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God forbid people simplify complex issues. Your cognitive dissonance is real. He proposed what the parent comment said. Either Trump and the parent comment wer
by gadders 3y ago
God forbid people simplify complex issues.
Your cognitive dissonance is real. He proposed what the parent comment said. Either Trump and the parent comment were both wrong or they were both right.
- tasty_freeze 3y agoTrump blamed California for not raking their forest, and presented it as a simple solution. Trump was not right, for three reasons. One doesn't rake the forest to solve the problem, there are reasons (political and financial) why doing a controlled burn on 1/3 of the state hasn't happened, and finally, most of that is federal land -- Trump's responsibility. BTW, I lived in California from 1985-2003; this issue existed then, and for decades before my time, and it continues to this day. It was there when California had Republican governors, Democratic governors, Republican presidents, and Democratic presidents. Complex issues have multiple layers, often on opposition to each other. When you claim it is a black and white issue, you (like Trump) demonstrate you don't understand the topic.
- gadders 3y agoHe was directionally right - clear out the underbrush. I'm pretty comfortable with the president not knowing the specifics.