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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsYou're surrounded by Trumpers around a dining table. How to make points about Covid in 5 easy steps.
1/ Before you eat, place your hands together and tell your dining companions that you would like to say a prayer.
You are now in a very unusual position. A Democrat with a lot of Republicans listening to you.
2/ Now, in your own words, thank the Lord for bringing you all together, and if appropriate, the love or friendship you all share. You already have everyone's full attention!
3/ Now, say in your own words that you ask that the Lord gives strength to all those who are sick, especially those who are sick during this difficult time, and in particular to the unvaccinated who are the most badly affected. Say that you pray that the Lord blesses those in the medical profession who are under enormous pressure because hospitals are filled to capacity and that you hope the Lord helps to guide the unvaccinated to make the right choice before many more die. Note: you have actually been able to make points about Covid without anyone butting in!
4/ Now we bring the prayer back to something all will agree on. For example, thank the Lord for the meal you are about to receive and for continuing to bring love hope and inspiration.
5/ Amen!
You did it!
roamer65
(36,745 posts)Watch them all fret and back away.
Then say, oh, just kidding.
SoCalDavidS
(9,998 posts)texasfiddler
(1,990 posts)I was going to add take a bite and claim the food has no flavor and start coughing
roamer65
(36,745 posts)lindysalsagal
(20,680 posts)roamer65
(36,745 posts)It gets me in trouble sometimes.
marble falls
(57,080 posts)blogslug
(38,000 posts)Something along those lines might work with MAGATs that don't know me. Them that do wouldn't believe for a second that I would want to start a prayer.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)(C) I'm an atheist; religion repels me.
Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)Chainfire
(17,536 posts)Old Loretta said it: