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RE: How bad do you hate the Donald?
November 10, 2016 at 7:54 am
(November 10, 2016 at 7:41 am)Mathilda Wrote: Asking how much implies that there is a sliding scale of hate from indifference to loathing.
In my case it's not even peronal. I loathe what he represents. That's not tied to his person. There are many more like him. And many closer to home.
I feel contempt for the people falling for figures like that. Especially the ones being fed up with the political establishment and having very real concerns over their futures and the future of their kids. I'm one of them, but for some reason the last thing I would do is cast a vote for one of these obvious snake oil vendors. I'd like to understand what makes them tick. Why they don't see through the charade.
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RE: How bad do you hate the Donald?
November 10, 2016 at 8:01 am
Yes, I can't muster much hate for the man for being elected by the American people! It's literally not to be blamed on him whether he gets chosen to be president.
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RE: How bad do you hate the Donald?
November 10, 2016 at 8:02 am
(November 10, 2016 at 7:54 am)abaris Wrote: (November 10, 2016 at 7:41 am)Mathilda Wrote: Asking how much implies that there is a sliding scale of hate from indifference to loathing.
In my case it's not even peronal. I loathe what he represents. That's not tied to his person. There are many more like him. And many closer to home.
I feel contempt for the people falling for figures like that. Especially the ones being fed up with the political establishment and having very real concerns over their futures and the future of their kids. I'm one of them, but for some reason the last thing I would do is cast a vote for one of these obvious snake oil vendors. I'd like to understand what makes them tick. Why they don't see through the charade.
Maybe they do see through it, but like we have both said in the past, when protesting people use the tool that will have the most impact. Donald Trump is that tool.
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RE: How bad do you hate the Donald?
November 10, 2016 at 8:06 am
(November 10, 2016 at 8:02 am)Expired Wrote: Maybe they do see through it, but like we have both said in the past, when protesting people use the tool that will have the most impact. Donald Trump is that tool.
But if the impact is like aiming a pistol at your own head, I don't see the incentive. You only have to scratch the surface of what all of them say to understand that their proposed policies would actually worsen the situation for the disenfranchised. If you don't walk through our globalized world with closed eyes, that is.
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RE: How bad do you hate the Donald?
November 10, 2016 at 8:18 am
(November 10, 2016 at 8:06 am)abaris Wrote: (November 10, 2016 at 8:02 am)Expired Wrote: Maybe they do see through it, but like we have both said in the past, when protesting people use the tool that will have the most impact. Donald Trump is that tool.
But if the impact is like aiming a pistol at your own head, I don't see the incentive. You only have to scratch the surface of what all of them say to understand that their proposed policies would actually worsen the situation for the disenfranchised. If you don't walk through our globalized world with closed eyes, that is.
It's about making the puppet masters sit up and listen to the people, it's risky granted, but the same type of risks were taken in the UK not so long back.
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RE: How bad do you hate the Donald?
November 10, 2016 at 8:18 am
(November 10, 2016 at 7:41 am)Mathilda Wrote: "How bad do you hate the Donald?"
You should have asked "How much do you hate Donald Trump?"
Asking how bad someone hates him suggests that they are trying to hate him but not being very successful. Although it would have been grammatically better to ask:
"How badly do you hate Donald Trump?"
'Badly' being an adjective (a describing word). Bad implies a way of quantifying the failure to hate Donald Trump. e.g. What temperature is it today?
Asking how much implies that there is a sliding scale of hate from indifference to loathing.
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RE: How bad do you hate the Donald?
November 10, 2016 at 8:34 am
I don't hate him and honestly I think a lot of people are really overreacting to his victory. I certainly think the next four years are going to be interesting.
But I don't hate the guy. Honestly seems to me like someone who loves attention so much because he wasn't hugged enough as a kid or something. It's almost sad honestly.
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RE: How bad do you hate the Donald?
November 10, 2016 at 8:47 am
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RE: How bad do you hate the Donald?
November 10, 2016 at 9:06 am
(November 10, 2016 at 6:31 am)Napoléon Wrote: Neither is the doom and gloom rhetoric and how everyone is ashamed of their fellows. Swings and roundabouts.
Well, a large amount of that doom and gloom is justified. I don't know if you remember the last time the Republicans had the presidency, the House, and the Senate, but the world is still reeling from that.
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RE: How bad do you hate the Donald?
November 10, 2016 at 10:02 am
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(November 10, 2016 at 7:41 am)Mathilda Wrote: "How bad do you hate the Donald?"
You should have asked "How much do you hate Donald Trump?"
Asking how bad someone hates him suggests that they are trying to hate him but not being very successful. Although it would have been grammatically better to ask:
"How badly do you hate Donald Trump?"
'Badly' being an adjective (a describing word). Bad implies a way of quantifying the failure to hate Donald Trump. e.g. What temperature is it today?
Asking how much implies that there is a sliding scale of hate from indifference to loathing.
No, no. I'm good with "How bad do you hate the Donald?"
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