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The dialogue I relayed? That was about it- all quietly spoken. He said we were right about Trump and we agreed. And that’s about it,
Go back and reread your OP.
I did re-read it. Several times. Please indicate where in our conversation with Charlie you see us bashing Trump.
Let me put this delicately- you won’t fit it because it’s not there.
The TDS in the dialogue that you imagine between Charlie, my wife and I exists only in your imagination, not in anything Charlie said, I said, or my wife said.
Do I criticize Trump here? Absolutely. There’s a lot to criticize there.
With my friends? Quite often.
When I’m speaking to a Trumper?. Sometimes- depends on the circumstances.
With Charlie, also- sometimes.
But Charlie was confessing that he’d changed his mind about Trump. He’d already made that determination. There was no need for either my wife or I to pile on, other than for her to say what she did. I think my part in that part of the conversation was simply to nod my head.
I’m really curious. Do you go running around bashing Democrats to everyone? I doubt it.
Then why do you think I do?
This is a political board. This is the appropriate venue for the words we post here. So why do you think I would bash anyone when a guy comes to our home and makes a confession that was probably difficult for him to speak? When he confesses that he’s come to believe that the warnings we gave him over the past few years are coming true in his own life?
Let me give you a clue that might even help you out………
Whenever someone comes to you and says “You’re right about what you told me (doesn’t matter what the subject is).
That’s not the time to say “I told you so!
That’s the time to bite your tongue and offer understanding and encouragement. More than anything, it’s a time for listening……which explains why neither my wife or I said much at all, except for what I wrote here.
When someone is angry at being lied to, and embarrassed for having believed those lies, that’s the time to allow that person to come to their own conclusions. It’s not a time for bombast.
And that advice goes for most areas of life and interactions with others.
Another free bit of advice: listen to what people actually say, not to what you imagine they really mean. If you have any confusion over what they mean, then ask them what they mean rather than relying on your own imagination…… which is something you have seemed to do quite a bit in this particular thread.
