Posted on 09/02/2022 4:14:28 AM PDT by MtnClimber
How can you reach people with closed minds? Try these.
Have you ever talked with a liberal and made a comment that shuts him down completely? "Trump sure is getting a raw deal with that FBI raid, isn't he?" His eyes go glassy, and he starts to look for the exit. Or he repeats something automatically, like "Trump deserves anything he gets."
This "orange man bad" mantra is often called "Trump Derangement Syndrome." It effectively shuts down all communication between disagreeing sides and prevents any kind of meaningful dialogue, even between good friends or family members. Even intelligent people who are suffering greatly from Biden/liberal policies, through loss of jobs, high gas and oil prices, rapid inflation, high taxes, or curbs on religious freedoms, won't be able to change their minds and consider voting for a conservative or moderate candidate once he is somehow linked to Donald Trump.
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So how can you reach people with closed minds?
1. Be from within their tribe. Start by reinforcing what the two of you have in common — you may have lived in the same city, had similar jobs or similar backgrounds.
2. Get permission to discuss — "Would you like to tell me about your views on global warming?" This makes the idea of a discussion non-threatening.
3. Resolve never to argue or raise your voice. Don't threaten or invoke fear. If things start to become even a little heated, then withdraw — "we can always discuss this later" or "now may not be the time to discuss this." Getting into a heated argument is going to activate the liberal's lizard brain and end logical reasoning.
4. Start small. Don't try to convince the liberal that Donald Trump is the next George Washington. Go for a smaller issue
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Nice article.
TDR is like being a Mets fan.
I generally agree. Probably 10-percent of the people who voted for Biden, now realize that he’s not the guy you want in charge. By the end of the year, I think another 10-percent will have flipped.
Probably half of these people will blame CNN for fraudulent and biased news.
“liberal’s mind”
I don’t follow.
For about 6% of the population there is no change no matter how glaring the evidence. To look at the evidence objectively is very frightening for them. To accept the evidence means a complete repudiation of everything they have believed and held dear in their psychological makeup. Acceptance of truth would be too frightening and overwhelming for them; therefore they use defense tactics of denial justification and they rationalize. This keeps them safe.
I like your thinking here, and you are so right. It’s called planting-a-seed. We can’t always expect to be able to see the results of our efforts. Many times we are only able to plant seeds. Then we step back and pray for Devine intervention as well as a chance to meet again to further “water” that seed.
LOL. Yep, that will work, every time it’s tried. 🤪
I don’t have time to do “talk therapy” on Tards any more. Almost never works. The vast majority are herd animals. Confronted with contempt and failure often enough, they start adapting to what they feel is the new normal.
LOL, that works too.
It’s actually 30%. Consistantly.
An interesting book about mass hypnosis is called “The psychology of Totalitarianism” by Mattias Desment. (You can also find him interviewed on YouTube.)
It is one of the most interesting books I have ever read. Clarifies the things we are observing.
“We are all Negan”
It’s an oxymoron.
:)
I saw a sign on the back of a pickup truck yesterday in the VA parking garage. It said:
“Beware! I ride horses which means I own pitchforks, have the strength to haul hay, and have the guts to scream at a half-ton animal after being kicked ... YOU will not be a problem.”
I hope this is the dumbest thing I read all day. There’s no negotiating anymore with the entrenched left, there is only victory or submission.
Your number is far too low, I think 36% is closer.
You are not going to change a liberal’s mind any more than they are going to change a conservative’s mind. Both sides are too set in their ways.
My thoughts exactly.
The only actual solution.
This is a spiritual battle and the deception of the enemy can only be dealt with on a spiritual level.
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