11-07-2020, 07:57 AM
(11-05-2020, 10:25 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: The blue folks have not convinced all of the above groups to flip in a consistent way. The believers in each issue still believe. Some of the above may fade with demographics, but it is not enough to convince those dedicated to one or another principle to switch.
This time around we had Trump to unite against. This was due do Trump being absurdly bad, not that any of the basic red values have changed.
The hallmark of the crisis is supposed to be solving problems. This is not going to happen if each faction seeks to totally block the other. The goal out to be to find a solution that doesn't get in the way of what the other guys believe with fervor. Too much fervor. Too much going against the other guy. Too much insistence on taking the other down.
If the Republicans stick with a policy of obstructionism, if the senate blocks any attempt to reform racist systematic policing, if the newly conservative court starts legislating from the bench, taking down things like health care and a woman's control of her own body, things could still get intense. The red can believe thoroughly in such things.
The Blue folks have had negative results with the Trumpists. Don't try to convince them, it merely motivates them to oppose, oppose, oppose! We have COVID hot spots in overwhelmingly Trump areas, and they go on their merry way making things even worse. Hospitals, such as they are in rural areas, are already overwhelmed. It's the libs fault! Nevermind that they only exist because the Dems finally passed Medicare expansion two years ago.
The only potential reversal is something so traumatic that it can't be ignored, or the death of the Boomers. Our age group is the flame in these rural areas. I don't see it passing until we do too. The Red Prophets are still Prophets, and they aren't going to stop.
