(02-08-2019, 01:10 AM)StroudCrowd1 Wrote:

(01-31-2019, 06:03 PM)JaguarKick Wrote: AOC is the flip side of the Trump coin.  Both rely on populism to appeal to the uneducated masses with extremist views and ignorant rhetoric.

Can you explain which views of Trump you consider extreme?

Sure.  I think the villifying of all political opponents to the point of encouraging violence against them is preposterously dangerous.  I know he isn't the only political figure who has done this recently (Maxine comes to mind), but he's the President.  He leads the free world.  Suggesting that he should be the sole source of information and that the media is never to be trusted is equally so.  I think that the media has made this easier by foaming at the mouth every time he does something and has helped to discredit themselves as such, but not ALL media has done so, and Trump continues to act as though he should just be able to pontificate truth and we should devour it.

He has strained relationships with many of our allies, and has praised dictators.  He has gone so far as to suggest that he should be treated the way Kim Jong-Un is treated in North Korea.  Military parades?  Really?  Again, this should send up some red flags.

His stance on climate change is troubling.  The gag order on scientists is practically unheard of.  Threatening to withhold funding from victims of California fires unless California changes its forest care practices (what the hell?) is insane.  The science says that the uptick in fires is a result of climate change.  But Trump doesn't like that, because it conflicts with his narrative to increase oil, gas, and coal production in this country.  

He knows all the buzzwords necessary to keep the support of the Evangelical right, and so it doesn't matter what he does in their eyes.  This is just a personal religious issue for me based on my geographic location, so I won't touch on it here.

There's more, but this is just off the top of my head.

(02-08-2019, 09:15 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(02-08-2019, 01:10 AM)StroudCrowd1 Wrote: Can you explain which views of Trump you consider extreme?

America is good. The rest of the world sponges off of us. We dont need illegal immigrants.

That sums up Trump and why they hate him.

(02-08-2019, 10:07 AM)B2hibry Wrote:

(02-08-2019, 01:10 AM)StroudCrowd1 Wrote: Can you explain which views of Trump you consider extreme?

He is a racist, Russian loving, misogynistic, baby eating, rich orange guy that doesn’t act “presidential.” You must bow to the political system or risk Congressional inquiry into what toilet paper you prefer, self tanner being used, and why you lack decent hair product. Damn demonic nationalist wannabe!

Thanks for the caricatures, guys.  The right side of the aisle's favorite play.

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