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[–] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 69 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I like the attack that Donald has lost it. Let people have the out - they can think he was great before, so they were right to support him, but now Donald has changed so they can oppose him without ever admitting they were wrong.

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It would suck not to hold people accountable for their very bad decisions, but at this point if it means putting this shit behind us, I’d begrudgingly take it.

[–] Glifted@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

Those people would never admit they were wrong anyway

[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's all about creating a permission structure for people to change their minds without breaking their minds.

Allow them to change with grace and acceptance and embrace them for changing.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 day ago

Is this how deprogramming works? Many of his followers have made him their way of life.

Changing a person’s worldview isn’t a trivial undertaking.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 day ago

Keen observation. And here I was, focusing mostly on the Couchfucker aspect of the ad. I’m glad you pointed this out as I hadn’t caught that.