lol
I keep referencing the grand liberal delusion (which is they can somehow change human nature through legislation) -
But this ^^^ may be the equivalent rightie delusion, that one can somehow separate the collective from the individual.
Righties tend to be polite civilized people, they're mostly the opposite of in-your-face (with rare exceptions), and they don't like to diss individuals for their party's idiotic ideas.
Me, I've gone quite the other way. I can't have a political discussion in public without some jackass accusing me of being a Trump lover, and then it's a short step from there to racist and all the rest. So, I've become very proactive at the individual level. I will not hesitate to make an example out of someone in public.
The last time, I was standing in line at a restaurant, back when it was outdoor-only and we all had to wear masks, and we struck up a discussion about the masks with the next people in line. So this young teenage girl who's like three couples down in line, walks back and starts ragging on me for being a Trumpie, and the minute she uttered the word "racist" I said okay that's it you're toast. So I let her go on for a while, just to the point where everyone was starting to look at me wondering if I really was a racist.
Then I made her cry. I pulled out pictures of my kids and showed them to her. Her face turned beet red, she was so humiliated she was literally speechless, and when she looked up there were tears in her eyes. I didn't say a word after that, I just flashed the pics around so everyone could see, and they all turned away like okay we're done here.... y'know?
I'm not going to be passive about that kind of thing any more. I'll put the progtards right down on Front and Main, where they can't POSSIBLY manipulate public opinion!