But when you suffer defeats at the hands of those inferior types, wouldn’t a degree of humility be in order? I can understand the temptation to blame your failures on racism, misogyny or the Electoral College, but wouldn’t a willingness to learn from your mistakes serve your interests better in the long term?Originally Posted by kib
... are you saying Trump supporters would abandon their position and vote for someone more reasonable, if only the democrats would apologize for expecting it?
No, speaking for myself I think many would vote for someone more reasonable if the opposition could find one.
Welcome back by the way.
"Things should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler." ~ Albert Einstein
Thank you for the welcome - and the website. I'm sorry.
While I get excited about the extremist left candidates I don't think they have a chance in hell of coming through on promises, and having another eight years of stagnation due to partisan bickering sounds like something the country can't afford. I'm not entirely opposed to Biden, I think he'd be a calming bowl of oatmeal for a few years.
KIB - just wanted to say it's nice to see you here! Rob
No, I’m saying that if you lose an election in great part due to arrogantly insulting a big chunk of the electorate, then doubling down on the arrogance would not seem to be the response of a superior mind.
You're right, it would not. And yet.....
"Things should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler." ~ Albert Einstein
Considering that he only got 46% of the votes I’m not sure I’d call it a large chunk of the electorate. And surely not all of his supporters fall into the four categories of deplorable, although I’ve seen plenty of attempts by non-deplorables to expand the original categories because republicans are all about victim culture these days.
Has Trump actually done things you, as an intellectually gifted person, find to be of benefit to anyone but himself and a handful of his pets? Or was revenge for being insulted enough to justify having this rotten tangerine sitting in the oval office.
I'm really not kidding, I believe the people on this board arguing for Trump are just as smart as anyone else, but I don't understand you. I can't think of one reason I'd want Trump in office, but I hate the man. Is there a reason for the greater good that I ought to consider voting for him that I've missed in my aggravation?
I don't think anyone here has argued for Trump. Some of us are simply suspect because we don't actively hate him as much as others think we should, plus we lack sufficient timidity to keep it to ourselves.
"Things should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler." ~ Albert Einstein
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