There is one thing I forgot to mention about my strategy of winning over one friend at a time to be aware of Trump’s and the Republican’s shittiness.
The whole idea originated from my success in flipping one guy who hung out closely with the other maga/conservative supporters in our group.
He had mentioned one thing to me year ago where he was confused about some stupid thing Trump had done. I used that as an opportunity to open a conversation.
However, I didn’t bombard him with thoughts, information and data. Instead I just provided a few key comments. And then over time I would maybe send him something here or there that was related to what we discussed. It took about six months, but by the end of he had had completely flipped.
He now is trying to flip one of our other guys, his best friend. I’m cautiously optimistic that between him and I we will have this guy flipped by January.
And there’s one other interesting side note. I knew nothing about Trump in 2015 when he ran for president. Being an independent, I liked the idea of a “business man” being in the White House. However, surly cloak room folks flipped me by well before Election Day, so that I didn’t vote for him. So surly flipped me in about 6 months too.
One sad note from that time, even though I had flipped I remember after the election I still expressed hope that maybe all of his craziness would calm down now that he was president. Silly me.
You can flip one person in six months. Do it.