I can't stand Trump... But I'm Voting for Him

[RoBo1988]

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Sums up a lot for me as to why I'm voting for him, too

 

[Desk trauma]

Can’t stand him yet sings his praises with every word after that first line, pull the other one.

 

[BCP1928]

Here in the US we elect our governments. Sometimes we elect good governments. sometimes bad governments, but we always get the government we deserve. So if Trump wins in November, I will at least have the satisfaction of knowing that fellow and those like him are truly getting the government they deserve.

 

[RoBo1988]

Can’t stand him yet sings his praises with every word after that first line, pull the other one.

Maybe because they support his policies. The job title is not "Bestie of the United States".

I worked 15 years for a guy like Trump - not someone I wanted to chummy up with, but he built several businesses, that are still going on today (he sold them, and retired). Many of his ex employees went on to start their own businesses themselves.

 

[Desk trauma]

Here in the US we elect our governments. Sometimes we elect good governments. sometimes bad governments, but we always get the government we deserve.

And we get it good and hard.

 

[d taylor]

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I am writing in Ron Paul

 

[Desk trauma]

Maybe because they support his policies.

As well as praising everything else about him but yeah, they can’t stand him, sure.

 

[Larniavc]

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The list on internet cesspool X is very similar to the “I’m not racist but…” cliche.

 

[ThatRobGuy]

The list on internet cesspool X is very similar to the “I’m not racist but…” cliche.

Do you think "hedge" statements like that are exclusively a reflection of people using them? Or a symptom of a previous breakdown in the ability to have nuanced conversations without people distorting what other people are saying?

To your example of "I'm not racist, but..."

I see that has having two possible motivations.
1) The person is actually racist but wants to reframe it in a way that doesn't sound like it

2) The person feels compelled to put in that preface because completely reasonable and valid non-racist positions have been falsely portrayed as such by the opposing team so many times that they're paranoid about saying something without making that clear in the outset.


For example, if every time people advocated for universal healthcare, droves of people called them a communist...there are going to be a percentage of those people who will start saying "Look, I'm not a communist by any means, I like market economies...I just think there'd be value in the healthcare sector being public instead of private"

 

[AJHnh]

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At the end of the day neither (from Christian point of view) is ideal but i believe Trump despite his faults has the best interest of all the people. He has my vote

 

[iluvatar5150]

Can’t stand him yet sings his praises with every word after that first line, pull the other one.

Can't stand him yet engage in some of the most ridiculous and braindead fawning over him.

I suppose I shouldn't expect much from somebody with the handle "bitcoin4freedom".

 

[Akita Suggagaki]

At the end of the day neither (from Christian point of view) is ideal but i believe Trump despite his faults has the best interest of all the people. He has my vote

What about January 6th and the democratic process?
You don't think he seeks to undermine our faith in the process simply to assert his claim to power?

Or do you think that is in "the best interest of all the people"?

 

[RoBo1988]

Do you think "hedge" statements like that are exclusively a reflection of people using them? Or a symptom of a previous breakdown in the ability to have nuanced conversations without people distorting what other people are saying?

To your example of "I'm not racist, but..."

I see that has having two possible motivations.
1) The person is actually racist but wants to reframe it in a way that doesn't sound like it

2) The person feels compelled to put in that preface because completely reasonable and valid non-racist positions have been falsely portrayed as such by the opposing team so many times that they're paranoid about saying something without making that clear in the outset.


For example, if every time people advocated for universal healthcare, droves of people called them a communist...there are going to be a percentage of those people who will start saying "Look, I'm not a communist by any means, I like market economies...I just think there'd be value in the healthcare sector being public instead of private"

If you don't like the message, kill the messenger. More examples are following...

 

[RoBo1988]

What about January 6th and the democratic process?
You don't think he seeks to undermine our faith in the process simply to assert his claim to power?

Or do you think that is in "the best interest of all the people"?

A real, genuine, investigation of what happened that day would be nice. Invite reporter Julie Kelly. She's the only one doing any heavy lifting on the subject.

 

[Desk trauma]

If you don't like the message, kill the messenger. More examples are following...

The messenger wounds were self inflicted f in this case.

 

[Akita Suggagaki]

A real, genuine, investigation of what happened that day would be nice. Invite reporter Julie Kelly. She's the only one doing any heavy lifting on the subject.

Where would you like to shift the blame?

 

[ThatRobGuy]

A real, genuine, investigation of what happened that day would be nice. Invite reporter Julie Kelly. She's the only one doing any heavy lifting on the subject.

That's not a unbiased source.

...by that, I mean she has a pronounced political slant. We're not talking about an objective reviewer. Julie Kelly's two books were railing against the "never Trump republicans" (portraying them as "the enemy within"), and another making claims that Democrats were simply using Jan 6th to launch a "war against the right".

And being a regular contributor to the Federalist, as well as a semi-regular on Tucker Carlson's program calls objectivity into question.

 

[RoBo1988]

That's not a unbiased source.

...by that, I mean she has a pronounced political slant. We're not talking about an objective reviewer. Julie Kelly's two books were railing against the "never Trump republicans" (portraying them as "the enemy within"), and another making claims that Democrats were simply using Jan 6th to launch a "war against the right".

And being a regular contributor to the Federalist, as well as a semi-regular on Tucker Carlson's program calls objectivity into question.

So Liz Cheney's investigation was unbiased?

 

[ThatRobGuy]

So Liz Cheney's investigation was unbiased?

Obviously not...Liz was obviously biased.

But we shouldn't try to pretend that "the sources that agree with me are the objective ones"

If you had to lay out just the objective facts of the day that led from he progression of "attending a rally" to "bum-rushing the capitol", what would you highlight as the major bullet points or catalysts that led from point A to point B?

 

[rturner76]

Seems pretty much like a ploy to get anti-Trum voters to change their minds but they never will. We already know what we get with Trump. No taxes for billionaires while people just making ends meet are saddled with the national debt.

I mean why should a billionaire pay taxes? Trump doesn't. I mean not even one single dollar does he pay in taxes. Of course, it's better for him in the system where only people who work their tails off day in and day out pay taxes while the 1% not only don't pay taxes but get tax rebates for having fundraisers for a fake charity that they use to fly themselves all over the world?