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Split T wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 18, 2024 1:23 pm

ShadowHawke wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 18, 2024 11:51 am

Several earlier posts commented about understanding how anyone could vote for Trump. I found this an interesting read.

https://www.thefp.com/p/why-americas-zo ... re-turning

The article says Gen Z is moving towards Trump, but I don’t really buy it…most of their examples of young people supporting Trump were already conservative…there were a couple examples of people who said they are switching…2 of them said it’s because of gas prices(which the article states has nothing to do with Biden). The other’s reasoning was she hated Trump because she thought he was racist and now thinks his racist comments are just jokes and that as a catholic she can’t vote for someone who supports abortion(so she was conservative to begin with as well). Other examples were people just being impressed with how cool he looked after the assassination attempt.

The article does show why people vote for him…they blame their financial struggles on Biden or they have conservative values like pro-life. Or they are drawn to the tough guy, won’t fall in line, persona. I get it…I have a lot of family that supports him for the same reasons(my family is all white, middle to upper class, heterosexual conservative christians.

I don’t personally claim to know who would help the economy more. In a lot of ways I personally am better off financially now than I was under Trump(though I wish interest rates would drop as I’m trying to buy a home). My reason for not voting for Trump comes down to the fact that I don’t think he’s a good person. I don’t believe he truly cares about the people of this country(though I do think he’d love to get credit for making people’s lives better). Unfortunately I think he also enjoys making people’s lives who disagree with him(or cross him) worse. I don’t think he cares who he tramples to get his way. He wants power and if that hurts LGBTQ, minorities, non-Christians, etc. so be it. I don’t believe most Trump supporters are racist, sexist, homophobic bigots, but he has empowered the extremists within the country that are and doesn’t do enough to condemn or silence them.

I’m not voting for Biden either…I don’t think he is remotely capable of being president in his current mental state….we’ll see if he steps down. I’d have to look more into Kamala Harris if he does.

Split T wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 18, 2024 2:16 pm

Yep…I hate the politicalization of the media…hard to know what you can trust that isn’t biased

Charlie Smithy! wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 18, 2024 6:55 pm

Split T wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 18, 2024 2:16 pm

Yep…I hate the politicalization of the media…hard to know what you can trust that isn’t biased

At this point, split, I'm very tempted to just condense my media consumption to your posts on this board and have you be my guiding light.... in life, and Beyond.🥹

Split T wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 19, 2024 9:08 am

I take it he didn’t speak about unity?

Mori Chu wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 19, 2024 9:15 am

Joe Biden as the worst President of all time...

Mori Chu wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 19, 2024 9:00 am

Why are you posting this dumb stuff?

Mori Chu wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 19, 2024 9:04 am

The media has been really pathetic in this election cycle. If you watched any part of Trump's speech last night, these headlines are completely laughable. I think they wrote the articles before they even heard the speech, or something. Or maybe they're just morons.

Mori Chu wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 19, 2024 10:20 am

The whole RNC was a swampy cultish cesspool of lies and bullshit and ring-kissing. They had a whole day devoted to "Making America Safe Again" (crime rates have steadily dropped under Biden) and lots of talk about fixing the horrible US economy (which has by most metrics been very strong the past few years and continues to have great numbers every month). It's just an alternate reality BS conservative bubble completely detached from any kind of reality.