In my opinion starting your response with "How many times do I have to tell you not to believe something just because you read it and someone who claims to be "professional" wrote it?", painting me as someone who repeatedly and carelessly tosses around falsehoods and yourself as the beacon of truth that constantly has to steer me in the right path, is pretty damn caustic as well. If you want to keep personal intellect or character out of this discussion then don't start your response by portraying me as a fool. I don't even remember a moment where you've had to tell me that.
I also didn't direct either of those descriptions toward you, honestly I had someone I work with in mind, she is furious about Bill's infidelity but claims there isn't a single thing Trump has done that bothers her in the slightest. Mostly her words, there. I find that to be blindly hypocritical and that's the kind of head-in-sand mentality I'm referring to. You're pretty level headed and I enjoy our talks
That said, a lot of Trump's misconduct seems to have happened recently. I can't think of many scandals being brought up from early than 30 years ago and that's when the man was 40. That NBC tape was just from what, 11 years ago? You can't defend that kind of behavior on him being a spry, hormone-crazed 59 year old young man. His behavior has remained consistent if not gotten worse as he's gotten older and he's done very, very little in the way of recanting his past to this day. When he's confronted with his past mistakes he typically attacks the victim in some way. And if the topic is sexism then sexual misconduct is not the only indicator, how long has Twitter been around? How many of his tweets have been specifically for the purpose of targeting women and personally insulting them? The past is the past but most of those links I posted pertain to recent examples of his behavior.
Guiltless Shameless 2016 American Election Poll Thread
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Nov 11, 2016 3:21 PM #1466703
Nov 11, 2016 3:35 PM #1466705
I concede my first comment was out of place as well -- just came off of a heated discussion with a complete idiot and kinda triggered. Sorry bout that.
Anyhow, I'll be the first to say I have no positive things to say about Trump's personal life. In that area, I have zero admiration for him.
I prefer to elect people I actually "like" on a personal level. This election, I did not have that option. So, I limited my viewpoints to actual politics, which is where I made my decision.
Again, I know damn well he's done stuff -- like I said, you don't get on the front of Playboy magazine for no reason -- but just like everything else it has been exaggerated. Plenty of presidents have been less-than-admirable in their private lives but have been damn good leaders. Still, I do place a cap on things like scandal while in office. In the private sector if you want to fuck-around that's your choice. But be a decent person while you are sitting in the oval office.
EDIT: Also, I believe Trump -- despite his shortcomings -- is savvy enough to realize he shouldn't be stupid while in office (at least on a sexual/relational level).
Anyhow, I'll be the first to say I have no positive things to say about Trump's personal life. In that area, I have zero admiration for him.
I prefer to elect people I actually "like" on a personal level. This election, I did not have that option. So, I limited my viewpoints to actual politics, which is where I made my decision.
Again, I know damn well he's done stuff -- like I said, you don't get on the front of Playboy magazine for no reason -- but just like everything else it has been exaggerated. Plenty of presidents have been less-than-admirable in their private lives but have been damn good leaders. Still, I do place a cap on things like scandal while in office. In the private sector if you want to fuck-around that's your choice. But be a decent person while you are sitting in the oval office.
EDIT: Also, I believe Trump -- despite his shortcomings -- is savvy enough to realize he shouldn't be stupid while in office (at least on a sexual/relational level).
Nov 11, 2016 3:39 PM #1466706
Fair enough, I don't disagree