| Ouroboros24 said: These people are the all same. They're the ones that always have to get on stage and talk, the ones who built a career on the basis that they're goody-too-shoes and that they stand for good against bad and have never done wrong. They're the ones that are willing to forget this election and look into 4 years later when it's time to do it all over again. These people are the same. Doesn't matter on what side they throw shade on, it doesn't matter if one is more electable than the other. They are all the same. It doesn't matter that they use dead soldiers to push their political views and attain votes. All of it is more popularity than actual ability. It's more about who is more acceptable this time around than how it should be who is the better candidate. Lies mean nothing if it gets them to their destination. They are all the same. I watch wrestling, rarely did I ever care about politics. I guess I'm one of many who are like this. Each election year I just don't give a darn because it's either boring, or because both sides talk about things the candidates themselves can't really do anything about. I'm first to say I'm ignorant about what's going on. I can't tell anyone why they should vote for this or that. But this year is different. Like I said, I watch wrestling. Not because Trump has been in wwe, but because there's a sign of change(Not the Obama change), real change. In wrestling, when the champion is someone you don't want, someone who isn't good or even liked by the people(Roman Reigns) becomes the champion, you continue to watch because that's what you do. When it's the big guy who has all the criteria to be a champion(muscles, handsome, tough, sells merch, etc) and nobody likes him, you continue to watch, because that's what you do. In this election, where the champion will again be the one who most fits the criteria(Hillary) is about to become champion, you want a swerve and see someone else in the spot, sometimes it doesn't matter who it is as long as it's not the same as before. This year, we have the chance to see someone not so fitting the mold go on to take the belt. And that's why I'm voting Trump. I'm an idiot who just doesn't care about the ramifications of what's to come. I just want a different champion. And I'm not alone. |
Bill Maher (on the bolded section):
"...when the talk turns to election I hear some version of 'they're both bad' or 'they deserve each other' or 'there's an election?'. Republicans have one path to victory in this election and it's called False Equivalency. They can't deny Trump is horrible--it's on tape--so they want voters to believe Hillary is just as bad, and in pursuit of that goal they have a very powerful ally: lazy people. People who like to say 'they're all bad' because when you say that you don't have to do any homework.
Say they're all the same and you can sound justifiably jaded by the entire process when really you just don't know anything. You say you're cynical about politics? Don't flatter yourself. Cynical comes when you know too much. You on the other hand haven't bothered to learn anything--which, Americans by the way, are capable of.
Noam Chomsky once observed that when he listens to a sports call-in show, he said 'it's plain that quite a high degree of thought and analysis is going into that. People know all sorts of complicated details'. On the other hand, he said 'when I hear people talk about, say, international affairs or domestic problems, it's at a level of superficiality that is beyond belief'. In other words: we're not clueless, we just apply our brainpower to bullshit.
It's true. Before people go out for a taco, they'll spend an hour on Yelp researching for the most authentic one. All for something that will be out of your body in 15 minutes! People will use six different websites to get a plane ticket for a weekend trip but they don't care who runs the world for four years. I don't get how Millennials who can't tell these candidates apart have a hundred different subgenres for music that sounds like this (some electronic dance music plays for roundabout 3 seconds)." /end quote
A quick overview of the False Equivalency Fallacy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_equivalence
Case in point, try finding a politician that comes close to this: http://quantum-displacement.tumblr.com/post/146015554444/anti-trump-masterpost (be sure to follow all supporting links)
Or a politician who has flip-flopped more than this: http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/full-list-donald-trump-s-rapidly-changing-policy-positions-n547801
Trump is due in court for fraud at the end of November (due to his scam university) and has a court date in December for raping a 13 year old girl. And you say they're all the same? Three times you said it? Four times? At least you admit that's because of ignorance and not because you're jaded, but if you take the time to actually research and measure each of the candidates, the only logical conclusion is that a vote for Trump is indefensible. Wanting change is great and all, but good change never comes from ignorance--you should want to change that first.
