Addition, Rather Than Subtraction and Division

I'm not really worried about hostility expressed to Trump aides in public places galvanizing Trump supporters. I'm convinced that by the November elections Trump's base will consist of those who think separating kids from parents is an insufficient deterrent; they'd be okay with lining up the kids and shooting every fifth child. They're the people who are still riled that they had to live for 8 years under a disqualified black, Marxist president who was born in Kenya.

I think many of his other supporters will start getting a clue that America is worse off than it was two years ago and they were sold a bunch of hooey from a flim-flam man WHATEVER they make think about obstruction of justice or Mueller's investigation. Certainly the thought must be crossing the mind of any Harley-Davidson employees who voted him now that they're about to lose their jobs because of Trump's trade war.

What I'm worried about is what type of person do I want to be. When I escorted women at an abortion clinic publicly screaming abuse at women because, in their opinion. the women was committing murder, I SAW where this dementia leads first hand - ultimately culminating in the assassination of Dr. Tiller and two interviews I had with the FBI regarding threats against our lives.

I'm also reminded that Jesus horrified the righteous by extending table fellowship to prostitutes (who could be anything from prostitutes to chaste women living apart from acceptable male authority such as a husband or older brother) and tax collectors (who worked with the Romans, who had less regard for the rights of Jews under occupation than Trump has for Mexican immigrants - and that's saying something).

So my first objection is personal and moral and religious.

Which brings me to the "galvanizing Trump's base" argument, which is public and political.

On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski acknowledge the force of the "an unprecedented presidency calls for an unprecedented response rather than politics as usual",  made a counter-argument.

Scarborough said that somewhere between 40 - 45 % or so of the voting public support Trump, for reasons that are not completely clear.

But he made the point that in politics one wins political arguments by addition rather than subtraction. You win by bringing people from the opposing camp to your camp.

And he can't see how screaming at Trump aides in public places and calling them racists, Nazis, or whatever is going to motivate anyone to move from supporting to someone better than Trump (i.e., almost any sentient human).

Like the old story of the Wind and the Sun arguing who was stronger. The Wind pointed to an old man taking a walk and bet the sun he could remove the man's coat faster than the sun. So he blew and blew and blew but the man just clung to his coat even more tenaciously.

When the Wind gave up, the Sun came out and, as it warmed up, the man took off his coat.

Okay, I've now expressed myself fully and completely on this.

The Daily 202: Liberal hostility toward Trump aides could galvanize the GOP base (Washington Post)