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You can't simplify an election vote to that degree. A vote for a candidate is not an endorsement of all of their behavior. Obama won his first election on a pl
by Taek 10y ago
You can't simplify an election vote to that degree. A vote for a candidate is not an endorsement of all of their behavior.
Obama won his first election on a platform of change. It's pretty clear that the citizenship wants something different, and Trump offered that much more strongly than Clinton.
Two of the most important issues for me are surveillance and imperialism. And as bad as Trump is for both, my understanding is that Clinton would have been worse. And I'd rather vote for someone uncouth than someone who is going to be using my tax money to spy on me and to bomb other countries.
You are free to have different priorities, you are free to care more about other issues, but please acknowledge that the election is more complex than "they voted for a guy who likes to 'grab em by the billy bush'"
- John23832 10y agoI'm sorry, but if you don't think the "political strongman" that is Donald Trump isn't going to take the overarching (and illegal) domestic spying program (that was created by Bush and expanded under Obama) and abuse it to its full potential, then you clearly have not listened to the man you apparently voted for. I won't even address the world's history with egomaniacs and military power.
- rm_-rf_slash 10y agoTrump literally said he would "bomb the shit out of [ISIS]." You don't have to take my word for it. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aWejiXvd-P8 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aWejiXvd-P8 He also has requested lists of employees at state agencies who have worked on climate change and gender equality. I really don't know where you're getting this image of him from.