re: There are intelligent people who oppose President Trump

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But I’m curious, do you think voting dem will make America better? It’s clear the majority of them want open borders and are moving towards socialism. It’s clear their plan is divide and conquer. It’s clear they support propaganda as a tactic to manipulate and brainwash the people. It’s clear they have no problem with breaking laws and looking the other way when it suits them. It’s clear they attempted to overthrow the 2016 election. It’s clear they lie and then project all of their misdeeds and crimes onto the opposing party. It’s clear they care more about letting men into girls’ bathrooms and letting unchecked Muslims into the country more than the safety of Americans. It’s clear they want to do away with the second amendment.

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Sadly, actually believing that this is prevalent in one party over the other only plays into the hands of the establishment that controls them both.

It's also why nothing ever changes in this country; the establishment marches on with its agenda, while the useful idiots fight over which "side" is at fault.

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I've been glad to see that spending is a main issue for the people who have responded

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I would expand that somewhat, to include “fiscal matters” in general. He handed out tax cuts in a blatant vote-buying scheme, when he should’ve been cutting the budget. I think the two are inextricably intertwined.

Candidly, I also think that his foreign-policy as a whole was a shite show.

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But look at the alternative. Did you vote for Hillary?

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There were more than two choices.

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He's also weak AF on the Second Amendment, which is probably my biggest complaint about him.

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Name one policy decision Trump has made that is anti 2nd Amendment.

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No, but choosing the RIGHT Republican would.

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Fair

(I had the midterms on my mind)

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Perhaps you did not bother to read the OP.

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Perhaps you did not read what I responded to in the 1st place? My response was to the perception of Trump having no moral compass not the OP of the thread.

The perception of Trump having no moral compass obviously leads into a comparison as to perceived morals or a perception of morality in the 1st place. For instance: The morality of assassinating journalists with the SA embassy in Turkey thing. Obviously within the morality of SA, not within American morality. Or, beheading enemies in much of the ME is within their morality, but not ours. Morals/morality is a personal, or community, or cultural, perception there is no "Universal Truth" so a comparison is valid if his "moral compass" is complained about.

I disagree completely

He is the most patriotic American president we’ve had in 100 years, he loves America

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The "smart" Democrats who could make rational arguments and maybe even work with Republicans on a few issues have been scared into silence and or outright compliance by the mob mentality of the lunatic left.

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Problem is no one is discussing issues anymore. Just picking sides and screaming specific talking points. It's frustrating.

There are definitely very intelligent Progressives out there, but being intelligent (Left or right) doesn't make one socially aware. Politics are a social topic, and many intelligent people don't have a very high social IQ.

I rarely, if ever, see people discussing issues. It's all emotional drivel that cannot be logically argued for or against.

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I would expand that somewhat, to include “fiscal matters” in general. He handed out tax cuts in a blatant vote-buying scheme, when he should’ve been cutting the budget. I think the two are inextricably intertwined.

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I can see that.

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Candidly, I also think that his foreign-policy as a whole was a shite show.

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lolwhat?

Not only the country, but the WORLD is safer because of his foreign policy.

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Problem is no one is discussing issues anymore. Just picking sides and screaming specific talking points. It's frustrating.

There are definitely very intelligent Progressives out there, but being intelligent (Left or right) doesn't make one socially aware. Politics are a social topic, and many intelligent people don't have a very high social IQ.

I rarely, if ever, see people discussing issues. It's all emotional drivel that cannot be logically argued for or against.

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This is true, and it's reaching a dangerous tipping point. I mean when you can't even get a side to agree that evidence matters when deciding on whether someone should get a job or not you have a real problem on your hand.

I don't 100% blame the left, but they have taken things to an entirely different level. Any reasonable person knows, for example, that chasing people down the street and wailing on their car is wrong, but you sure don't see many liberals simply stating that , do you. They almost to a person respond this way "okay maybe that wasn't the best thing to do , but................."

And that is dangerous. When you can't even speak out against violence from those on "your side"