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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Still waiting to hear how the PP thinks we should all “compromise”.

Since this all, you know, our fault. 
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Gawd, you're insufferable (and I'm on YOUR SIDE).

How should you compromise?

1. Recognize that those with differing political beliefs are not the enemy.

2. Even if they are, recognize that screaming at them or ignoring them will not improve the situation.

3. Attempt to address their concerns in ways that you find reasonable. To take an easy example, race-based affirmative action could be replaced with affirmative action based on economic disadvantage (as many left-leaning scholars have long proposed).

I could give literally 100 more examples, but it's pretty straightforward across the board, with only a few truly irreconcilable positions. [/quote]

Dp. Nope.  I'm ignoring.  You are free to associate with maga.  Not me.[/quote]

Then you're putting your feelings and precious ideological purity above actually accomplishing anything.

You are, in short, the equivalent of a Jill Stein voter in a swing state.[/quote]

More of that false equivalency. 
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Nope.

Both are symbolic gestures that accomplish nothing except making the actor feel better about themselves.

And both are demonstrably counterproductive in achieving the actor's external goals.

I'd say they are exactly alike.

But how 'bout answering this: what do *you* think is the real-world effect of shunning Trump voters/calling them Nazis?

Does it change their minds? Make them less extreme? Less likely to support a candidate like Trump? More likely to compromise/support your policy goals?
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One directly supports the election of Trump.

The other is saving time/energy/emotion from fruitless efforts.

The real world effect is not having to deal with all of that BS. Zero of the MAGAs I know are changing their minds based off of anything I do. Ask me how I know.

But you know all of this already, shtstirrer. You just want to sow division further and gaslight Ds. [/quote]

Both directly contribute to the ongoing phenomenon of Trump support. But yes, one does have personal costs. I'd argue a distinction without a difference in terms of broader impact.

And I am 100% doing the opposite of sowing division further. I'm happy to talk to virtually anyone about virtually anything, even those with whom I disagree.
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