I don't get it. I do not friggin' understand how these nutjob ppl get elected. Wait. I can do the calculations.. but good lord. It's bleak when you see this stuff.
The reason why people like this keep getting elected is because people will go into the voting booth and vote strictly on party lines. They don't consider the platform of any given candidate they just go down the line and check all the boxes that say Republican/Democrat.
You forgot the part where they're actual representations of the people who elect them. People want people like MTG in government, because that's what they believe too
Mr. Darwin, first thank you for your contributions to the realm of science and specifically biology. Without your ground breaking Origin of the Species I wouldn't have the ability to watch all the nut jobs on YouTube deny evolution.
Second, you're absolutely right. Sometimes I'll catch Piers Morgan and it makes my skin crawl. Or God forbid a Jeo Rogan podcast.
Yeah, I see a lot of that locally where I'm at. That line of thinking. I don't think the average voter actually checks voting records of the candidates and sees if they align with what is good for them, their neighbour, community, etc. They just assume that 'their' party are the good guys. It's like.. okaaaay, but can you articulate why? And not talking points either. Are you struggling with health care costs? Who's actually voted for stuff that would help you.
Sorry, longer response than I anticipated. I agree with you completely, so thank you for posting.
That’s exactly right. Per relatives and such who vote that way.
So far: Jan 6 was just bad players, not an insurrection. Trump did nothing wrong. Trump had the documents ready to go, waiting for a pickup, but they were dramatic about picking them up. And he’s not great but he’s good about showing the dem double standard. On what, exactly, I’m not sure.
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I’ve been trying for months to get the sources out of these relatives and finally scored on that last week. Glen Beck and Ben Shapiro. I didn’t even know Beck was still out there doing his batshit crazy schtick.
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Every discussion turns into a game of “you need better sources” constantly being thrown in both directions. Trump broke facts back in 2016.
Imo, I think actual good people who care about others first before themselves tend to be people who fear the responsibility of carrying out leadership, probably because they feel too much empathy for others, they fear failing and causing unnecessary innocent deaths that would destroy them emotionally.
So, you only get the psychopaths and sociopaths who learned to be charismatic just to get people's approvals, stupid people's approvals. Psychopaths and sociopaths who don't really feel guilt or stress when provoking deaths, like Trump did during Covid by promoting antivax bullshit. The dude didn't develop a single line under his eyes after that. He slept like a baby.