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RE: How bad do you hate the Donald?
November 10, 2016 at 10:17 am
(November 10, 2016 at 10:02 am)Whateverist Wrote: No, no. I'm good with "How bad do you hate the Donald?"
But it is so imprecise. I mean, is Kusa asking here whether we hate Donald Trump so much that it is has a negative effect on our well being? Or is he asking how much we hate Donald Trump? Hate can be a positive emotion, or it can be a destructive one.
I mean I wouldn't ever grow bored of punching Donald Trump's face, but doesn't mean to say that the thought of his existence compromises how I function in daily life.
And saying that "I'm good with ..." Are you saying that you find this acceptable, or that Kusa's phrasing of the question has had a beneficial effect on your life, or even that you behave well because of how the question was phrased.
If only we could be more like the Germans with language.
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RE: How bad do you hate the Donald?
November 10, 2016 at 2:37 pm
Okay, my bad.[/  ]
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RE: How bad do you hate the Donald?
November 10, 2016 at 6:14 pm
I don't hate him, but I hate what he represents. And I'm really concerned with what he and the Republicans are going to do to the country.
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RE: How bad do you hate the Donald?
November 10, 2016 at 6:19 pm
(November 10, 2016 at 6:14 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote: I don't hate him, but I hate what he represents. And I'm really concerned with what he and the Republicans are going to do to the country.
We are closing in on it.
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RE: How bad do you hate the Donald?
November 10, 2016 at 6:27 pm
(November 10, 2016 at 6:14 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote: I don't hate him, but I hate what he represents. And I'm really concerned with what he and the Republicans are going to do to the country.
I'm with you. I don't hate him. If anything, right now, I pity him a little. I think he's going to be very overworked and frustrated with this new job he just accepted. He's not young, he's the oldest president elect ever, actually, and look how it aged even the jolly young ones!
I do reject what he represents, though. And for me, I'd use a stronger word than concerned, but I'm also with you on that.
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RE: How bad do you hate the Donald?
November 10, 2016 at 6:35 pm
A lot of people are saying Donald Trump is a child rapist. Child rapists are bad, nasty people.
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." - George Bernard Shaw
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RE: How bad do you hate the Donald?
November 10, 2016 at 6:41 pm
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Until January, that is.
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RE: How bad do you hate the Donald?
November 10, 2016 at 7:30 pm
(November 9, 2016 at 10:17 pm)paulpablo Wrote: But it turns out most Americans do like him.
I'm not sure that's really accurate: http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/09/politics/d...ular-vote/
Quote:(CNN)Donald Trump may have scored an astonishing upset presidential victory, but Hillary Clinton could still receive more votes.
As of Wednesday evening, hours after Clinton called Trump to concede, the former secretary of state clung to a narrow lead in the popular vote, 47.7%-47.5%. She had 59,755,284 votes, according to CNN's tally, with 92% of the expected vote counted. Trump had 59,535,522. That difference of 219,762 is razor-thin considering the nearly 120 million votes counted so far. The totals will continue to change as absentee votes trickle in.
It's a fascinating turn of events for Trump, who four years ago tweeted, "The electoral college is a disaster for a democracy," following Mitt Romney's loss in 2012.
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RE: How bad do you hate the Donald?
November 10, 2016 at 7:34 pm
(November 9, 2016 at 10:17 pm)paulpablo Wrote: But it turns out most Americans do like him.
How do you figure? 3 out of 4 adults did not vote for him.
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RE: How bad do you hate the Donald?
November 10, 2016 at 7:41 pm
(November 10, 2016 at 6:35 pm)Homeless Nutter Wrote: A lot of people are saying Donald Trump is a child rapist. Child rapists are bad, nasty people.
If convicted could he commute his own sentence?
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