I do want conservatives on here

[wmheel1287]

In the end, I'm super buddhist/christian about this, along the lines of Thich Nhat Hanh, the only way to heal these divisions is to listen & love, and remember that the person you're talking to is in the end your brother or sister.

I just don't think banning/yelling/scapegoating/mocking the other guy ever leads anywhere good, even if "they did it first" or "but I'm right."

But that's damn hard enough for me myself to live up to, so I don't really expect anyone else to either, or blame them for it.

How about just ceasing to engage at all? I've reached a point where I don't see common ground at all politically or socially with so many of my fellow Americans that I've essentially foreclosed the possibility of meaningful conversation with them on those topics.

 

[UNCatTech]

I posted that not to suggest she’s representative of conservatives (although I understand why it may have seemed so). I was trying to point out that Kristi Noem and/or her advisors expected that it would be well received in the eyes of the MAGA base. What does it say about conservative voters if an elected official, popular with that group, thinks that’s the way to bolster support?

Good point.