Inside the Untold Drama: Crafting a Trump vs. Anti-Trump RomCom with Erik Bork
So, I altered that. And I also found some reasons why he supported Trump that were, that were, you know, specific reasons why some people might support Trump, it doesn’t mean they support everything about him. You know, part of the thing about polarization is you believe people on the other side are all the most extreme version of the other side that you’ve ever seen, and that they agree with everything the person they voted for, whatever say, and even people more extreme than that. And the reality is not that the reality is that the average voter is probably close to voters on the other side closer than they realize in terms of basic values and beliefs. And they might like certain things about a candidate and not other things, but it’s enough to make them choose that candidate, you know, especially people that are more like in the middle or more invincible that aren’t, you know, so, so I try that’s part of the polar anti polarization messages to pick people being more complicated and nuanced than they are. So even though I came more from the left myself, she’s actually a little more closed off to people with other views than he is, and more just kind of hardcore on her side, it doesn’t know anybody to vote for Trump until she meets this guy, whereas he has been around a lot of people in LA who, who, who think it’s unthinkable, and what he wouldn’t even admit who he voted for, and stuff like that, and is more open, even though he doesn’t convince them of things politically, he’s more open to discuss them. So these are the kind of things I was talking about with these nonprofit people who, in one way or another, are trying to, you know, ratchet down the heat of polarization in our society, regardless of what your political views are, with the idea that being less polarized doesn’t mean you give on issues, and you have to meet in the middle on issues, it just means you don’t hate people that voted differently, and you want to hear what they have to say or be more open to, you may learn something outside of your information bubble, let’s say.
