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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If more people went to places like the Highlands of Guatamala and saw the poverty there there might be less Trump supporters. Its hard to have empathy for people fleeing those types of lives unless you have seen it first hand.[/quote]

+1.

And that empathy does not evolve out of blindly sending money to people supposedly already "on the ground".  Those people on the ground hopefully have empathy, and hopefully are fiscally responsible, but all it does for you is give you something charitable to talk about at your gala events.[/quote]

Oh please.  As if your latest mission trip is never the topic of conversations to show off your 'goodwill'.

Do your research, don't just send money to random organizations.  If you want to really help, contact them and ask what you can actually do.  Usually organizations don't need random people without the skills they specifically need to come there and ask for something to do.  They need funds and they need people with specific skills that can come there for the long term.  Be and become part of the community you want to change, not change the community to suit your beliefs.

And the fact that you are linking going on your exploiting mission trips as equating to less Trump supporters is straight up laughable.  The only way that would work is if your asking people to donate to your free vacation rather than to Trump.

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