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NatMorton

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There are small-minded people who support everything Trump supports and oppose everything he opposes.

There are other small-minded people who oppose everything Trump supports and support everything he opposes.

Today's recommendation: don't find yourself in either group of small minded people.
 
ataraxia said:
Sorry- I oppose having such a low class, ignorant grifter, pathological liar, convicted criminal and rapist representing me and my country. It’s embarrassing.
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I voted against him, too, but this thread is not about rallying support for either side, as should be obvious.
 
NatMorton said:
I voted against him, too, but this thread is not about rallying support for either side, as should be obvious.
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Trying to make this a “both sides” thing is patently silly. You think this is some kind of symmetric situation, LOL?

We have a known criminal and traitor running our country. This is historically unprecedented.
 
ataraxia said:
Trying to make this a “but bith sides” thing is patently silly. You think this is some kind of symmetric situation, LOL?
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You still don't understand the OP.

ataraxia said:
We have a known criminal and traitor running our country. This is historically unprecedented.
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If you'd like to understand, try moving past people and personalities and into ideas.
 
ataraxia said:
Sorry- I oppose having such a low class, mentally unstable, pathological liar, ignorant grifter, convicted criminal, and rapist representing me and my country. It’s embarrassing.
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Small minded people don't realize that people make mistakes and served their time and are incapable of forgiving them.
 
NatMorton said:
If you'd like to understand, try moving past people and personalities and into ideas.
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OK- trickle down economics doesn’t work. And scientific and medical organization are more correct on scientific and medical matters than some Manhattan real estate huckster telling us to go chasing after cat eating Haitians, cancer causing wind turbines, autism causing vaccines, and stolen presidential elections anytime he doesn’t win.
 
My recommendation - develop some actual principles and actually stand up for them, don’t be conspicuously silent or loud depending on who violates them.
 
I asked this of another both sider and the answer was ... crickets.
Which Trump accomplishments do you think should be broadly supported by both sides?
 
NatMorton said:
There are other small-minded people who oppose everything Trump supports and support everything he opposes.
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Although I could support some things Trump supports his execution of his policies is so bad it's very difficult to get on board.

Take for example border control. That's a pretty good idea but by unleashing the Brown Shirts (ICE et al) on asylum claimants living in the US he's really messed it up.
 
I agree with trump on something. The debt ceiling trick is a tool used as a political football and makes zero sense. The debt ceiling in shod be determined by the spending that Congress legislates. This is one of many things that trumps claims to be against, but has done nothing about.
 
Interesting.

So...

1) what policies of Trump do you not support?
2) what policies did Harris propose that you would have supported?
 
NatMorton said:
I voted against him, too, but this thread is not about rallying support for either side, as should be obvious.
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You didn’t vote for Harris, did you? Because if you didn’t vote for Harris, then you didn’t really vote AGAINST Trump; you just didn’t vote FOR him. I didn’t vote for either.

Mark
 
Girlpower said:
Small minded people don't realize that people make mistakes and served their time and are incapable of forgiving them.
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Does Trump tell stupid lies?
 

I don’t support people that go against my ethics.

And I won’t be persuaded to do such by any “recommendations”

No matter how popular such people may be.


As my mother used to say “just because everyone is jumping off a bridge, doesn’t mean it’s a good idea”
 
NatMorton said:
There are small-minded people who support everything Trump supports and oppose everything he opposes.

There are other small-minded people who oppose everything Trump supports and support everything he opposes.
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Both groups are often referred to as cults.

I have noticed the second group is significantly more vocal.

NatMorton said:
Today's recommendation: don't find yourself in either group of small minded people.
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ataraxia said:
Sorry- I oppose having such a low class, mentally unstable, pathological liar, ignorant grifter, convicted criminal, and rapist representing me and my country. It’s embarrassing.
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Group #2 ✓

Grand Mal said:
Does Trump tell stupid lies?
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Do you?
 
NatMorton said:
You still don't understand the OP.


If you'd like to understand, try moving past people and personalities and into ideas.
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Said the Jew as he compliantly boarded the cattle car.

Where do YOU draw the line? Remember, Hitler did not start off with gas chambers, it was simply little stars on the sleeves. That wasn't so bad, was it?
 
ataraxia said:
We have a known criminal and traitor running our country. This is historically unprecedented.
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For intents and purposes, no. Clinton perjured himself and obstructed justice in a sexual harassment case in which he was the defendant. The only thing that saved him was the case was later dismissed. Nixon almost certainly committed crimes, but was later pardoned.
 
Cameron said:
My recommendation - develop some actual principles and actually stand up for them, don’t be conspicuously silent or loud depending on who violates them.
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I do, it's just that you cannot recognize he behavior when you see it.
 
Allan said:
Although I could support some things Trump supports his execution of his policies is so bad it's very difficult to get on board.
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We are in almost violent agreement there. Many of his objectives (e.g. immigration law enforcement) I like. The methods, not always.
 
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