“People” meaning voters? Because I’m pretty sure the people tossing the barb believe it. I certainly do. It’s not the worst thing about Trump by far, but it’s a problem nonetheless.
Because I’m pretty sure the people tossing the barb believe it.
“Age doesn’t matter because Trump is worse” was the refrain on this sub for months.
It’s not the worst thing about Trump by far
That’s the problem with any kind of generic critique. If you’re always carving out an exception because it’s a two party system where one party always sucks, then “He’s too old” has no substance. You’re going to vote for whatever the only acceptable party feeds you, whether its a spry young cop-loving prosecutor from California or an 80 year old Senatorial mummy from Delaware.
Age isn’t relevant when you’re choosing between two people who are the same age. That’s no longer the case, so age is now a distinguishing factor.
Anyway, my gripe with the age talk wasn’t that age doesn’t matter; it was that Biden was being hammered on it as if Trump is somehow better in that regard.
Hell no, and I already said it’s not the most important factor. But in a sane world where both candidates are decent people, age could very well be a deciding factor for me.
But in a sane world where both candidates are decent people
The partisan divide is predicated on assuming your rivals aren’t good people. That’s why everyone loves calling each other Tankies and Communists/Fascists and foreign shills.
It’s almost like you have to look at more than just what people say about each other to determine who’s right.
Anyway, I was talking about Trump himself, not his supporters. I don’t know how it could possibly be more clear that he’s a bad person. If you can’t acknowledge that fact then I can’t take anything you say seriously.
Let’s not pretend that Trump is a normal politician with whom we merely have policy disagreements. That was the case for most major party candidates prior to 2015, but since then it has only been the case for one major party’s candidates. The previous rules of friendly competition and debate were thrown out then. By him.
“People” meaning voters? Because I’m pretty sure the people tossing the barb believe it. I certainly do. It’s not the worst thing about Trump by far, but it’s a problem nonetheless.
“Age doesn’t matter because Trump is worse” was the refrain on this sub for months.
That’s the problem with any kind of generic critique. If you’re always carving out an exception because it’s a two party system where one party always sucks, then “He’s too old” has no substance. You’re going to vote for whatever the only acceptable party feeds you, whether its a spry young cop-loving prosecutor from California or an 80 year old Senatorial mummy from Delaware.
Age isn’t relevant when you’re choosing between two people who are the same age. That’s no longer the case, so age is now a distinguishing factor.
Anyway, my gripe with the age talk wasn’t that age doesn’t matter; it was that Biden was being hammered on it as if Trump is somehow better in that regard.
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Are you suggesting that you’d support a Trump campaign if he’d been 20 years younger?
Hell no, and I already said it’s not the most important factor. But in a sane world where both candidates are decent people, age could very well be a deciding factor for me.
The partisan divide is predicated on assuming your rivals aren’t good people. That’s why everyone loves calling each other Tankies and Communists/Fascists and foreign shills.
If you can’t see that Trump is the opposite of a good person, then I don’t know what to tell you.
You assume Trump people aren’t good people, either. And they assume the same of you.
It’s almost like you have to look at more than just what people say about each other to determine who’s right.
Anyway, I was talking about Trump himself, not his supporters. I don’t know how it could possibly be more clear that he’s a bad person. If you can’t acknowledge that fact then I can’t take anything you say seriously.
Let’s not pretend that Trump is a normal politician with whom we merely have policy disagreements. That was the case for most major party candidates prior to 2015, but since then it has only been the case for one major party’s candidates. The previous rules of friendly competition and debate were thrown out then. By him.