Dear White, Christian Trump Supporters: A Follow-Up

[guillaumeb]

From the article:

My last post, addressed to white, Christian Trump supporters and calling for dialogue about common ground, brought an overwhelming response, including emails from a number of conservative readers. As I read and responded to emails, I noticed some things that have led me to respond and continue the conversation............

Still this leaves me wondering. While the conservative folks who emailed me did not vote for Trump in the primaries, obviously a lot of conservative Christians did. How do conservative Christians explain Christian support for Trump in the primaries (particularly when there were many other candidates who demonstrated a much more authentic Christian identity)? And why aren’t more conservative Christians calling out Trump’s ongoing bad behavior?

Read more:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dear-white-christian-trump-supporters-a-follow-up_us_58af7b75e4b0e5fdf6196ff0?utm_hp_ref=Christianity

If we do not have dialogue with Trump supporters, do we simply accept a division and make no attempts to find commonality?

[atreides1]

1. Ask yourself this question!

"What do I have in common with Trump supporters?"

[guillaumeb]

2. Many things. As, presumably, do you.

But I also have many differences, and the most obvious is that I would never vote for Trump.

[Htom Sirveaux]

3. I'm tired of this idea that it's the responsibility of the left to reach out.

It leads to the idea that the left has to be saints in order for Trump voters to listen, and they can justify any bad behavior on their part by saying that the left failed to live up to Trump voters' expectations. They don't deserve that pedestal. The whole problem of many Trump voters is their insular, (white, Christian) tribe-first mentality. They are the ones who need to learn to reach out to those different from them.

[guillaumeb]

4. It is the responsibility of both sides to reach out.

Unless both sides simply accept that there can be no unity and no dialogue.

[Htom Sirveaux]

5. Obama bent over backward to reach out.

Remember?

Sorry, after the way conservatives treated him, it's clear where the responsibility and blame for lack of unity/dialogue lies.

The narrative of "both sides are responsible" is dead.

[guillaumeb]

6. I said that both sides are responsible for reaching out.

If one side refuses, the GOP pattern, that is a problem. But if people are serious about dialogue someone must initiate the process.

[edhopper]

7. appeasement works so well

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