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Team Trump Must Bend, Not Us
No peace without justice, no reconciliation without truth
For people who savor calling others snowflakes, Trump supporters certainly are a delicate bunch. And to hear many tell it, we should treat them as such, with understanding and compassion, giving them time to work out their sadness at the defeat of their Emperor God.
Calls for this kind of forbearance have filled the airwaves and op-ed pages since the election. Don’t gloat, they tell us. Be good winners, they implore. Reach out to at least one Trump supporter and try to engage in productive dialogue, comes the advice of political scientist Ian Bremmer.
Do it for the sake of unity or in the name of healing. Do it for America.
Although team Trump built its brand on a mantra of “fuck your feelings” and transformed conservative politics into a singular quest to “own the libs” on social media, we are now expected to return their contempt with ecumenism.
Despite their roaring approval of (or muted indifference to) the ripping of children from their parents at the border, their rapturous rejection of masking and social distancing — which has contributed to the deaths of nearly a quarter-million people — and their orgasmic joy at the sight of law enforcement beating and tear-gassing racial justice…
