Do you guys believe that Trump supporters should be treated with civility?
Take the high road and show them what their Jesus meant when he spoke of the "golden rule".
I think everyone should be treated with respect unless they can show they do not deserve it.
Yes, they should.
But it's very hard when they defend all kinds of nastiness, such as separating children from their families and awarding the rich tax breaks whilst screwing the poor. They don't deserve it when the policies they endorse are less than civil. But lead by example.
Do you like what they stand for...then you treat them well. I'll treat them and Clinton's people like the WASPs they are. Mean, painful, useless, hateful, POS that RAID is made for.
Civility, yes. Pretended tacit agreement, absolutely not. Honest reaction to statements and actions of Trump supporters. Civil does not automatically mean you must act like their opposing stated positions are reasonable when you actually see them as horrendous and abusive and dishonest. If civil means not calling out lies and distortions, then no. I have been verbally intentionally insulted by some Trump supporters for honestly and sometimes bluntly criticizing Trump's political and policy actions. If someone's reaction to me honestly criticizing their chosen powerful politician is to call me names for exercising my Constitutional free speech, then I will respond more forcefully. That does not mean name-calling of people. It does mean calling bullshit as I see it. I expect them to do the same with me if they believe I have stepped over a line.
Only if they also treat others with the same civility they want for themselves... Of cours epeopel who act civil are seldom Trump supporters.
Agreed. I also think there is a difference between people who voted for him despite being concerned about his crude manner vs. That base that loves him all the more for his verbal abuses and lies tearing down his political detractors and marginalized vulnerable groups alike. Those true Trumpers deserve no kid glove treatment. Those were the people Hillary rightly called the basket of deplorables and got demonized for.
I try to be fair with everyone regardless of their views...and I voted for Trump. Most of my fellow conservatives on this site believe in doing the same.
@MikeInBatonRouge Trump voters kind of remind me of the crowd that used to hang around the school bully. They know the guy is an ass who does wrong, but just revel in the mischeif he causes other, or takes delight in teh misfortunes of others.
@SpikeTalon They key qualifier in that statement was "on this site". I'll grant that most of the conservatives "on this site" are much more reasonable than conservatives who are not on this site. Without religion, they re more likely to think fo themselves rather than blindly accept what they are told to believe.
@snytiger6 There is a group called Repubatheists that is trying to pushback against the religious influence currently in the GOP. I hope someday they are successful, religion does not belong in our politics, never.