Blog note

It is apparent that in defense of democracy and the rule of law, America's political right, both MAGA and old-fashioned conservative, need to be exposed to various non-MAGA brands of politics far more than the left needs to hear more MAGA rhetoric. Although most of the right staunchly denies it, America's political left actually is generally is supportive of democracy, the rule of law and civil liberties. 

A right wing politics site that I do not understand the structure of asked for authors. Last night, I submitted an article and they published it this morning at this link. The site told me (1) they maintain civility so my non-MAGA point of view would be treated respectfully, but (2) I will need a thick skin. Needing a thick skin implies I will be attacked. I do not know how this will play out. 

I'm used to being attacked and insulted. That's not an issue for me. What I will look for is evidence that at least some of the people there will at least listen to what I have to say and not reject it out of hand as a pack of socialist lies, communist tyranny, pedophile perversion, or whatever is used to dismiss what non-MAGA opposition has to say or offer in evidence.

I'll try out writing based mostly on things like emotion, intuition and identity that researchers have found to be effective in talking to the MAGA rank and file crowd. It will be hard to leave behind heavy reliance on facts and sound reasoning. Maybe I won't be very good at it. Maybe I'll suck. 

But it's just an experiment. I like experiments. 👍😊