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If you visit r/the_donald today, you'll see a lot of this sentiment. I think it's been easy to forget that regardless of political identity, most of us agree on
by r_smart 10y ago
If you visit r/the_donald today, you'll see a lot of this sentiment. I think it's been easy to forget that regardless of political identity, most of us agree on a lot of things.
Like anyone in power, he should be held to account, and held to his promises. At least we can look forward to the media actually challenging the powers that be in the years ahead.
- mrgreenfur 10y agoI went there and the first link called President Obama a 'Pussy'. I'm down for discourse and all, but how can anyone take all this machismo name calling?
- r_smart 10y agoWell, I didn't say it was all wine and roses :) I'd also like to point out I've seen a lot of people calling Trump voters racist, sexist, homophobic, fascists. Let's not pretend like there's something uniquely toxic about that place.
- mrgreenfur 10y agoI dont understand. I've never seen any other political forum so filled with bullying and hate. No one is discussing anything. It is alarming because it IS uniquely toxic. (disclaimer: I dont spend much time in any political forums. Can you link some if I'm wrong?)
- r_smart 10y agoYeah, maybe I just got lucky? Maybe I have a higher tolerance? Maybe we have different political affiliations that make you more sensitive to it than me? I couldn't find the specific comment I was referring to, I think they've had a ton of traffic from their users this week, for obvious reasons. I skimmed through and grabbed some posts that I thought are a decent selection of what I'm talking about. I don't necessarily endorse any of the views in the comments, but just want to point out that there's a lot of solid commentary in there too, not just memes. The point is, these aren't just a bunch of uneducated racist assholes, despite what the narrative would tell you. [0]: https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5cafd5/need_a_postmortem_liberals_you_went_too_far/ https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5cafd5/need_a_p... [1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c8xej/president_assad_syria_is_ready_to_cooperate_with/d9und6u/ https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c8xej/presiden... [2]: https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c8xej/president_assad_syria_is_ready_to_cooperate_with/d9um3rg/ https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c8xej/presiden... [3]: https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c7uk2/game_over_cnn_is_now_officially_projecting_that/d9ujmdb/ https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c7uk2/game_ove... [4]: https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c7tq2/we_won_the_fight_but_the_war_continues_show_some/d9ubeqx/ https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c7tq2/we_won_t... [5]: https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c7ic6/1_trending_on_youtube_a_concerned_stephen_colbert/d9u8vhf/ https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c7ic6/1_trendi... [6]: https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c7ic6/1_trending_on_youtube_a_concerned_stephen_colbert/d9u8ws6/ https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c7ic6/1_trendi... [7]: https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c7ic6/1_trending_on_youtube_a_concerned_stephen_colbert/d9u8a02/ https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c7ic6/1_trendi... [8]: https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c7ic6/1_trending_on_youtube_a_concerned_stephen_colbert/d9uffst/ https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c7ic6/1_trendi... [9]: https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c7ic6/1_trending_on_youtube_a_concerned_stephen_colbert/d9ud99o/ https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c7ic6/1_trendi...