My Father-in-Law is very proud of his approach to reading the news. He subscribes to two newspapers: one Far Left and one Far Right.
The Far Left newspaper is the New York Times.
The Far Right newspaper is the Wall Street Journal.
I have tried to tell him that they are both Left-wing. Both hate Trump. Both disagree with everything Trump says. They are, essentially, the same.
He just brushes that off because I clearly “don’t get it”. You see, one of them is Far Left and the other one is Far Right.
Buy him a subscription to a good right newspaper or magazine..............
How do i discuss policy with people that start off by calling me a fascist/racist?
Good post.
Framing the issue is critical.
If the frame is wrong then everything else will be wrong after that.
I wouldn’t consider dislike for Trump to be a defining factor in ‘leftism’.
As much as many of us like him, Trump can be polarizing. I think there are lots of people who are Conservative in terms of political philosophy but simply dislike Trump or the way he goes about things.
Steele Dossidiots come from both sides.
Going out on a limb, I bet he voted for Kamala, right?
The only part of the Wall Street Journal that’s ever been ‘conservative’ has been the op-ed page.