In contrast to all of those feel-good pieces that give you advice on how to create a joyful connection to your family's own Trump fan, I'm suggesting the opposite. Don?t bother trying to understand or empathize with someone backing Trump. There's scientific evidence that it's not merely a waste of time; it might actually cause you psychic harm.

While it may have been possible to try to process how someone voted for Donald Trump in the first place, anyone who still supports him is a lost cause. There are not "many sides" to the story, as Trump himself claimed in the wake of the Charlottesville attacks. There is no moral equivalency between neo-Nazis and Antifa protesters. There is nothing cool about a president who bullies on Twitter. There is no justifiable argument for the Muslim ban or for a proposed tax bill that only helps the billionaire class. No, "clean" coal is not an ideal energy source. There are no alternative facts either. And trying to talk to folks who think any of that makes sense is a terrible idea.


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