12-01-2020, 04:24 PM
LRRPF52 Wrote:I agree with your overall message that differing opinions, when discussed politely, lead to a better society. The most uplifting political conversations Ive had have been with people I disagree with. Ive not found echo chambers to be very uplifting when discussing politics.
I disagree with the common statement that Trump is a dunce though, and challenge anyone who believes it to print the statement out with a picture of Trump and his custom 757, Trump Towers, and even a modest assessment of all the people he has employed and given opportunities to that didnt exist prior, then print your own accomplishments out and place them side-by-side on your bathroom mirror.
First off, thank you for your concurrence. We can agree to disagree, and that's a much better tool for conflict resolution, than outright incivility.
That being said... I am not going to entertain the second part. It is my *personal opinion* that you have WAY too much invested in the cult of personality, and probably aren't open to any arguments that I may present, if I were actually the type to defend the character of those whom I do not personally know. I do not approach the subject of a man's character, from the perspective of what he possesses. And to be right honest... What a person has, how they got it, or what it takes for them to maintain it, isn't something that most of us are privy to. Don't argue what you don't know. And if what you know is only what you perceive as valuable, from your own limited perspective, more of the same. That's the point that we either let our vote do the talking, or we do as the world does - which is fight about it. I can't be arsed to bother with fighting people about it. Whether he's a dunce, or the King, my world will still turn, because I'm clever enough to figure out how to make sure I survive and thrive. There's a period at the end of that statement.
Believe as you will with respect to the man as a figure. Money, power, control... these are topics for the millennia. "There is nothing new under the sun." Or if you like, "it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks."