heavyblinker
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ORIGINAL: Edwird
When attacked. For self defense. etc.
It's certainly arguable that some of Trumps decisions or actions might result in harm to the country, to the citizens. But if he's not attacking me or my family physically, (not actually possible, since two of my three sisters would take him down immediately, and one of my nieces, too) I'm not going to commit violence, nor endorse anyone else doing so.
Because you only care about yourself.
It's hardly a noble position.
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ORIGINAL: Edwird
The issue is, he got voted to the position, electoral college overruling popular vote being a part of our constitution. Even if Trump fell 3 million votes short, our political process puts us in this situation, with still millions of Trump voters in any case. If those people want to be heard, then let them be heard and we'll see how it works out.
Yeah, it's not a good system.
Remember this?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2108345/Are-Americans-dumb-democracy-Scientists-claim-voters-lack-sophistication-recognize-good-ideas.html
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A team at Cornell University has raised serious doubts about current electoral practices, claiming that some voters simply do not know what is happening.
They claim the best ideas are being missed because of the problem, and that the issue is leading to mediocre candidates flourishing in elections.
'Very smart ideas are going to be hard for people to adopt, because most people don’t have the sophistication to recognize how good an idea is,' said David Dunning, a psychologist at Cornell University.
The researchers found that incompetent people are inherently unable to judge the competence of other people, or the quality of those people's ideas.
For example, they found that if people lack knowledge of tax reforms, it was incredibly unlikely voters would be able to identify the candidates who are actual experts.
Stupid people voted for someone as stupid as they are because they're too stupid to know it's a bad idea... and now people who aren't stupid have to live with it.
It's a fucking disgrace.
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ORIGINAL: Edwird
I know that numerous of Trump's appointments remind me of Reagan's appointments, hiring people to destroy the department they are running, etc.
But I learned that we survived that, and I learned that nobody learned a single godamned thing from the financial crisis, and I learned that I just don't give a flying fuck anymore, sorry for those who do.
I think they would probably feel sorry for you too.
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ORIGINAL: Edwird
Violence in protests might be warranted on some occasions, in some places, if not violent to humans. The majority of violence in protest against cop killings was against buildings or vehicles, not people. An American attempting to do serious harm to Trump is just stupid beyond any reason. I don't care how much I don't like the guy or you don't like the guy or how much anyone else doesn't like him.
I think it's a lot stupider to let an incompetent piece of shit like Trump ruin the country and destabilize the rest of the world too just because he convinced a lot of idiots to vote for him.
Exactly why nobody has done anything about it before we got to this point is a mystery. I think the whole 'Hillary is going to win' thing was a big part of it... then shock... and now it seems to be some sort of misplaced belief in the infallibility of the system or some weird assumption that nothing can be done or that it could be okay or that America is invincible and can survive it.
There are so many people who could at the very least do an average job and not completely destroy 70+ years of progress. WHY do we have to suffer through this insanity?
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