@luzarius said:
If you vote for a Republican and that Republican wins, your vote means you're supporting Republican policy for four years.
Roughly 63 million people voted for Trump. Out of 326 million americans.
That means roughly 19% voted for Trump. And odds are a good chunk of those also voted against Hillary rather than for trump. Nice try though.
Me wanting to work with you guys is toxic and dangerous? What?
Yes, if the other side's ideas are terrible, then yes, do the patriotic duty and undermine them. Also, people have explained why not only in this thread but the other one too.
As a nationalist, I will never abandon the principles of the Declaration of Independence.
- All men are created equal.
- Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
- US Constitution
It's interesting that Martin Luther King was sometimes against and wrestled with the concept of nationalism when in essence he was one of the purest nationalists, because he stayed true to the belief that all men are created equal which is one of America's founding principles in the declaration of independence.
- No globalist will ever convince me to abandon free speech.
- No progressive will ever convince me that I need special privileges on the basis of my race.
- No globalist will ever convince me that we don't need border security.
- Nationalism requires that I put America first.
I love trade and I'm open to globalism, but the world must take the first step and embrace free speech.
Nationalism (an authoritarian ideology), often infringes on free speech. If you are obliivous to Trump's attack on free speech, then I can't help you.
He ****ing sued the Onion over a joke!
Trump has not instated any law or rule that is authoritarian. In fact, he speaks out against the authoritarian antifree speech of social media companies run by google, twitter, facebook, etc.
- https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/08/22/trump-right-social-media-alternatives-facebook-twitter-column/1042015002/
Trump administration, we won’t let that happen." He said that "[c]ensorship is a very dangerous thing," and urged social media companies to "let everybody participate, good & bad, and we will all just have to figure it out!" Ironically this used to be the position of the ACLU, before it decided to start balancing speech against its possible impact on the progressive agenda.
Those are not the words of an authoritarian.
When Trump criticizes the media, he's citing a free speech exception: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_free_speech_exceptions#False_statements_of_fact
He's not an authoritarian. Please show objective evidence of your claim. I despise authoritarianism and would never vote for an authoritarian. I'm open to your response, I'm not unreasonable. Unlike Democrats, leftists & liberals, I will actually listen to you & learn from you, that way I can defeat you in 2020 or side with you.
Not only is trump hostile to free speech, but he also shows other authoritarian tendencies.
- He thrives on us vs them mentalities
- He has attacked courts
- He habitually attacks media critical of him
- He is very punitive
- His platform outright advocated for censorshpi
- He advocates for violence
- He is hostile to democracy itself
And that speech only helps my case, because an authoritarian tendency is to use double standards. Saying one thing while meaning the opposite. I had a former friend who said she didnt would be fine with me making a certain personal decision ("I dont wanna infringe on your freedom"), only to lash out on me the next day for doing it.
Did you know that Google abandoned the American tradition of free speech and instead embraces the European tradition of censorship & moderation (a view that aligns with Hitler, Hitler loved censorship). https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/10/09/the-good-censor-leaked-google-briefing-admits-abandonment-of-free-speech-for-safety-and-civility/ - That link contains objective evidence of Google admitting they've abandoned free speech. A major American company has been influenced by foreign entities. Democrats accepted Google's endorsement.
I repeat, Democrats accepted Google's endorsement. I cannot support Democrats when they do that.
People can still like google despite of that blunder (which is worthy of calling out). Google has done the world an excellent service, for both business and education. One of google's search services is one of my favorite places to get information. And when getting information on concepts and ideas (not news, though), that is usually the first place I look.
Accepting an endorsement from google isnt too bad, considering all that.
It is also worth mentioning that Democrats dont represent the whole left wing movement. Democrats themselves are centrist. Most progressives are calling the democrats out a lot, and are even trying a hostile takeover of the party (see Justice Democrats and AOC)
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