RE: Are you a Trump supporter?
April 17, 2018 at 10:35 am
(This post was last modified: April 17, 2018 at 10:36 am by henryp.)
Re general Trump-tard stuff: American politics are impossibly complicated. It's a game being played on so many levels that I doubt the people in the thick of it even know what's going on half the time. The constant push and pull of needing to win an election, get enough votes to pass laws, and fundraise is crazy. And then you need to manage the news cycle and public opinion across who knows how many demographics. And then, I'm sure, a bunch of shit I'm not even aware of. That system doesn't allow good people to reach the top. We had Hillary vs. Trump here. Two candidates that probably half the country agreed shouldn't be president.
When I vote, I expect to overlook 100's of flaws no matter who I vote for. So when people say "Oh, he's not great for abortion. I could never vote for that." To me, that's incredibly naive and impractical. I look at things from what I think is, practically speaking, best for me, and after that, what's probably best for the country in general. And it's far from an easy answer, because everybody is lying/misleading us to try and convince us one way or the other.
And in the end it's a guess. A guess millions of people who have plenty of historical data showing them that they aren't particularly bright, are supremely confident in.
When I vote, I expect to overlook 100's of flaws no matter who I vote for. So when people say "Oh, he's not great for abortion. I could never vote for that." To me, that's incredibly naive and impractical. I look at things from what I think is, practically speaking, best for me, and after that, what's probably best for the country in general. And it's far from an easy answer, because everybody is lying/misleading us to try and convince us one way or the other.
And in the end it's a guess. A guess millions of people who have plenty of historical data showing them that they aren't particularly bright, are supremely confident in.
