During one long and painful session of listening to my room mate ranting and essentially venting her anger against Donald Trump and his supporters, I realized something. She was going on and on, livid with her misguided rage (but feeling justified in it, nevertheless). Any attempt to inject reason into our "argument" resulted in her either doubling down, or just inventing another charge against Trump (and his political supporters). She hates for the sake of her hatred, as if that were her life's purpose. Not to love and to forgive, but to hate. I out right asked her, "so you think it's OK to punish people for what they believe, if you disagree with them? You would throw me out on the street, homeless, to lose my job and my things, because you hate Donald Trump? " Her response: "yes, because Trump is a monster whom you've embraced". Any attempt to show her the receipts disproving that claim resulted in a bizarre display of childish behavior. We've all observed a tactic young children use to not hear mom or dad say "no". They'll cover their ears and make annoying noises to drown out the "no, you can't do that and here's why" coming from their mom or dad. She just talks over me; if I try to exceed her tone, she raises it until she's nearly apoplectic with her anger and rage.
Fortunately, she and I co-signed on the lease, and she's not able to evict me with the help of the police. She can legally do nothing against me, but I know she would if she could. All this, coming from a person who claimed she loved and respected me before she knew about me and my disgusting love affair with a brutal dictator. "But he's Hitler! He hates women, and if you support him, you do, too!" In case you were wondering, I did not once take the bait. I did not rail against her for her consciously chosen evil. I did not argue. I simply listened, remained calm despite being drenched with her vile poisonous vomit, and when it was over, went to bed and slept like a baby. Because now I know the path forward. My experiences with her, with "sleeping in the same house as the enemy", point me in a specific direction.
Because my room mate is an attractive, smart-enough type of woman who loves her adult children and her pets. She gets up every day and goes to work. She commits random acts of kindness from time to time, un-asked for and always thoughtful and considerate. I've known her for over two years now, and I love her dearly. So when I see her consumed by her irrational hatred, fueled by Leftist talking points, I feel my own rage. Not against my room mate, but against the people pushing and encouraging her to destroy herself in hatred for an innocent man. It's staggering to see this right in front of me, in my own home. This is what the people working for the media machine accomplish with their numerous lies, reported as facts. They kill, they destroy, they torture. A deranged individual hears their lies, and tries to shoot and kill Trump.
