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> calling half the country racist sexist fascist inbred stupid genocidal monsters The Democratic campaign did no such thing. Can you point to any examples? As

> calling half the country racist sexist fascist inbred stupid genocidal monsters The Democratic campaign did no such thing. Can you point to any examples? As far as I can see they went to great lengths to avoid saying anything like that. As far as I can tell there was far more venom from the Republicans. Maybe the lesson is that a winning strategy is to be more insulting.

mvdtnz 2y ago
Did you miss biden calling all trump supporters "garbage"?
- chimprich 2y ago
  It was a single remark by the outgoing president who wasn't standing for election, and something he quickly rowed back on. It was clearly something he didn't intend to say, but at some point in an election campaign someone is going to misspeak. Anyway, you're moving the goalposts. The allegation was "calling half the country racist sexist fascist inbred stupid genocidal monsters".
  - mvdtnz 2y ago
    You're right, he didn't call them that. He called them garbage.
    - chimprich 2y ago
      Meanwhile, Trump: "Crazy do-nothing democrats", "horrendous people", "the Dems are vicious"... and about 10,000 other insults whilst seizing on one offhand comment from Biden.
    - happytoexplain 2y ago
      Biden said, "the only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters", in response to one of Trump's supporters saying Puerto Rico is garbage. Then Biden tried to walk it back by saying he meant that supporter, or his rhetoric, or whatever (and even if we deny him that walk-back, "supporters" is not all conservatives, all Republicans, or even everybody who votes Trump). Democrats mostly called this a gaffe. While unacceptable by presidential standards, it's extremely tame compared to the things Trump regularly says about groups of people (we could even just limit that to the things he says about liberals or Democrats), and the vocal support he receives from his supporters for these statements. The fact that this got so much attention is evidence that "double standard" would be an understatement.
- thpeterson 2y ago
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- slothtrop 2y ago
  In response to someone calling Puerto Rico garbage? It wasn't "all trump supporters".
JasserInicide 2y ago
Obama was chastising black men the past couple weeks for not wanting to vote for Harris. And what a surprise that they went hard for Trump instead.
- chimprich 2y ago
  > Obama was chastising black men Can you quote what Obama said that seems relevant to my post? I doubt he outright insulted anyone. > And what a surprise that they went hard for Trump instead According to an exit poll, Black voters voted 86% Democrat this year, compared to 87% at the 2020 election. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/us-election-exit-poll-race-division-b2642223.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic...
- AnthOlei 2y ago
  Oh my this is awful - could you post a source?

mvdtnz 2y ago

Did you miss biden calling all trump supporters "garbage"?

chimprich 2y ago
It was a single remark by the outgoing president who wasn't standing for election, and something he quickly rowed back on. It was clearly something he didn't intend to say, but at some point in an election campaign someone is going to misspeak. Anyway, you're moving the goalposts. The allegation was "calling half the country racist sexist fascist inbred stupid genocidal monsters".
- mvdtnz 2y ago
  You're right, he didn't call them that. He called them garbage.
  - chimprich 2y ago
    Meanwhile, Trump: "Crazy do-nothing democrats", "horrendous people", "the Dems are vicious"... and about 10,000 other insults whilst seizing on one offhand comment from Biden.
  - happytoexplain 2y ago
    Biden said, "the only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters", in response to one of Trump's supporters saying Puerto Rico is garbage. Then Biden tried to walk it back by saying he meant that supporter, or his rhetoric, or whatever (and even if we deny him that walk-back, "supporters" is not all conservatives, all Republicans, or even everybody who votes Trump). Democrats mostly called this a gaffe. While unacceptable by presidential standards, it's extremely tame compared to the things Trump regularly says about groups of people (we could even just limit that to the things he says about liberals or Democrats), and the vocal support he receives from his supporters for these statements. The fact that this got so much attention is evidence that "double standard" would be an understatement.
thpeterson 2y ago
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slothtrop 2y ago
In response to someone calling Puerto Rico garbage? It wasn't "all trump supporters".

JasserInicide 2y ago

Obama was chastising black men the past couple weeks for not wanting to vote for Harris. And what a surprise that they went hard for Trump instead.

chimprich 2y ago
> Obama was chastising black men Can you quote what Obama said that seems relevant to my post? I doubt he outright insulted anyone. > And what a surprise that they went hard for Trump instead According to an exit poll, Black voters voted 86% Democrat this year, compared to 87% at the 2020 election. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/us-election-exit-poll-race-division-b2642223.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic...
AnthOlei 2y ago
Oh my this is awful - could you post a source?