It’s simple, effective, and much more satisfying than trying to get people who hate you to stop hating you.

I feel like this is something you're supposed to learn on the school playground. Why does something so basic elude conservative politicians?

You can't make people like you. Changing yourself to appease them just humilates and erodes you, and shows them that they can can control you and make you do whatever they want. The result them using you their scapegoat for all of their own crimes. That's what kids do when they set up their least-liked 'friend' to be the fall guy in their mischief, and that's what the democrats have been doing to republicans since... Huh, JFK's assassination? ...That's a weird thought.

It’s simple, effective, and much more satisfying than trying to get people who hate you to stop hating you.

I feel like this is something you're supposed to learn on the school playground. Why does something so basic elude conservative politicians?

You can't make people like you. Changing yourself to appease them just humilates and erodes you, and shows them that they can can control you and make you do whatever they want. The result them using you their scapegoat for all of their own crimes. That's what kids do when they set up their least-liked 'friend' to be the fall guy in their mischief, and that's what the democrats have been doing to republicans since... Huh, JFK's assassination? ...That's a weird thought.