ps3-sales! said: As someone who backs neither party why do you specifically dislike trump? I always see all the same comments of "Oh wow Trump would be terrible" or "trump is basically Hitler" yet with no reason or follow up as to why. Please, enlighten me. What specifically has he done or said that's Hitler-esque. |
I don't hate him, hate is an emotion I don't exhibit lightly. I think both he and Hillary have shown a desire to attack the foundations of Freedom of Speech (along with many regressive/authoritarian leftists, as well as the religious far-right). Both of which are extremely fucking dangerous things to consider. It's idiots like those two, who've enjoyed the luxury of living in a society where their Speech is protected by law, who want to now try to take away or limit that right, because of others they disagree with. If history's proven anything, it's that if we force people not to talk about things, it causes more problems than it solves.
I personally don't feel Trump is very Presidential, myself. His behavior is extremely poor, in my opinion. And his call for banning all Muslims from the US is completely counter to the principles of the Country. Couple that with his laundry list of issues from his past, and disagreements over other key points, there's no way I'd vote for him. But, hate is not a term I would use.
However, I think the bolded is exactly the problem this country (and much of the Western world) currently suffers from. Rather than actually...you know, be adults, we resort to ad-hominem, godwin's law invoking attacks, to simply marginalize wrong-think (Even if that 'Wrong-think' is supported with data). It's a very dangerous tactic people have been using lately, dangerous because silencing dissenters has never led to good things. If anything, it creates more radicals.