Thank you. This piece is well-written and reasoned and made me feel a little hopeful. I do wonder what you mean when you say that conservatives aren’t moved by messages that are “hysterically anti-Trump.” Do you mean, passionately or vehemently anti-Trump? If not, how do these “hysterical” messages differ from yours when you reference, for instance, the “devastating, unprecedented harm [Trump’s] power enables him to inflict.”
Hi Eleanor, thank you for reading and for your nice words. It's a great question. I was trying to create a distinction between anti-Trump aspersions that have demonstrable evidence and ones that don't. I have many liberal friends who are triggered at any mention of Trump to automatically assume what he says or does is bad or wrong. I hope the aspersions I cast are of the other kind, where anyone can see the harm being caused if they look for it. If I didn't hit the mark, that's instructive for me to be more precise with my language. In that sense, you are helping me. Thank you.
Thank you. This piece is well-written and reasoned and made me feel a little hopeful. I do wonder what you mean when you say that conservatives aren’t moved by messages that are “hysterically anti-Trump.” Do you mean, passionately or vehemently anti-Trump? If not, how do these “hysterical” messages differ from yours when you reference, for instance, the “devastating, unprecedented harm [Trump’s] power enables him to inflict.”
Hi Eleanor, thank you for reading and for your nice words. It's a great question. I was trying to create a distinction between anti-Trump aspersions that have demonstrable evidence and ones that don't. I have many liberal friends who are triggered at any mention of Trump to automatically assume what he says or does is bad or wrong. I hope the aspersions I cast are of the other kind, where anyone can see the harm being caused if they look for it. If I didn't hit the mark, that's instructive for me to be more precise with my language. In that sense, you are helping me. Thank you.