My parents have had complete TDS for years now. Literally, if POTUS came out in favor of breathing they would frantically call me to stop breathing.
Yesterday, I was able to convince my father that Trump has done at least 2 good things. He agreed that his hardline approach to China over human rights violations and the massive crackdown on human trafficking (things he hadnt heard about from lamestream media) were good. I took him from drumph is Hitler reborn to Trump has done some good as POTUS.
I count this as a major victory pedes! We can break though TDS with honest polite conversations.
What do your parents think about defund the police, reparations and antifa riots?
At first they said it would never happen. When I told them about the 50% cut in Seattle I could hear it in their voice that they had no idea what was going on anymore. Thats why im trying to warm them up to Trump. Show them that there is a good (or at least acceptable) option this election.
I think these events will wake up a lot of people in time for the election. They've dealt some damage to Trump in their panic to bring him down in time for November, but a desperate haymaker leaves you open to counterattack and I'm not even sure they fully landed the punch.
They've basically ramped up their frog-boiling speed and awakened a lot of people who thought they never would see socialist riots or deliberate economic shutdowns or bald-faced admissions that they want to confiscate guns and literally defund the police.
A lot of lefties used to mock us for supposing that these things might one day happen if their candidates were elected. Now, they're seeing that they're all happening at once and I can't imagine that's a good thing for Joe Biden. Again, desperation moves always have the potential for huge downsides and backfiring.
Are they not able to see the looting and rioting though?
I don't watch MSM but I hear they never show it. Is that true?
They live in a Democrat city that is riddled with crime but isn't a major city. I live about 1k miles away from them.. The only way they know about whats going on with the riots here is when I literally send them videos of the events. Usually their rose glasses get in the way