welcome
The Hill

The Hill

US Politics

US Politics

Opinion: Can we lower toxic polarization while still opposing Trump?

The Hill
Summary
Nutrition label

67% Informative

Frida Ghitis: Some people see this work as overly idealistic and “kumbaya’s” work as “helping the bad guys” Ghitis says we must distinguish between beliefs and approach to conflict.

She says a lot of anti-Trump approaches have backfired when liberals unfairly demean Trump supporters, or interpret his statements in the worst possible light, they deepen conservatives’ feeling of being under siege and push them further into warlike thinking.

Ghitis writes: Dismissing Trump voters as immoral and irredeemable isn’t right, and will push them away further.

Those opposed to Trump should learn from experts who write about how working against opponents in more persuasive and less polarizing ways.

We should also be cautious about “catastrophizing” when we speak as if the sky has already fallen, we help create an arms-race mentality.

VR Score

69

Informative language

65

Neutral language

31

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

44

Offensive language

likely offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

detected

Time-value

short-lived

External references

28

https://leedrutman.org/the-doom-loophttps://www.vox.com/2016/4/21/11451378/smug-american-liberalismhttps://ericaetelson.substack.com/https://thefulcrum.us/election-2024/worse-case-view-of-donald-trumphttps://defusingamericananger.substack.com/p/addressing-questions-from-skepticshttps://perceptiongap.us/https://artofassociation.substack.com/p/pluralism-in-the-trump-erahttps://thefulcrum.us/bridging-common-ground/political-polarization-2671039318https://neverclosetheinquiry.substack.com/p/41-usaid-like-a-bull-in-a-hey-ishttps://www.deseret.com/utah/2024/07/11/cox-disagree-better-study/https://defusingamericananger.substack.com/p/how-does-our-anger-at-them-createhttps://defusingamericananger.substack.com/p/to-avoid-destruction-we-must-ownhttps://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/the-democrats-culture-denialismhttps://american-anger.com/https://www.healthyrich.co/p/fuck-trump-votershttps://thehill.comhttps://www.thenation.com/article/politics/bette-midler-rural-america/https://heterodoxacademy.org/blog/research-summary-race-and-the-race-for-the-white-house-on-social-research-in-the-age-of-trump/https://defusingamericananger.substack.com/p/making-mistakes-about-our-opponentshttps://behavior-podcast.com/https://www.persuasion.community/p/theres-no-substitute-for-public-opinionhttps://outrageoverload.net/outrage-41-how-certainty-fuels-outrage-and-division-ilana-redstone/https://www.readtangle.com/scotus-reinstates-trump-colorado-ballot/https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4731355-elon-musk-is-making-political-debate-more-toxic-heres-how-to-change-course/https://www.persuasion.community/p/how-not-to-resist-donald-trumphttps://whateveryoneneedstoknow.com/display/10.1093/wentk/9780190867782.001.0001/isbn-9780190867782https://www.buzzfeed.com/hannahmarder/people-who-cut-off-others-over-election-share-whyhttps://www.economist.com/interactive/essay/2024/10/31/when-politics-is-about-hating-the-other-side-democracy-suffers

Affiliate links

no affiliate links