There are intelligent people to be found on opposite sides of political and ideological debates. Intelligent people can choose to see only what they want to see, or find ways to explain away whatever disturbs the narrative they prefer. That choice is guided by an emotional commitment to certain propositions, which makes abandoning that position more uncomfortable than the intellectual contortions and rationalizes necessary to sustain it against contrary evidence.
Still, I'm constantly amazed that anyone with an IQ over 100 could really believe that Donald Trump is a selfless patriot who really cares about the little guy and who has superior instincts about any policy. I'm astonished at how many intelligent people chose to believe that Trump himself was the final measure of what's good and true and right whenever he was opposed or criticized, even by people who had worked in his administration and seen him up close.
Again, I think it comes down to making an emotional commitment to a position, and then digging in when it's rattled.
There are people who voted for Trump who wouldn't steal a dime from you and would never harm you willingly. There are people who voted for Biden who would do both. There is not a strict correlation between morality in one's personal life and how one chooses to vote. The latter choice usually comes down to two highly imperfect candidates.
Democrats as well as Republicans have at times said: "We know our candidate is far from a saint, but we think the other side's policies will be very harmful." That's the calculation that a lot of people made regarding Trump. (Others told themselves fairy tales about how heroically awesome he is.)
So, they voted for a guy who tried to railroad innocent Black teens to the gas chamber, was fined for refusing to rent to Black and Puerto Rican families, who called Black neighborhoods wastelands, who claimed most Hispanic immigrants were rapists or criminals, who hired 3 VDare staffers to work in his admin, who allowed Identity Europa's leader to tour the White House, who made white supremacist...I mean Western chauvinist Steve Bannon his right hand man, and who claimed Obama wasn't American because he was Black because they're not white supremacists?
A fair number of blacks and Latinos voted for Trump -- more in 2020 than in 2016. Where he lost was among white voters.
Maybe you should tell us why all those blacks and Latinos were racist and immoral in voting for Trump. I didn't vote for him, but I'm not going to say that all the tens of millions who did are fundamentally immoral.
The question that hasn't been answered, as far as I've seen, is WHY blacks and Latinos voted for openly racist Trump, etc. I can see them not voting for a Dem, but voting for Trump?
There are conservative blacks and latinos. In fact latinos tend to be quite conservative. If the GOP could get its head out of its ass long enough they'd calm down on their open borders fear-mongering and support better immigration laws because quite a fair few of those coming here would be a natural part of their constituency.
Unfortunately the racism trumps rational political reasoning.
There are intelligent people to be found on opposite sides of political and ideological debates. Intelligent people can choose to see only what they want to see, or find ways to explain away whatever disturbs the narrative they prefer. That choice is guided by an emotional commitment to certain propositions, which makes abandoning that position more uncomfortable than the intellectual contortions and rationalizes necessary to sustain it against contrary evidence.
Still, I'm constantly amazed that anyone with an IQ over 100 could really believe that Donald Trump is a selfless patriot who really cares about the little guy and who has superior instincts about any policy. I'm astonished at how many intelligent people chose to believe that Trump himself was the final measure of what's good and true and right whenever he was opposed or criticized, even by people who had worked in his administration and seen him up close.
Again, I think it comes down to making an emotional commitment to a position, and then digging in when it's rattled.
Intelligence and immorality are not mutually exclusive. People who voted for Trump twice are immoral
Even more immoral are the ones like Barr who know what he is and will STILL vote for him!
There are people who voted for Trump who wouldn't steal a dime from you and would never harm you willingly. There are people who voted for Biden who would do both. There is not a strict correlation between morality in one's personal life and how one chooses to vote. The latter choice usually comes down to two highly imperfect candidates.
Democrats as well as Republicans have at times said: "We know our candidate is far from a saint, but we think the other side's policies will be very harmful." That's the calculation that a lot of people made regarding Trump. (Others told themselves fairy tales about how heroically awesome he is.)
So, they voted for a guy who tried to railroad innocent Black teens to the gas chamber, was fined for refusing to rent to Black and Puerto Rican families, who called Black neighborhoods wastelands, who claimed most Hispanic immigrants were rapists or criminals, who hired 3 VDare staffers to work in his admin, who allowed Identity Europa's leader to tour the White House, who made white supremacist...I mean Western chauvinist Steve Bannon his right hand man, and who claimed Obama wasn't American because he was Black because they're not white supremacists?
A fair number of blacks and Latinos voted for Trump -- more in 2020 than in 2016. Where he lost was among white voters.
Maybe you should tell us why all those blacks and Latinos were racist and immoral in voting for Trump. I didn't vote for him, but I'm not going to say that all the tens of millions who did are fundamentally immoral.
I don't equate morality with stupidity either. But I do think these people are either stupidly or intentionally deluded.
The question that hasn't been answered, as far as I've seen, is WHY blacks and Latinos voted for openly racist Trump, etc. I can see them not voting for a Dem, but voting for Trump?
There are conservative blacks and latinos. In fact latinos tend to be quite conservative. If the GOP could get its head out of its ass long enough they'd calm down on their open borders fear-mongering and support better immigration laws because quite a fair few of those coming here would be a natural part of their constituency.
Unfortunately the racism trumps rational political reasoning.