I was responding to something my grandson (Liberal, shortly to survive married to some other - I beloved them both!) had posted on Facebook.
My response:
Sure - globe leaders come across when they stimulate got the opportunity, all the time.
Note that the storey does NOT say, what is apparently true:
The European Union leaders are threatened past times alliances that bypass their niggling Union. What happens if Trump too Putin meet, too come upward to some agreements mutually beneficial?
Could this diminish the European Union influence?
Could this accelerate the halt of their Union?
Could they survive feeling quite threatened close their loss of influence too power, too answer past times these CATTY media leaks - of course, non totally made up, only DEFINITELY reported amongst a LOT of BIAS.
Note the bias:
Trump is non walking alone, perchance absorbed inward his ain thoughts of that horrible fourth dimension inward history, too perchance needing some fourth dimension away from others to procedure this historical event.
No, according to the "story" - he is SULKING! It MUST survive a bad affair if he does it.
My response:
""Trump had a scheduled tiffin today amongst Vladimir Putin, only the French President scuttled it the final infinitesimal past times separating their seating arrangements" - this is FACT. The residue that follows is THEIR interpretation.Could Trump stimulate got had a legitimate reason for wanting to come across amongst Putin - OTHER than to plot the devastation of America?
Sure - globe leaders come across when they stimulate got the opportunity, all the time.
Note that the storey does NOT say, what is apparently true:
The European Union leaders are threatened past times alliances that bypass their niggling Union. What happens if Trump too Putin meet, too come upward to some agreements mutually beneficial?
Could this diminish the European Union influence?
Could this accelerate the halt of their Union?
Could they survive feeling quite threatened close their loss of influence too power, too answer past times these CATTY media leaks - of course, non totally made up, only DEFINITELY reported amongst a LOT of BIAS.
Note the bias:
Trump is non walking alone, perchance absorbed inward his ain thoughts of that horrible fourth dimension inward history, too perchance needing some fourth dimension away from others to procedure this historical event.
No, according to the "story" - he is SULKING! It MUST survive a bad affair if he does it.
Hell, they didn't fifty-fifty larn on Obama for taking selfies too laughing amongst pretty blondes at Mandela's funeral every bit much every bit the media too the associated elite stimulate got WORKED to brand Trump await bad.
Watch.
Soon, this volition survive "accepted FACT" - that Trump stormed to a greater extent than or less past times himself too sulked.
Not a biased statement, which it is.
"FACT"."
Watch.
Soon, this volition survive "accepted FACT" - that Trump stormed to a greater extent than or less past times himself too sulked.
Not a biased statement, which it is.
"FACT"."
I've been thinking close the procedure of persuading people that their opinions, beliefs, too prejudices are wrong.
It's hard, damned hard. The stronger your argument, the tighter they cling to their bias. Worse, they ofttimes convey whatever logical questioning you lot brand of them every bit a personal insult, too volition lash dorsum amongst viciously harmful slurs - Racist, homophobic, hater.
I've been thinking, nosotros may stimulate got been approaching this wrongly. We mightiness request to mean value close how to communicate our thinking on world issues inward a agency that the PERSUADABLE mightiness survive able to hear what we're saying.
Logic does NOT work. Emotional appeals are somewhat to a greater extent than effective. We mightiness aim for an approach that is to a greater extent than warm & fuzzy, only amongst an underlying role of educational activity people close what the Constitution truly does contain, also every bit an understanding of the achieve - too limits - of the law. And, a whole lot close civilisation - for me, that's the footing of a lot of our failures every bit non-Leftists. We lost the Culture War, too stimulate got non mounted an effective counter-attack.
I'm saying, let's achieve for the Mushy Middle - those whose beliefs are non Hard Left, who tend to larn along amongst the crowd, who MIGHT listen, if they didn't anticipate that their willingness to hear would exit them alone, without allies.
I'm going to survive mulling over this for a while, over the side past times side few months. I'm going to explore the possibility that I mightiness survive able to write the Rules for Getting the Mushy Middle on Board.
I'll update, every bit I am able.
Buat lebih berguna, kongsi:
