politics

Don’t Belittle Trump Supporters?

Nick Kristof argues that privileged liberals should avoid demeaning Trump supporters as a matter of political strategy. Here, I discuss how liberals and Trump supporters tend to demean each other because each side feels politically disempowered—and I compare them to the high-stakes conflict of Israel/Gaza as well as a relatively low-stakes conflict in the field of psychology.

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Showing warmth alongside competence can help a woman (in particular) gain power.