Reply #7: I dunno where I want him, but I dont want him to fade away

[Myra]

After watching him in the Dem debates I
was just floored at how bright and witty
and composed he is.

I then had to undo years of loathing, because
before the Dem debates if someone said his name
I'd go into dry heaves. I had the lowest possible
opinion of him. Now it's more mixed; I think he's
done some iffy things in the past, but when I search
on google to see if he's crossed certain lines, I
can't find evidence that he has. I can mostly just
find accounts of someone trashing him and claiming
he's said and done (fill in the blank). So I'm softening
my views of even his past, though not 100%.

Regardless, I care less about his past and more about his
future because the brain I've seen in the debates shouldn't
be put a shelf somewhere. But it's gonna be a real uphill
march for him to gain mainstream acceptance. You should see
people's faces when I tell them how good he is in the debates.
Both friends and family members have recoiled in horror when
I've told them. And frankly that's the reaction I'd have had
before the debates.

They really just have to see for themselves.
But it's a dilemma. His name triggers such negative
reactions that many would have to be forced to watch him
(as I was in the debates). Once people watch and listen,
I think he can win them over.