” calling good, passionately solid conservatives “voter suppression trolls” is a stupid move.”
What would YOU call people who are calling themselves “conservatives” while ardently advocating for election and victory of Democrats, and keeping Harry Reid and Obama in power?
Well, not being dumb as a stump, my first move would not be to FALSELY INSULT my fellow conservatives with whom I disagreed. You don’t win people over to your POV that way. You simply cement their opposition and ignite their antipathy.
Now if I held your view, and I wanted to actually accomplish something, the first thing I would do is to state that I understood the other conservatives’ position. I.e.: establish a modicum of common ground, which lies not in *agreement* but in simply understanding. I doubt you do or even *can* truly grasp the opposition to your stance, so that option is out/unavailable to you.
So all you can really do is NOT totally alienate fellow conservatives who see this issue differently from you, while at the same time making the strongest case you can for the course of action you recommend. Notice what is missing? The insults. They are counterproductive. If you have two brain cells to rub together, drop that approach ASAP.
Otherwise, here’s a really fun option for you. Take a true conservative with whom you disagree—I volunteer for this experiment—and do this. Insult them, insult them some more, and then just keep on insulting them. Ask them to let you know when you have sufficiently insulted them to win them over to your POV.
As I said, I’d be delighted to volunteer. More fun than a barrel of monkeys.