2017-05-22, 05:25 | Link #341 |
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Purely out of interest, what is your general opinion on Trump. I heard from a few different people and they have very different opinion on him. My Marketing teacher back in the day said he was amazing, yet my sister who is a diplomat master said he is terrible.
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2017-05-22, 05:54 | Link #342 |
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he is egotistical and reactionary. He treats the Presidency like a TV Show
and his political beliefs changes depending on who talked to him the last time. or what conspiracy theorist website he read From a marketing standpoint, I think your teacher was right, though He has managed to use social media to win him the office He has managed to tap into the collective disdain and turn that into voting power against the establishment
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2017-05-22, 05:55 | Link #343 | |
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2017-05-22, 07:29 | Link #344 | |
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2017-05-22, 09:48 | Link #345 | |
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And this is just from the top of my head. It is very hard to find anything positive about Trump but his supporters ignore all of that and repeat what he promised them in his campaign, oblivious that their arguments crumble instantly under a closer look. |
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2017-05-22, 14:37 | Link #346 | |
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IMO Trump is a great President. Every day he's doing such a good job at MAGA, despite his old age. Sadly, the haters will do everything they can to discredit him, to ignore his many achievements, to make him look bad (and his fans as well)... I never cared much about US before Trump. To me, it was just another one of those western countries that are declining because of radical leftist BS (just look at western Europe, particularly Sweden and Germany)... But then Trump, an advocate of nationalism, won against all odds, and I said to myself: "well, maybe there really is some hope after all". Anyway, if you want to form an unbiased opinion of Donald Trump I suggest you go listen to the man directly. Decide for yourself whether you like him or not. You can find one of his recent (and IMO great) speeches here.
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2017-05-22, 16:05 | Link #348 | |
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How has he performed on national security? The only thing Trump has done is nominate a Supreme Court justice that Mitch Mcconel stole already and nuked the filibuster to get it through. Which is only an accomplishment if you think extreme justices like Scalia are a good thing for the courts.
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2017-05-22, 20:17 | Link #349 |
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There will be differences of opinions about what is best for any group of people or nations. That is nothing new. Otherewise there wouldn't be things called progressives nor conservatives, much less all the other variances in political opinions.
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In my home of Canada, we are still working our way out of the mess left by Stephen Harper and his minions. For every day Harper was in office, I cursed after him for pushing his Republican-style agenda while pushing Canada out of the position of international respect we once had in politics and environment. If anything, it was the right's BS that was responsible for Canada's decline on the international stage until the people woke up to give Harper the boot. There is no love lost between Canadians and Harper. I don't know what definition you make of nationalism, but to hell with it. There are ways to enjoy national pride without giving crap to a group of people just because they are different on religion, skin color, or language. Quote:
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2017-05-22, 21:30 | Link #351 |
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it's becoming clear to me that cultural reasons Trump won because a lot of people, at least on a subconscious level, feel that America has become less America.
And to be blunt that means being less White Christian Protestant Middle Class that means they the want minorities to stop being minorities in public (It's okay if you exist, just don't remind me about it!) that means less minority representation in fiction/games/movies (no politics in fiction, please!) that means less affirmative actions ( actually, anti racist are the real racists!) that means no one reminding them that gender gap issues exist ( ::munches on red pills:: ) that means being able to casually make questionable jokes and not suffer any repercussions from it (It's just a joke bro!) To these people, this is what nationalism represents And they are angry because their safe space is vanishing
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2017-05-23, 01:43 | Link #352 |
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To be honest, my 1st knowledge of Trump was a rather bias one, the 1st time I even knew of him was when my Marketing teacher show us a video of a reality show that Trump seem to be the owner of. I don't exactly remember the name, but the show was about how Trump hire his new employee through that show and he ask of the competitor to sell lemonade and made profit. On that show he said that he once in debt and now he is a millionaire. So my 1st impression of him was a successful businessman.
However, in recent times, which my sister who is doing research on nations diplomat, mentioned that Trump was a terrible one. And all opinion about him afterwards seem very vary. I mean, Whether it's Obama of Bush I can still see how people of different opinion judging them as a whole, but Opinion about Trump keep on jumping from being the best to the worst that lead me have completely no idea about what he really is |
2017-05-23, 02:54 | Link #353 | |
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- It started with curiosity. Then a little bit of sympathy, because here is a man that didn't mince his words toward people and topics. I always thought that politics needed more people like that. => However, I will soon come to realize that he says whatever his voters WANT TO HEAR. - A documentary on a French cultural channel ( Arte.tv ), called Trump Country, have talked about some of those workers who felt cheated by the Republicans and the Democrats, with all those jobs that got outsourced to countries like China and Mexico. Those are the same people who also voted Obama in the past. => Those are voters I can sympathize with, I actually feel most sorry for them because they are getting NOTHING out of voting him into office. None of the measures taken so far by Trump have done anything to make their life better. - Same documentary also touched on the disastrous US healthcare system, to call this system a trainwreck is an insult to trainwrecks. People were still struggling under Obamacare. And some were thinking that it's actually worse and that Trump may fix it. => However, it was unfair to Obamacare, as such a system needed some years and money to actually kickstart and show results. Also a drastic change in American mentality, where some need to stop thinking that intervention of the State is bad and that the poor only exist to rob people out of their money. Seriously, in my stay in USA in last summer, when I explained to some stranger the French healthcare system, he looked at me as if I eat puppies steak with kitten sauce in the side while sipping on wine mixed with baby blood for breakfast. I have lost sympathy for him a long time ago. I am not sure if it was him threatening to put Hillary in jail (it's usually dictators who do that), or some of the most morally and mentally repulsive fringe of his supporters who worship him like a God (people who casually jokes about the Holocaust or outright deny it. I am not a Jew, but I am the son of Khmer Rouge survivors. So, genocides are not subjects to be treated lightly for me), or his manchild behavior on twitter (hell, he is making former president François Hollande look great in comparison), but each day he somehow manage new way to disgust me and feel sorry for all my aunts, uncles and cousins who are living in USA. They, and millions of Americans, are living with this walking embarrassment, not to mention that some of his measures are going to make their life harsher. |
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2017-05-24, 04:39 | Link #354 |
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Man, what a lovely couple, just look at their handholding, oh... I first thought that was a photoshop, but apparently Trump really wrote that for visiting a memorial about 6 million people who died terrible deaths in the name of race supremacy. "So amazing" Dude, this is not a sight-seeing tour, this is a memorial and you are the president of america, representing americans, have some tact.
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2017-05-24, 06:45 | Link #355 | |
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^Is that really what he wrote? He never ceased to amaze you huh.
Although, since he won the election and technically do representing the US as the president, he is probably what the US citizens want. Quote:
My impression of him so far is a spoiled hypocrite toddler. A pervert too, he likes to grab woman, you should do your own research to where the place he likes to grab.
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Racism still exists, but it's not more inherent in white people. And a far more pressing matter is economic inequality. You really think a homeless white person is better off than a homeless black person? Different skin color, same circumstances. Last edited by Serovectra; 2017-05-24 at 18:56. |
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2017-05-24, 19:33 | Link #358 | |
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Here's an idea: How about scrapping race-based affirmative action altogether and come up with a system that offers help based on tangible things such as whether a person actually needs help based on their background and situation. President Obama did not need affirmative action. Not then, and especially not now. But there are a lot of kids out there of all colors who, based on their ability and willingness could do better, but because of their life situation might not have the same opportunities. Let's find a way to help them and let everyone else compete based on merit. Last edited by Serovectra; 2017-05-24 at 21:59. |
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Don't I dare hold hands with my same gendered partner ...Or don't I dare wear an ethnic turban or veil in public ... Or don't I dare I make people uncomfortable when i speak in something other than English in public ... in fact, don't dare I speak English without an accent either. That's too fluent and thus unnerving! Quote:
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