You see, others posts and mine are clear examples of us all seeing similar things but coming to different conclusions regarding them. Ultimately in politics, my belief at the moment is that you are choosing the better of the two evils so to speak, which is why I abhor when one ‘side’ belittles the other with little understanding when neither can be defended completely and nor should they be.
Posters talk about fears of voter fraud from the right without countering that with the same fears of voter fraud from the left. USPS have openly endorsed Biden. I shouldn’t need to say anything else to that as anyone thinking logically would see the huge issue with this and would not abide it if it was the other way around. Again with mail in voting. There is a distinct difference between an absentee ballot and the version the left is pushing. One is requested by the voter themselves, which the right are completely for, and then there is mass sending out ballots that haven’t been requested and is more open to abuse.
Regarding Trump potentially refusing to respect the results of an election, it’s a rather laughable argument considering how the left has acted before and after his election. If they had accepted the election results themselves then we wouldn’t see the huge fracture, that’s dividing even families themselves, that we do now.
People talk about Trump being racist (which I would question) whilst overlooking Bidens own indiscretions. His friendship with Byrd who was once a kkk member, being told that you ain’t black if you don’t vote for him, poor children being just as smart as white children, these are just to name a few. Proud boys are used against trump as proof of white supremacy/racism without people being honest regarding the facts that many members are ethnicities other than white, they’ve denounced white supremacy (along with Trump) and that it was effectively brought about as a counter to leftists radicals, the last point being amusing if it wasn’t so serious. Maybe look into Black Voices for Trump on instagram and see what they have to say before believing a label as fact and not opinion.
As for silencing, there is a reason why they are called ‘silent’ voters and that is down to knowing the abuse you open yourself up to if you aren’t. That can’t really be said for leftist voters at the moment, despite some abuse they may open themselves up to online, as the scales are completely different in my opinion. The media and social platforms are shameful for contributing to this but you wouldn’t know unless you care to research this for yourself. Anything against Trump is all over the papers but much regarding Biden is suppressed such as foreign affairs regarding Hunter. It may be false, it may not be, but it deserves the same attention as it would get if it was regarding Trump and his own family. This amongst others.
Below is a minor example that his stood out to me regarding the current political climate and made me question much about what I was being led to believe. There was a video being shared showing a very young child dressed as a police officer and being beyond excited when the police showed up to greet him. Such a heart warming video, regardless of your feelings surrounding Black Lives Matter, and yet it was hidden with the warning graphic content. Shocking in my opinion and If this is the levels we’ve got to then we have gone seriously wrong somewhere.
I would say that I’m typically a centrist with rather liberal leanings in many areas but once I went down the path of both sides, I realised just how much we’ve veered from the path that once defined the word liberal. What you are seeing with Trump and the tories is that path trying to correct itself, however messily, as it has been pushed too far off course that ,right now, I would say that it’s not much better, if at all, than the far righters they claim to be against. The left are failing and allowing the potential rise in far right radicals because, instead of seeing the shift, trying to understand it and correcting any radicalism within themselves, they are trying to bulldoze their way through instead.
The above isn’t a way for me to try to defend Trump as I could say much against him, just as I could say much in favour for Biden, but rather to show that polarised views are not helpful for anyone but extremists. I understand why some people would vote Biden despite the above. I also understand why some people would vote Trump despite what some posters have rightly pointed out above also. Neither are wrong and if their was more tolerance on both sides then radicals on either side could never take hold. Unfortunately, most are playing their game and one side will eventually lose if the majority don’t come together and stop both. The road to hell is not paved by good intentions but good intentions done wrong.