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Biden: what would Trump have done if the Capitol riots had been led by Black Americans?
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 20 May 2024
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Wow, very... Nuanced. Where to even begin?
How about this? Let's start here:
I get your anger, and a lot of what you say is true. However, we live in reality where you sometimes have limited options, some being bad, others being worse.
Let's see:
ALL US presidents have done a lot of shit, and in average, the US is not really a force for good in this world.
However.
I want to imagine that you understand the concept of bad, worse, worst, right?
So the US is bad for the world. Saudi Arabia is worse, China and Russia are the worst.
So Obama, I'd say, was bad. Biden is worse, trump is the worst.
What I'm (and many with me) advocating is not voting for the best, I'm advocating to vote for the least bad. Right now, it looks like you will end up either with president Biden or president Trump, like it or not. Believe me, not my choices either, but those are the cards we have been dealt.
So my question to you is: do you prefer Biden, or Trump? Do you believe that Trump will be better for the world, for the US and for you?
Trump, who famously lies and cheats to get ahead, Trump who famously said he'll deport protesting students (don't ask me how, it's his idea), trump who wants police officers to be harsher and have more authority....
Because as I understand you, and please correct me if I'm wrong, you want police to be accountable and less authoritative. Trumo will do the opposite, he claims so all the time.
So with that in mind, do you want trump or Biden? If you want neither, that's not an option, you'll get either one of those as your president and that person WILL influence the police.
So which do you want?