Hoping this can be a way to make people think more critically about their choice for US President, maybe even bring opposing sides together to fix the problems we ALL face.
So if you support Trump try to list 3 things you dislike about him and 3 things you like about Harris. Please keep answers serious. Plenty of other places on Lemmy for you to post snappy putdowns.
My answers in a reply.
It isn’t possible when one candidate has zero redeeming qualities. Trump accomplished nothing other then undermining democracy, undermining trust in science, and stoking xenophobia. He didn’t even accidentally do something right.
It wasn’t easy but I found at least three small things I do appreciate about him. I think painting him as the antichrist is as helpful as declaring him as the second coming of Christ. Maybe it’s too soon but some kind of outreach needs to occur or the desperation on each side will only increase.
He’s genuinely himself. Even if he contradicts himself I think it all comes from his own head and he’s not taking the standard approach of rehearsing speeches ad nauseum and censoring himself because of what some focus group said.
That is stupid when the person being themselves is a piece of shit. Do you think Hitler being his genuine self is a positive?
He did come out in support of banning bump stocks.
He was also in favor of gun proliferation and he contradicted his opposition to bump stocks because his genuine self is trying to play both sides.
Despite personal views on COVID he did generally support the emergency actions necessary in a pandemic scenario.
He also constantly undermined them by saying covid was a hoax and telling people they didn’t need to wear masks or be vaccinated.
Your three things are all stupid and you are praising him for being a terrible person.
Maybe it’s a doomed experiment but I think it’s possible to praise an act but not praise the actor. I’m hoping small concessions can lead to common ground.
I’ll actually amend my first bullet though since I believe Trump is a genuine liar (which is contradictory) and say instead I applaud that he committed us to leaving Afghanistan.
Harris seems serious about restoring Roe.
Harris appears to be receptive of progressive pressure on some topics.
Harris won’t directly undermine democracy.
Harris is unlikely to take the kind of drastic actions climate change now demands.
Harris is opposed to the kind of election reform that we need.
It’s unlikely we’ll see a significant effort at wealth redistribution under Harris.
Harris dislikes:
Lack of action against a genocide we are funding
Changes her stance a lot
Was chosen as VP based partially on gender by Biden
Trump likes:
Extremely fucking funny for the wrong reasons
I like his views on promoting legal immigration
He’s right about mainstream media having agendas, especially after Bernie
-Trump was the closest man to be able to get peace in the Middle East (Abraham accords)
-Trump was right in being tougher on China
-Trump managed to get the vaccine done quickly
-Trump tried to convince everyone covid was a hoax, and the vaccine getting done so fast was a miracle
- he buddied up to basically every single autocracy, and probably received a ton of bribes via stays at his hotels
-He’s a lying cheating bastard whose idiocy culminated on January 6th
I’ll agree to the top three. We all wish the pull out would’ve gone better and probably sooner but someone had to nope out of that mess. Alterior motives or not I’m glad we’re out of there.
Honestly having trouble thinking of things I don’t like about Claudia De La Cruz.About Kamala Harris I guess I would say that I like that she’s Jamaican American (even if I don’t like the way she acknowledged it), I think her skin looks nice usually, and she didn’t pick Shapiro as her running mate.Okay, I thought about it and what I don’t like about about De La Cruz’s campaign is that there’s no explicit support for nuclear power nor the hydrogen economy and they’re not on every state ballot.
Appreciate you digging deep to find something critical to say about De La Cruz. I think it’s more harmful than helpful to claim your candidate is flawless. Let’s remind each other we’re all human, nobody is perfect, and nobody can perfectly represent our viewpoints.
Just looking at a short list of her stances I’m definitely most in supportive of her plan to cut off aid to Israel, at least short term until Bibi steps aside.
Trump likes:
- He’s genuinely himself. Even if he contradicts himself I think it all comes from his own head and he’s not taking the standard approach of rehearsing speeches ad nauseum and censoring himself because of what some focus group said.
- He did come out in support of banning bump stocks.
- Despite personal views on COVID he did generally support the emergency actions necessary in a pandemic scenario.
Harris dislikes:
- Wishy-washy stance on genocide in Gaza.
- Support of hydraulic fracking.
- More baby steps to fixing healthcare. It needs an overhaul, not amending.
As a kiwi, I’m sorry you guys only have a binary choice.
My 2 cents without really knowing much: much:
Harris- only good by comparison Won’t make the major changes necessary not very funny
Trump- Orange Hilarious Has some good ideas on bringing jobs back
Can you people stop talking about your rat race for 5min? The rest of us don’t wanna hear about it.
Sorry it’s bringing you down but we could become the next Russia in a few months. If we do it’s definitely going to become your problem as well.
No, it won’t be.
