Donald Trump shouldn't pander to his
base. Is it true? Yes, he won already and they are frightened
racists. (His supporters are frightened racists.) Can you
absolutely know he shouldn't still pander to his base? No. Maybe they
need to be heard and encouraged before they can move out of whatever
angry, resentful place they are stuck in. (Donald Trump's
supporters are angry and resentful. Is it true?)How
do you feel when you believe the thought that DT shouldn't pander to
his base, and you read that he is shouting at the Australian PM over
refugees? I become furious, outraged. I want to break things and I
wish actual harm on him. I shout at him in my head. I feel helpless
and it's a sickening feeling. I lose all sense of perspective about
what is my business and feel outraged that I can't control something
that is completely not my job to control. I am blind to the life in
front of me, the puppy on my lap, the cozy house. I create a
nightmare and blot out all awareness of the lovely moment that I live
in, the world still running as it should around me.
What do I get out of holding onto the thought that DT shouldn't pander to his base? I get to hate his voters who got the president they wanted under whom the majority of Americans must now suffer (The majority of Americans will suffer under Donald Trump. Is it true?) I get to continue to see DT as petty, wrong, small and illegitimate.
Can you see a reason to drop the thought that he shouldn't pander to his base? Yes. Arguing with what is is painful. I don't want to feel helpless and sickened.
Who would you be, in this news cycle, if you couldn't think the thought that Donald Trump shouldn't still be pandering to his base? I would be calmer, more open, more curious. I might wonder what he is doing, instead of assuming he's looking for accolades from the people who voted for him. I might consider that there is some other, more strategic reason to be behaving so unusually. I would feel more compassionate towards him. I could imagine him trying to be a man of his word, trying to live up to his campaign promises. I would be less uptight about the possible consequences of his actions, when I don't label them as “pandering” or “base” for that matter. I would trust the rest of the world more, to see through his bravado, to not take it personally. I would be less certain that his actions were harmful and illegitimate, and that would be more peaceful.
Turn it Around:
Donald Trump should pander to his base. Yes, it's called fulfilling your campaign promises. Being honest and delivering what you said you would deliver. It is in fact, the honorable thing to do. He doesn't have to be doing it out of approval seeking, but out of a belief that it's the right thing to do. He was elected on a clear platform and he hasn't deviated from it yet. That's honest, at least.
Donald Trump isn't pandering to his base. He's doing what he pledged to do. Nothing more. Nothing less.
I shouldn't pander to my base. Yes, my basest assumptions and judgments. I'd rather be right than allow that Trump might be less than awful. I shouldn't believe everything I read about him in my newsfeed. I shouldn't continue to paint him as the antichrist.
I should pander to my base. Yes. What is my base? To be kind, compassionate, think the best of others. I should do that here, with Trump and with his supporters. Stick with my base, stay in my business, and live the way I think he should live.
What do I get out of holding onto the thought that DT shouldn't pander to his base? I get to hate his voters who got the president they wanted under whom the majority of Americans must now suffer (The majority of Americans will suffer under Donald Trump. Is it true?) I get to continue to see DT as petty, wrong, small and illegitimate.
Can you see a reason to drop the thought that he shouldn't pander to his base? Yes. Arguing with what is is painful. I don't want to feel helpless and sickened.
Who would you be, in this news cycle, if you couldn't think the thought that Donald Trump shouldn't still be pandering to his base? I would be calmer, more open, more curious. I might wonder what he is doing, instead of assuming he's looking for accolades from the people who voted for him. I might consider that there is some other, more strategic reason to be behaving so unusually. I would feel more compassionate towards him. I could imagine him trying to be a man of his word, trying to live up to his campaign promises. I would be less uptight about the possible consequences of his actions, when I don't label them as “pandering” or “base” for that matter. I would trust the rest of the world more, to see through his bravado, to not take it personally. I would be less certain that his actions were harmful and illegitimate, and that would be more peaceful.
Turn it Around:
Donald Trump should pander to his base. Yes, it's called fulfilling your campaign promises. Being honest and delivering what you said you would deliver. It is in fact, the honorable thing to do. He doesn't have to be doing it out of approval seeking, but out of a belief that it's the right thing to do. He was elected on a clear platform and he hasn't deviated from it yet. That's honest, at least.
Donald Trump isn't pandering to his base. He's doing what he pledged to do. Nothing more. Nothing less.
I shouldn't pander to my base. Yes, my basest assumptions and judgments. I'd rather be right than allow that Trump might be less than awful. I shouldn't believe everything I read about him in my newsfeed. I shouldn't continue to paint him as the antichrist.
I should pander to my base. Yes. What is my base? To be kind, compassionate, think the best of others. I should do that here, with Trump and with his supporters. Stick with my base, stay in my business, and live the way I think he should live.
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