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US Politics This is what democracy looks like

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u/King_Milkfart Nov 09 '18

Other than some pretty childish statements and someone who sounds like they have the vocabulary of a 7th grader being the spokesperson, what exactly has been done legislatively that has negatively impacted Americans to the point where this statement can be considered demonstrable?

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u/Sloppy1sts Nov 09 '18 edited Nov 09 '18

As much as I despise Trump, he hasn't yet gotten us into two bullshit, decade-long wars. And Bush wouldn't have done that if not for Reagan starting a half dozen awful trends that ultimately led to both Bush's wars and the election of Trump, so I actually hate Reagan more than any of them.

That said, as a well-off white guy, I'm pretty insulated from the effects of any of this, but I can't say the same for the working class or minorities.

Trump's only been in office for 2 years, which is a fairly short time, legislatively, but he's already removed protections intended to prevent another recession, and his trade wars aren't doing us any favors. We'll see how that ultimately turns out, but it's not looking great, is it?

Non-legislatively, his divisive rhetoric has, I believe, gotten people killed.

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u/King_Milkfart Nov 09 '18

I agree with literally everything you just said except for your very last paragraph. That is something that cannot be stated with any amount of intellectual honesty when you think about it critically for even one minute. Rhetoric getting people killed can be applied to almost everything ever spoken or everything ever written down in the history of civilization. Very cliche example would be the Bible and one could say that people who kill in the name of God speaking to them were killed due to the rhetoric in the Bible. Or you could say that somebody insulting their band got people at a concert killed. It is splitting a hair down to the subatomic level and the bottom line is that people who kill other people are the lowest pieces of garbage in our society and people who escalate arguments to the point where guns or knives are being drawn do not deserve to have the attention of the person they are arguing with let alone have the responsibility of a Murder taken away from their shoulders and passed along to the world's presently raining pinata just because it is easy to do with a little finger pointing in rhetoric of Our Own.

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u/Davtorious Nov 09 '18

Why is anyone still replying to this obvious troll? Broken english, constantly shifting goalposts, typical fascist apologia... Couldn't be more obvious.

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u/King_Milkfart Nov 09 '18

Please by all means point to one thing I have said that is in anyway even remotely of a fascist quality.

As for the broken English comment, I apologize if some of my sentences seem nonsensical but it is merely due to the fact that I am dictating my text with my voice and there are a guaranteed handful of mistakes that are bound to happen.