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On the one hand, I am concerned about his basic fitness for office. But on the other hand, I am also concerned that the competent lady who has been in office for the past four years may not totally agree with me on everything. How can I possibly choose between them?
Reminds me of this
Not saying I condone political violence, but the Democratic Party has absolutely not been willing to stop Republicans "by any means necessary, even violence".
Large parts of "the Left", maybe; but certainly not the actual party politicians.
Not sure how you confused an ANTIFA flag with “the dems” unless it was intentional.
....ashamed to admit I didn't recognize the flag, and was thinking of people saying that the two political parties are indistinguishable. That does make more sense.
Fair enough.
Political violence is an inevitability. It's up to us to ensure we get the best possible type of violence.
For a lot of them, I don't think it goes any farther than: "Yeah he says things I don't necessarily agree with, but groceries are more expensive than ever and I just want things to be different."
I saw something a few weeks ago that went something like "People really about to elect a fascist who wants to terminate the constitution just to shave $0.50 off the price of eggs."
Really, it should have been "because they think he'll shave $0.50 off the price of eggs.", because he doesn't have a policy plan to tackle inflation. He doesn't have a plan at all aside from staying out of prison.