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If they’re reasonable, logical people, but not everyone is. I’m willing to believe that there’s been a concerted effort to brainwash half the country, but if they’re smart enough to see the fake now, I think they should have been smart enough not to go all in on revolution then.
Perhaps I should rephrase it: I actually believe this person might have believed they were doing the right thing. The ones who immediately changed their minds? Not at all.
It might be this idea that keeps some people from publicly stating they were wrong.
That’s fair. To be honest, I don’t know how to have this conversation in a way that doesn’t reinforce these beliefs.
How/can we talk about whether these people were deceived or are themselves grifters and/or violent people looking for an excuse without reinforcing those beliefs?
Also, any tips for talking to your regular old MAGA head who wasn’t at Jan. 6 about politics? Because what I’m doing isn’t working, but I tend to phrase things bluntly/aggressively (not sure of the word, but it’s not my intent to be as off putting as it seems to come across), so that’s probably on me.