(August 11, 2016 at 7:28 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: Meh. They both suck. The measure of extremism is how little you see this applies to both sides, and think it is only the problem of one side.
No, not really. I'm no fan of Hilary Clinton, but comparing her and Trump is just ridiculous. The worst you can say about Hilary is that she's a politician - she's shrewd, opportunistic, dishonest, out of touch with reality and she panders to her base. Trump is not really a politician (not an experienced one anyway), but he fancies himself one and he does everything most politicians do - like lying and pandering - only in much cruder form, that's more suitable for his unsophisticated voters. However, on top of being a newb politician and a demagogue Trump is also demonstrably a despicable human being.
I used to think less of anybody, who could stand to watch his displays of "c*ntiness" and ignorance on a TV show - that had nothing to do with his political platform. I still can't quite comprehend how any half-decent person can not be experiencing a natural revulsion when confronted this overprivileged, bigoted, loudmouth, sleazy braggard, who seems to always find a way to say the most shameful possible thing, appealing to the worst of human instincts.
"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
