EricHiggin said:
SanAndreasX said:
Except in this case, Trump is the incumbent President. At this point, voters have had four years to evaluate his performance, and a lot of people have found his governing ability to be severely wanting in the first term, to say the least. So for those people who deeply despise Trump and what he has done, or not done, during his first term as President, it is not at all irrational to want to fire him and turn the Presidency over to somebody who will hopefully not screw things up even worse. Trump had his chance. Biden, on the other hand, has yet to serve in office.
There is also a difference between voting for a candidate because you don't like the other guy, and voting for a candidate because you don't like the members of your community, state, or country who don't support your guy and you hope that your guy will pass laws and policies that will harm them.
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JWeinCom said:
No, it's not the same at all.
On the one hand you're voting for the alternative because you hate a candidate and presumably hate the other less.
On the other hand, you're voting for a candidate because other people hate him, regardless of what you actually think about either candidate.
The first situation is like being at a table with 10 people and being offered a Dr. Pepper or a Sprite. You're dying of thirst and have to drink one. You hate Dr. Pepper, and don't hate Sprite as much, so you choose Sprite.
The second situation is like being at a table with 10 people and being offered a Dr. Pepper or a Sprite. You're dying of thirst and have to drink one. The other 9 people at the table all start yelling about how Dr. Pepper is the most disgusting beverage ever. Because of that you drink the Dr. Pepper regardless of which drink you actually think is better.
The first is rational, the second is not.
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Those candidates are there on behalf of the people, for the people.
If Trump supporters were constantly voicing that they wished death to Biden, would you assume those people and Trump have good intentions no matter how great his platform and optics seemed? Would you want their choice leading the country for all? Would the media ignore it because it's just irrational nonsense, or would they focus on it bigly because it would be a major concern?
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Personally, I wouldn't care at all, in regards to the election.
There are a ton of right wing people who celebrated the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. I'm sure 99% of them will be voting Trump.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/09/christian-extremists-celebrating-ruth-bader-ginsburgs-death/
Trump did nothing to encourage this, and was actually fairly respectful in his comments.
So, I don't hold Trump accountable for those people, and am not considering them at all in my decision on who to vote for. Should I?
