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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
I have a bunch of family in California. Many of them - not all, but some - are Republicans. Lifelong Republicans. They are all beautiful people. They are not racists (from anything I have ever seen), and they certainly aren't misogynists. They don't vote for Trump, they vote Republican. If asked about his racist or misogynistic behavior, they would say that the media has twisted it, or blown it out of proportion, or even made it up. They would also say that they were Republicans before Trump, and they'll be Republicans long after he is gone.
We are ALL vulnerable to cognitive dissonance at times. It doesn't make us bad people if/when we are guilty of it.
They are beautiful people and I love them. And the fact that they make their political choices for different reasons than I do, doesn't change that, and it doesn't change my opinion of them as people.
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Yeah there are good people on the other side.
They likely grew up with a different belief system but their heart is in the right place still. Seen it myself too.
Good candidate or terrible candidate they'll vote the way of their party.
I won't understand the defending or downplaying of Trumps comments but at least those good ones don't get bent out of shape and won't go disrupting other people's lives for the guy.
I'm hoping there are more of those people than not.