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> The idea that Trump and his supporters haven't been heard is laughable A bit of a tangent but - I know what you mean by this and I generally agree but I thin

by jjcon 6y ago

> The idea that Trump and his supporters haven't been heard is laughable A bit of a tangent but - I know what you mean by this and I generally agree but I think their concern is not about the amount of media attention they have gotten but about how their views are represented (or misrepresented) in the media. The media tends to take the most extreme in a group and paint with a broad brush. Is being in the same camp as racists a good look? Not at all, but when someone calls all trump supporters or those who espouse beliefs in common with trump racists it ignites and incites and misrepresents. I’ll admit to feeling this at times. I’m a moderate left and I once voiced support for tarriffs on Chinese goods and was called racist by multiple people because I have a belief in common with trump on that. It didn’t make me more likely to evaluate my belief on that it made me angry and sad and a bit silenced. How am I to respond to an accusation like that? I’m really not sure. If I had more beliefs in common with Trump I can imagine being a lot worse off in that respect.

nyokodo 6y ago
> It didn’t make me more likely to evaluate my belief on that it made me angry and sad and a bit silenced. People are very quick to work out whether they're being listened to or whether they're just soundboards for another's ideology. When they're treated like soundboards they tend to get entrenched, when they're listened to they tend to listen in return. People listening to each other is the only hope of finding a common way forward, everything else just ends in sectarian violence. It is amazing that simply tolerating a diversity of opinions and listening to them has become such a radical notion!
- jjcon 6y ago
  Well stated, I wholeheartedly agree. > It is amazing that simply tolerating a diversity of opinions and listening to them has become such a radical notion! I hope and believe that in time it will become less so again.
  - nyokodo 6y ago
    It will probably get worse before it gets better but I share your hope and supporting our hope are historical counter-cultural corrections to their over-the-top antecedents (e.g. the 60s vs McCarthyism).

by jjcon 6y ago

nyokodo 6y ago

> It didn’t make me more likely to evaluate my belief on that it made me angry and sad and a bit silenced. People are very quick to work out whether they're being listened to or whether they're just soundboards for another's ideology. When they're treated like soundboards they tend to get entrenched, when they're listened to they tend to listen in return. People listening to each other is the only hope of finding a common way forward, everything else just ends in sectarian violence. It is amazing that simply tolerating a diversity of opinions and listening to them has become such a radical notion!

jjcon 6y ago
Well stated, I wholeheartedly agree. > It is amazing that simply tolerating a diversity of opinions and listening to them has become such a radical notion! I hope and believe that in time it will become less so again.
- nyokodo 6y ago
  It will probably get worse before it gets better but I share your hope and supporting our hope are historical counter-cultural corrections to their over-the-top antecedents (e.g. the 60s vs McCarthyism).