This political cycle is as ugly as any theater of war. The lines are that clear. The casualties are pretty severe. I honestly appreciate your post. The humanity of it. I have sat here now for about an hour trying to think how to express my meaning. I'm just thankful. Thank you for addressing this situation in the light you presented, and thank you for addressing me as a human being.
Many, many, many good people here on this site, and even the public figures we debate. Thanks for considering that.
Thank you for this reply LostMarbels.
I do hope people understand that those are the reasons I don't think Trump is a good president: Trump hurts people and behaves terribly. The very traits that some admire, I find abhorrant. Or at least, the traits that some people admire LEAD TOWARDS behaviours I find abhorrant (ie....you can be brash but you don't HAVE to insult people, for example).
I would be curious if there ARE lefties who DO hate trump solely because of his politics. I mean, I wouldn't be surprised. The depth and breadth of humanity and opinion is wide and it would be silly to think a thought like that is impossible, unheardof or unrealistic. I can only speak for myself.
I am sad to admit, but let's be real, I had VERY ill feelings towards bush when he was in office. I didn't "trust" him and I kept feeling something more nefarious was going on during his administration (it was my early 20s...gimme a break! High "conspiracy theory" time....).
I'm glad that as I got older, I kinda recognized what I did about politicians. The reason I bring up GWB was that he was big help for me. When I had heard he started to paint the pictures of soldiers who died during the Iraq war as a kind of therapy, that helped to remind me of the humanity of someone like that. I still don't know if he was a very CLEVER or intelligent man, but honestly, it doesn't need to matter at all and I don't think any less or more of him for it. He made hard decisions; either because he felt it was right or he was with people who told him it was. And then the guilt that came out of that affected him like it would (or should,) a normal human person. I respect that a great deal. And he just seems like a playful, silly ol' grandpa now. How can I not respect someone like that? Even if I disagree with their politics? I see him show love to others. That's all I need.
Simply put, I just don't think that Trump would ever end up doing something like that. I just don't believe that he has the empathy that GWP does.
ps. I also hope that this attitude keeps me from being overly rude or mean to people. So if I'm ever either, PLEASE PM me and remind me of the grace I should be showing you.
