by Max Barry

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North aurelia wrote:I would not blame you for being bitter as a black man exposed to the cruelties of prejudice visited upon you but I can challenge you to overcome that bitterness because as a gay man, I too can understand prejudice in a very personal way.
But not everyone who supports Donald Trump does so because they are racist or hateful. We make assumptions that his supporters have the same understanding of him as we do when this is not so often the case because far too often people are willing to invest themselves in a candidate with only the most basic understanding of who they are and what they stand for, especially in this day and age where technology has fostered a pack mentality that can reach every corner of the country.
This is why dialogue is important. The modern political process is promulgated through sound bites and catchphrases. People have flocked to Trump because they want to "Make America Great Again." They won't bother with explaining how this should be done because the opposition does not expect them too. We have shut them out.
If we make the opposition out to be our enemies, they will not remain open to the idea that they may be wrong because we have put them on the defensive. If there was ever a man who stopped his racism, was it because people hated him for it or rather he realized the people he himself hated were not so different from himself?

I did not clearly state that every person who supports Trump has the same racist, narcissistic and discriminatory ideas as him. I simply said an abundant fragment of his supporters support him for that reason.
They may want to 'Make America Great Again', but the methods that they wish to take in order to reach that goal, you must understand, include building a wall to keep Mexican migrants out, and getting rid of Muslims.
They don't want to explain how they'll 'Make America Great Again', because, they have little plans. Trump has said he'll make America great again, but hasn't stated what steps he'll take. He expects it to happen, because he's rich and handsome. He's a joke, and an embarrassment, and the fact that a person like him is running for the Presidential election is repugnant.
It is exceptionally significant that one listens to another in order to understand certain political beliefs. Everyone should have the right to speak as they wish to speak, and do as they wish to do. Without freedom of speech, we'd be controlled by dictatorships. But, you must understand that there is a point to where that can go. If you let someone conduct hate speeches and other negative ways of expressing radical views too much, they will inspire others to do the same, and be able to go as far as Trump has. If one hates homosexuals, or hates blacks, or hates females, then one should maintain their right to say that. But going as far as 'Homosexuals are bad for the environment', or 'females shouldn't be in business', or 'Mexicans shouldn't have the right to go into another country', is extreme and the point at which it gets too far. Let's go back a few decades, Germany, pre-WW2. Hitler came into power, he was considered to be a great speaker, and was allowed to say what he wished for a prolonged amount of time, he wanted to 'Make Germany great Again', and yet he spoke about different ethnic groups in a derogatory and discriminatory manner. He was voted in, and well... everyone knows what happened after that. The same thing could happen if Trump is voted in.
I agree with you when you say that attacking people of a different political view will make them seem sanctimonious.
Hatred towards someone for having a political idea, usually does not trigger them to be quiet about what they think, and nor should it.

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