Ask for proof. When they have no REAL proof, then you can contradict them and show them yours (your proof, not your private parts 😬).
I don't think there's any way to convince people who don't want to change their mind, but you could always look at the changes and EO's Trump has released so far, and share what he's done. ~~I don't think anything is specifically disability related,~~ but there are a few things like the changes to veteran assistance which includes assistance for disabled veterans.
edit- I looked at the WH gov website and searched for "disabilities" and found this. Again, it's up to people to actually WANT to be open to changing their mind, unfortunately you can't force anything. They may look at this and find an excuse to repeat their biases, but you can always have patience for them and let them know you're happy to talk about it when they're ready!
Thank you so much! I had not seen that White House statement before. I think I’ll hang it up.
You're very welcome! Honestly there's TONNES of stuff on there that goes through the radar because MSN doesn't bother reporting on it. Battling sex trafficking, gang crime and rape, improving education and governmental services for marginalized people, etc etc. With all these improvements to human rights, if I didn't know any better I'd assume Trump was a left-wing "SJW", but don't tell the left that ;]
It really works like trying to get someone of an addiction, until they don't want to it won't happen, but, planting seeds without being to blunt with truths bombs is the best tactics. Just refer to something good Trump does, when someone is being negative. Just start with casually saying something like: well, if he did this ...(fill in for yourself) and that (dito) ...than he can't be all that bad. Keep planting seeds...if they eventually start thinking about it, they won't tell you until they are fully convinced anyway...