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there’s no way one could claim, from an informed opinion, that Obama was as bad as Trump is.
Hate to jump over the fence on this one, but this really depends on what you expect from government. To some people, competence/intelligence/ethics/integrity matters. To some people, results are the only thing that matters. To the latter group, the question of “who is worse?” is just a matter of “whose policies do you like better?”. Some people like Trump’s policies better than Obama’s, and competence/intelligence/ethics/integrity are all beside the point. That’s why, for some voters, a Supreme Court nomination gets him a lot of credit, while colluding with Russian intelligence agents to hijack the election is a meh issue. That’s your core support there. Well, that plus Nazis is your core support there.
Disapproval of her is not support of Trump. Claiming they’re equally bad is, because it’s giving Trump waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much credit.
A logical alternative under your view is that I’m not giving her enough credit.
If that makes you feel better then ok.
Pence and Cruz bring in a psychotic religious angle to their politics, which makes them much worse than Hillary.
Stop defending Clinton! She’s irrelevant! Etc. 🤖
The blue elephant in the room.
Disapproval of her is not support of Trump. Claiming they’re equally bad is, because it’s giving Trump waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much credit.
A logical alternative under your view is that I’m not giving her enough credit.
If that makes you feel better then ok.
I feel great saying they’re both bad options and that logically not being a defense of either.
The blue elephant in the room.
Pence and Cruz bring in a psychotic religious angle to their politics, which makes them much worse than Hillary.
Stop defending Clinton! She’s irrelevant! Etc. 🤖
She is, but she was the person in question in the post I was responding to.
The Person in Question
No, it wasn’t a small portion of the American population. It was over sixty million people.
Which is a little under 20% of the American population. I consider 1/5 to be a small portion.
He did win the 2016 election, he just wasn’t selected by the “American voters”. Whether the alternative is better or not is irrelevant.
Back to the original statement “Americans chose him” is even further from that - “American voters” - as only a small portion of the American population actually voted for him.
When you don’t vote, or vote third party, that in itself is a choice to let the other voters make the decision on your behalf. Plenty of eligible voters were so unhappy with both available choices in 2016, or so certain that the other voters would support their preferred candidate, that they entrusted other voters to make that decision for them. So while not all eligible voters cast a ballot, they all made a choice for either Trump or Clinton, in some manner or another, with the exception of those who were disenfranchised via some sort of voter suppression effort, or were physically unable to cast a ballot due to medical reasons, etc.
This is a much better argument than just telling me a number I already know.
It is a small portion. I don’t even get what yhx’s point is. It’s common knowledge that at least 90% of the American population is completely fucking stupid, so the fact that 20% of it made bad voting decisions doesn’t surprise me.
The Person in Question
at least 90% of the planet is completely fucking stupid
WYSHS
chyron just put a big Ric pic in your sig and be done with it.
It is a small portion. I don’t even get what yhx’s point is. It’s common knowledge that at least 90% of the American population is completely fucking stupid, so the fact that 20% of it made bad voting decisions doesn’t surprise me.
To be fair, a quarter of the population is under 18 and much of their stupidity should be excused.
The blue elephant in the room.
Well, of course, but I thought we were talking about America here.
The Person in Question
Disapproval of her is not support of Trump. Claiming they’re equally bad is, because it’s giving Trump waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much credit.
A logical alternative under your view is that I’m not giving her enough credit.
If that makes you feel better then ok.
I feel great saying they’re both bad options and that logically not being a defense of either.
Yeah but you’re not being logical if you think they’re both equally bad options.
Disapproval of her is not support of Trump. Claiming they’re equally bad is, because it’s giving Trump waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much credit.
A logical alternative under your view is that I’m not giving her enough credit.
If that makes you feel better then ok.
I feel great saying they’re both bad options and that logically not being a defense of either.
Yeah but you’re not being logical if you think they’re both equally bad options.
no, its the same. i had to find a pair of socks this morning. it was dark, so i couldn’t tell what color the one was, and i was worried that maybe it was a bad color. The other one i knew was crusty and gross, because i stepped on a slug the night before when taking out the trash in my socks. I just couldn’t decide which sock would be better. maybe i would get passed over for a promotion because i wore mismatched socks? obviously i chose the sock i knew had a good color, even if it had dead slug guts all over it.
Disapproval of her is not support of Trump. Claiming they’re equally bad is, because it’s giving Trump waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much credit.
A logical alternative under your view is that I’m not giving her enough credit.
If that makes you feel better then ok.
I feel great saying they’re both bad options and that logically not being a defense of either.
Yeah but you’re not being logical if you think they’re both equally bad options.
no, its the same. i had to find a pair of socks this morning. it was dark, so i couldn’t tell what color the one was, and i was worried that maybe it was a bad color. The other one i knew was crusty and gross, because i stepped on a slug the night before when taking out the trash in my socks.
Yeah, you’re not fooling anyone with that excuse.
The Person in Question
For the sake of a promotion, it may be a logical if gruesome choice.
We have President Slug Guts.
In Canada they have Prime Minister Crazy Socks.
Lots of poor and embarrassing leadership going around 😉
The blue elephant in the room.
Disapproval of her is not support of Trump. Claiming they’re equally bad is, because it’s giving Trump waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much credit.
A logical alternative under your view is that I’m not giving her enough credit.
If that makes you feel better then ok.
I feel great saying they’re both bad options and that logically not being a defense of either.
Yeah but you’re not being logical if you think they’re both equally bad options.
no, its the same. i had to find a pair of socks this morning. it was dark, so i couldn’t tell what color the one was, and i was worried that maybe it was a bad color. The other one i knew was crusty and gross, because i stepped on a slug the night before when taking out the trash in my socks.
Yeah, you’re not fooling anyone with that excuse.
I didn’t want to go there. But now that you’ve stepped in it…
The blue elephant in the room.
What the hell do Trudeau’s socks have to do with anything?
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Disapproval of her is not support of Trump. Claiming they’re equally bad is, because it’s giving Trump waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much credit.
A logical alternative under your view is that I’m not giving her enough credit.
If that makes you feel better then ok.
I feel great saying they’re both bad options and that logically not being a defense of either.
Yeah but you’re not being logical if you think they’re both equally bad options.
no, its the same. i had to find a pair of socks this morning. it was dark, so i couldn’t tell what color the one was, and i was worried that maybe it was a bad color. The other one i knew was crusty and gross, because i stepped on a slug the night before when taking out the trash in my socks.
Yeah, you’re not fooling anyone with that excuse.
ALLOL
What the hell do Trudeau’s socks have to do with anything?
He doesn’t wear normal socks because they’re too dirty from him giving his wrist a workout. Apparently.
chyron just put a big Ric pic in your sig and be done with it.
Doubt the boss will get you that promotion when that sock is nasty as shit. More likely you’ll get fired first because he finds out you actually stole those socks.
Doubt the boss will get you that promotion when that sock is nasty as shit. More likely you’ll get fired first because he finds out you actually stole those socks.
oh, i don’t think Frink would ever fire me…
Doubt the boss will get you that promotion when that sock is nasty as shit. More likely you’ll get fired first because he finds out you actually stole those socks.
oh, i don’t think Frink would ever fire me…
Check his tweets.
Doubt the boss will get you that promotion when that sock is nasty as shit. More likely you’ll get fired first because he finds out you actually stole those socks.
oh, i don’t think Frink would ever fire me…
Check his tweets.
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Relevant to the preceding discussion, I’m wearing dinosaur socks today, dancing up and down the halls of the office with the chorus from “Walk the Dinosaur” in my head. I’m sorely misunderstood in life and online. Maybe if I showed then my socks they would understand.
The blue elephant in the room.
Doubt the boss will get you that promotion when that sock is nasty as shit. More likely you’ll get fired first because he finds out you actually stole those socks.
oh, i don’t think Frink would ever fire me…
Check his tweets.
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You better believe it.
The blue elephant in the room.