(November 17, 2016 at 10:40 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Example:
My mom is EXTREMELY pro life. It was my aunt's pro life views that saved my older sister from being aborted when my mom got pregnant at 19 by a drug dealer abusive boyfriend, and everyone else in the family wanted my mom to abort her.
Abortion is an extremely personal, and emotional thing for my mom.
BUT, my mom voted for Hillary. Despite Hillary being super pro choice, even when it comes to late term abortions. Does that make my mom pro choice? Does that mean she "overlooked' an issue that is so close to her heart? Does that mean she agrees with Hillary on her views regarding this issue? No!
My mom voted for Hillary because, as bad as she thought Hillary was, she thought Trump was worse. In her own words, she "voted anti Trump."
...It's the same way with many Trump voters, including my father who begrudgingly voted for him.
Moral of the story, when you start projecting and assuming you know the mind and heart of someone who voted for Trump or for Hillary, and then calling them racist/bigots or baby killers respectively, you are only marginalizing them. And they likely won't vote for your side the next time around.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh