I won't treat your personal story with the indifference and derision with which you've treated mine in the past.
I am disappointed some asshole did that to your daughter. I deeply dislike people who treat poorly simply because you disagree with them.
On these political chats, I receive a disproportionate amount of the abuse for simply disagreeing.
Thus, I empathize with your daughter and wish her the best. And hope she finds safe ways to deal with these bullies.
I'm not sure Trump is a good candidate. I had 2 opportunities to vote for him prior and chose not to.
Yes, it is true that I don't like leftist policies. But I generally tend to fight those locally where it most affects me personally.
But, for what it's worth, I preferred his administration to that of the current regime. I liked the reduction in illegal immigration, the good economy, low gas prices etc. Many have argued these weren't his doing, just a lucky idiot to be around when it occurred.
I liked his foreign policy World View. Which for better or worse can be summarized as let's make deals not war.
So even though I didn't vote for him the prior 2 times I actually did prefer the outcomes during his administration.
But as importantly, I specifically have an antipathy towards people who try to stop their political opposition anywhere other than the ballot box.
in 2019ish back when Foggy was more cordial, he'd often point out how terrible of a person Trump was, and i'd point out that if he was as terrible as Foggy believed, surely the voters will note it and vote him out. But, somehow the anti-Trump brigade never seemed to have enough faith in the electorate to vote who they clearly saw as a horrific President.
They'd rather he was impeached on some trumped up charges or jailed for failing to declare he paid Stormy Daniels.
I personally would rather put my faith in the hands of the American electorate.So As I condemned the riots of January 6th and his boorish behavior post the 2020 election, I equally condemn the lawfare and attempts to imprison or bankrupt him. I have seen that before in a Country far far away where Democracy often used to struggle.
But if you really want to know why I voted for him... It's quite simple. I voted for him because they tried to kill him and those who disagreed with him rejoiced.
Not just here... Everywhere. I found the giddiness about his close call with death repulsive. I found the memory-holing of the event despicable.
Id rather stand with him, than with those who felt giddy about him being nearly killed and wished he was, simply because he wanted to be President again.
That's why I voted for him. Openly so.
And if I might add, I'll never regret it.
