Serious answers only. For over a year I was told that trump "doesn't have anything to do with that".

I honestly need to know from an actual Republican who believed trumps words and is now witnessing p2025 almost hit 50% completion with the department of education getting dismantled.

And with that; how do these people feel that public schools, daycare centers and tech schools all going to cost 3-6x as much as it does now for tuition?

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[–] 29 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I don't know any republicans personally but I would not be surprised if, given a choice between admitting fault and feeling bad, or literally any other option including lying or violence, they won't admit fault. If they weren't emotionally stunted, they wouldn't be conservatives.

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  • [–] 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    This is why blaming conservatives or getting them to admit fault doesn't work. It only makes them become more defensive and entrenched.

    A better approach is to appeal to their victim complex. IE: Instead of "Trump is ruining this country and its your fault for voting for him!" try "Dude, Trump is screwing us! This isn't the great America we were promised!" or some variation of that. Gotta use different tactics.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Humans in general are very hesitant to admit that they were wrong. Cult members doubly so.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It's so unfortunate too, because so many of our society's current ills can literally be boiled down to "so and so refused to admit they were wrong"

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Yeah I realized admitting fault is kind of a power move. You can just be like "oh! I was wrong. Woops" and what might have been a like hour long argument about some unimportant minutia instead just wraps up. Nothing bad happens.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I have literally stopped speaking to my parents over this and have put the ball in their court, telling them that all they need to do is re-evaluate their position about this one fucking guy and admit they were wrong.

    And I guess they're fine with just not speaking to their son instead.

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