This question’s on my mind because my coworker today mentioned they would vote for Trump if they could (mind you this is 2023, in Canada). I don’t generally have the talking points or the desire to fight about it, so I just deflected the conversation. But I often wish I was more strong-willed and could try to figure out why someone believes what they do and, if it’s invalid, then convince them otherwise.
Thus, I’m curious what you all would say or what you’ve done in the past!
I would ask why. Is the reason personal? Moral? Based on their achievements? I’ll put it this way. I was watching this story (not the first time it was brought up) which takes place in a town that really loved Mussolini. That much didn’t bother me, it’s circumstantial and it happens, it was how they expressed it that set me off, by setting out to lethally betray the one person in town who was a critic of Mussolini by killing his family. Technically I’d argue they’re indirect victims of the Nazi Italy death toll. If someone has no problem with me, I don’t feel as averse, but this is rarely the case anyways.