In 2019 you’re more likely to be verbally or physically assaulted for wearing a RED hat than you are for being any race, religion or sexual preference.

Trump is a racist, and that bothers people, and those people are just as well intentioned as I’m sure you believe you are.

I am a social scientist (political scientist), and I am fairly certain you’re wrong in your assumption. But that’s good news, if we’re being honest. Similarly, your perception is true, and that matters too.

Where the schism is forming is in the theoretical line in the abstract ideological cognitive dissonance. The Left will tell you it’s one place, but there’s always some number by which to divide it by in order to arrive at something manageable. Same basic principle on the right.

But here’s the thing, intolerance towards minorities, like blacks, brown and gays, is real intolerance and something we, as colonists early on, agreed that wouldn’t be acceptable in our new society, and consented to give the government a monopoly on power so they could protect and police it. Those things, color, gay, sex: they are a product of nature. Discriminating against someone who didn’t choose to be black, female or gay, is the worst of the worst, and millions of people believe Trump is guilty of some of that, by choice. And by extension, perhaps erroneously, his voters. We all get that.

The Trump fans- who are not truly racist in their hearts- I’m sure get lumped into that other Richard Spencer crowd, only erroneously.

Don’t get me wrong, Trump is a stomped idiot who I have zero trust in, and sincerely believe we’re not on the same IR Game Strategy field as our adversaries at the moment, We can squabble around about domestic social issues, but we can’t take our attention off international matters, not for one second, and I know that’s where Trump is the least able.

Back to the assaults. There are pockets if them, I’m sure. But, they’re anecdotal at best.

Here’s what I would ask of you: please carry your must have issue positions at all times. Never back down. Hopefully they’re not racists- so work with me. They are important and reasonable to you, bat shit crazy to me maybe, so never, ever change your core ideological baseline hard stops.

We really must keep our eyes on international bad actors, but the true threat is if/when we loose one of our parties. That’s the biggest threat there is, so, I’m counting on you, bipolar voter, to do us proud, and stay determined.

One more important part to this; from the inside of the right, be reasonable and don’t be afraid to call out anyone in the GOP, or Ds, if necessary, but try to rationally and reasonably talk some guy who swears they’re mad at the world, but loves Trump, and only need that calming conversation from someone like minded about race, or religion or even how, when you think about it, liberals really aren’t communists, and maybe steer the direction somewhere else.

Please be a reasonable voice on that side. I promise to be too.

Good luck, we’re all counting on you.

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