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Originally Posted by TheSquealer
I would not challenge the idea that each side is full of shit... of course thats true. I say again and again and again that they were two sides of the same coin and just like crockett embody every traid they despise in "the other side". however, there was no balance as to how the news was delivered. Most media favored hillary, not trump. In fact, on my phone, i get headlines daily and they always read like this
Trump bad
Trump bad
Trump is bad
Trump says bad thing
Trump is crazy
Trump bad
Trump meltdown
Trump unelectable
Trump bad
Hillary slams Trump
Trump bad
Trump attacks....
Hillary good
That is how the news headlines read through the election cycle. It became a daily joke here at the office to compare and count. And when Hillary does something like destroys emails under subpoena, lies to investigators, destroys devices under subpoena etc etc etc etc etc, it was barely talked about. New email shit was coming out weekly that constradicted everything she said time and time again and it would get a few seconds coverage and Trumps latest tweet would get 10X more. That was a truly alarming thing to me. The fact the media now has gone from detectives searching for the truth and often beating police to the facts to generally honest reporting to the pressure of a 24 hr news cycle where non-news is news, to a mouth piece for political party.
I dont support Trump.
I didn't vote for Trump.
He's a dipshit.
This election presented no choice. Sociopathic Career Criminal vs Pompous Megalomaniac Narcissist
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Ok......
So some sensible folks talked you down. Now what was the original post about again ?
Some would argue that your original rant is the true effect of His Orangness rising to claim his throne.
The polarising nature of his rhetoric, the vicious low level insults, the anything goes approach to the truth (or lack of it).
He didn't just suggest calmly that illegal immigration should be brought under control - he said that mexico was sending rapists, drug dealers and murderers and a wall should be built. ( Whist ignoring the fact that his wife and his grand parents were immigrants.)
He didn't just say that Hillary was unfit to be president because she had classified info on a private email server - he said that she and her family were corrupt career criminals and he would lock her up if he became president. ( Whilst ignoring the fact that he has a great many dubious issues of his own and no one in the Clinton family has ever been charged let alone convicted. )
He didn't just say that he would be monitoring the election process to ensure fairness - he said that the system was corrupt and rigged, and that the election would be stolen from him. He also said he would not accept the result unless he won !
So you wonder why the other camp (who did not vote for him) might be slightly pissed off, and you ignore the fact that the exact same thing happened over the last 8 years in reverse !
Funny.
The worst thing about Trump is the way he has destroyed any semblance of decency and fairness in American politics. He is probably the most divisive figure since the 1950's.
He is not going to bring the jobs back, his economic plans will drive up costs, create inflation, unemployment will rise and living standards will fall. Protectionism is not the work of an economic genius.
He is not going to make America great again - he doesn't need to, it is great.
Trump just tricked enough of you into his rabid xenophobia. He created enough demons to make sure you are scared witless. Thats the genius of Trump and he even has you attacking anyone not with the program. Very sad.
And please dont start wittering about Godwins law - the parallels are legion, and claiming Godwin does not alter anything and it does not excuse all of the nastiness anti-antisemitism and outright racism that has replaced normal decent discourse both here and in the wider society.
