Alan: I emphatically disagree with the professor Parry's statement that there's no need to open one's heart to Trump supporters.
However, as "offenses" go, Parry's is pretty trivial.
To contemplate an "offense" of real magnitude, please consider:
"Must-See" Video Mash-Up Of Trump's Racism
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2018/07/reprise-must-see-video-mashup-revealing.html
On the other hand, I agree with Parry on his comment that Trumpistas will cause people to die. In fact, Trump's rhetoric has already contributed to racially and ethnically motivated killing and by way of elaboration I provide the following "bibliography."
"Pittsburgh Rabbi Told Trump That Hate Speech Led To Synagogue Massacre" CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/03/us/pittsburgh-shooting-first-shabbat/index.html
Trumpian Nativism Leads to Anti-Semitism
The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/11/anti-semitism-inherent-trumps-nativism/574672/
How the Pittsburgh Shooter and Other Anti-Semites Hear Trump
The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/11/how-pittsburgh-shooter-and-anti-semites-hear-trump/574732/
A History Of Trump's Incitation To Violence
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/04/trump-incites-violence.html
America's Forgotten Pogroms
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/11/02/americas-forgotten-pogroms-222181
Your decision to focus this relatively trivial occurence calls to mind:
The Sky Is Falling: Conservatives Are Panicked About Most Things. Alarmism Is In Their Genes.
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-sky-is-falling-conservatives-are.html?showComment=1557602102938
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