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I've been trying for 4 years for ANY Democrat to provide an actual, legitimate, reason for their hatred of President Trump, and they ALWAYS flee the conversation!
The best one one my friends could come up with "He is bossy and I hate bossy people"
Hi, I am a registered Democrat, and personally I disagree with a lot of Trump's policies.
I think his foreign policy approach was dangerous and places the lives of Americans in danger. I think war with Iran would be disastrous, unwinnable, and lose too many lives, and so I oppose his aggressive actions there. I think he has weakened our alliances through unilateral action and a rejection of international agreements. I think this makes a withdrawel from these international groups makes conflict more likely, and prevents cooperation (although, I will give him credit, I did really like Trump's strike on Assad's airforce base in 2017). Having multiple childhood friends in the military, I worry about their safety if we were to enter a war with Iran, and I was particularly worried after the airstrike on Soleimani.
I dislike his opposition to changes needed to fight climate change. For me, this is perhaps my biggest issue. I would literally let a candidate slap me once a day if it meant we could achieve carbon neutrality by 2035 (and maybe once a week if it was 2040).
I oppose his tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy, and his cutting of funding to programs to help the poorest Americans (such as foodstamps). I dislike his changes to allow LGBT people to be denied medical coverage, and a general undermining of LGBT rights. I dislike that he has tried to remove Obamacare, a program my niece depends upon to live, without a clear alternative suggested.
I dislike his immigration policy. I had a Syrian friend who had to go home for a family emergency, and not being sure if she would ever be allowed back in the country was really devestating. I have friends from Somalia, Iran, and Iraq who all were seriously affected by his "Muslim Ban". I personally am an immigrant, and I support a more accepting immigrantion policy (which also I believe will help grow the economy), so his restrictions on visas, and the reduction in refugee programs I strongly oppose.
I opposed his crackdown on BLM protests. Seeing the footage of excessive police brutality during the protests really made me angry, and hearing stories of friends being tear gassed while they were peaceful, and everyone around them was as well further angered me. Also, I do think his whole approach inflammed the situation (I have done some studying of riot control and crowd psychology, and the confrontational approach Trump took is far more likely to make protests become violent).
The one policy that Trump campaigned on that I was a big fan of was his $1 Trillion plan for infastructure, but it frustrates me that this never happened (I could go on for further Trump policies I dislike, but I think you get the gist of it. I am happy to elaborate more if you want, though).
Still though, I don't hate Trump supporters. I think generally there is a lot we have in common, and we often have the same issues (increasing power of corporations, low quality of life for the working class, disappearing of the middle class, opioid epidemic). There is a lot I really dislike about the Democrats too, but I personally think they are still better than Trump on these issues.
Anyway, happy to answer any further questions you have!
Yay! I finally got a Democrat to respond!
President Trump's foreign policy is a danger to the "military-industrial complex", but not to America. Letting Iran develop full nuclear weapon capability will be the greatest threat to the world since the fall of the Soviet Union. Climate change discussed below. Tax cuts are always good, if reductions in Federal spending, or increases in tax revenue resulting from those cuts (yes, tax cuts can increase tax "revenue", as strange as it may seem) occurs. I don't know the balance in regard to Trump's tax cuts, so I can argue one way or another on that. The "open door" immigration policies of Democrats is a guaranteed disaster for the U.S. You can always find some sob story to make it seem like any policy is heartless, but regulated, legal, immigration is the only way to ensure immigration is a benefit to our country. From what I saw, there wasn't a crackdown on BLM protests. There should have been a MASSIVE crackdown on the BLM riots! Businesses burnt to the ground, people killed, and the media and Democrats just stood by and applauded. A truly shameful period of U.S. history, largely backed by people who have no interest in the welfare of the U.S. I really seems obvious that you are a product of leftist media. Get out while you can!
Thanks! I will give that a look. I love watching these kinds of videos, just to see what the arguments are on the other side, if nothing else.
I think I learned about Climate Change in a really good way in High School. We watched an anti-Climate Change movie (The Great Global Warming Swindle), and wrote down every single claim it made. Then, we had to look up every claim and interviewee in the show, and checked if they were backed up by evidence. To me, this demonstrated how much the anti-Climate Change movement twisted the facts and straight up lied. Only after doing this did we actually learn properly about climate change, and I have been keeping up with most major reports on it since, and following a few climate scientists on youtube and such. I think because of this, I find these kinds of videos unpersuasive, as I know the counterarguments, and the studies that disprove them.
I think I am also really suspicious of any claims of there being a NWO, as some random person nearby my school made a video accusing it of being a NWO training camp where they secretly conducted illuminati rituals on the students. We all found it hilarious, but also, made me think these kind of theories were pretty bogus.
Anyway, if you have any other good channels to watch for Q related content or anything else, I would love to know them! I find them very entertaining!
Thanks again for being so friendly!
As a PhD scientist who has been studying "climate change" for the past 40 years, I can guarantee that it is 90% politics, and 10% science. Why do you think they changed from claiming "man-made global warming", to "man-made climate change", and now, just "climate change"? It's because the data on global temperature didn't fit the narrative. The foundation of "man-made climate change" is that man-made global warming is a cause of climate change. You have to have an increase in the rate of global warming above the rate that has been occurring for the past few thousand years, that can be attributed to man's activities, in order to claim that man's activities are causing climate change. Well, the Earth has not been significantly warming at a faster rate during the past 50 years or so than the historical rate of warming. The biggest indicator that there has not been an increase in the rate of warming is the fact that the rate of global sea level rise has not significantly increased in the past 50 years. I believe it's probably safe to say you are under 40 years of age, and have been bombarded by leftist propaganda your entire life. I invite you, as another poster has, to look beyond what CNN, NYT, and a whole host of leftist media outlets tell you, and what leftist "scientists" tell them. A good place to start, in regard to "climate change" is the notrickszone website.