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No Sympathy, No Charity's avatar

“Now if he wins, it would seem to be because of the lies and hatred.”

What a statement on the American electorate. And one that JVL has made for several months. Talk about depressing. The voters want this.

The men that Bill mentions, they are neither good nor great. They are abject cowards, to include W.

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Ann P's avatar

The NYT had a piece yesterday that quoted various “undecided” voters, about half of them Black. Half of the Black voters said they didn’t like Harris for reasons that varied from “she’s a liar” to “what has she done for Black people” to “she’s a woman”. The Black men were the most likely to say they wouldn’t vote for Harris because she’s a woman.

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BlueOntario's avatar

NPR has aired several interviews with similar sentiments expressed.

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David Court's avatar

Only those "voters want this" who are part of the man bites dog story, which is what media look for as the equivalent of "click-bait".

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No Sympathy, No Charity's avatar

I disagree, plenty of people know everything about him and they simply don’t care. Recent analysis suggests Trump’s recent rise in polls is due to hesitant Republicans going back to Trump. At this point, what do they not know? They know everything, but still want this.

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David Court's avatar

His MAGA nuts who have drunk the Kool-aid, sure. Your comment means that ALL voters want this. I disagree strongly. Generalizations about people are often wrong because they put people all in the same boat.

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No Sympathy, No Charity's avatar

Dude obviously it’s not ALL VOTERS

Did I really need to specify that considering half the country is going to vote against him? But OBVIOUSLY the people that vote for him DO want this. There is little doubt of that fact.

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David Court's avatar

No way half of the country will vote for him, no matter what he said, says or will say about the vote. I would have added "dude" at the end, but, other than male, I'm not sure what it connotates, so I will leave it out.

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Fake American's avatar

I think you can comfortably round 47% up to half when making that kind of statement. It feels like you're just desperately trying to convince yourself the US isn't pretty much half deplorable and are using semantics to barely hold on to that belief.

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No Sympathy, No Charity's avatar

You want to get into semantics that 48% of the electorate will vote for him instead of half the country, fine. But the idea that y statement was in any way a generalization of the ant group of people besides is voters is a failure of reading comprehension on your part.

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