Well, I have a few responses to that.
1 - I spent 10 of the last 15 years living in the USA. I was there for all of Obama's term and the tea party insanity that went along with it. Before living in the US I didn't really care much about politics, and by non-American standards I leaned a little right. After my time in the US I moved quite a bit to the left.
2 - What happens in the US affects everybody. Right wing groups have been emboldened by trumpism all over the world, and they need to see the US reject trumpism or they're going to keep getting crazier and louder.
3 - It's not even really about politics so much, it's the sheer lunacy of the things this administration says and does and gets away with. A few short years ago, if a public leader was caught and exposed in a lie, there would be consequences. They couldn't just fill the gap with more lies and move on. By now, the entire world should have agreed that this man is so beyond ridiculous that he shouldn't be heard, but the media and other world leaders still have to interact with him like he's a legitimate person. The things that trump has said, out loud, to the entire world, and gotten away with, have shaken my faith in our entire species. Before trump I would never have believed that a person could behave like him and it would just be accepted by so many, or that the supposed strongest democracy in the world could be dismantled out in the open while the majority look on helplessly. I suspect that a lot of people don't believe this could happen, and that's part of the reason that it is happening.
trumpism isn't just a threat to US politics, it's a threat to all civilized society.
Edit: 1 more point. I don't get personal over politics. I do get personal when someone blatantly lies right to my face. It's insulting and disrespectful. They know they're lying, we all know they're lying, but they're still doing it anyway. That's why I can not and will not respect anyone who still supports and defends trump.
1 - I spent 10 of the last 15 years living in the USA. I was there for all of Obama's term and the tea party insanity that went along with it. Before living in the US I didn't really care much about politics, and by non-American standards I leaned a little right. After my time in the US I moved quite a bit to the left.
2 - What happens in the US affects everybody. Right wing groups have been emboldened by trumpism all over the world, and they need to see the US reject trumpism or they're going to keep getting crazier and louder.
3 - It's not even really about politics so much, it's the sheer lunacy of the things this administration says and does and gets away with. A few short years ago, if a public leader was caught and exposed in a lie, there would be consequences. They couldn't just fill the gap with more lies and move on. By now, the entire world should have agreed that this man is so beyond ridiculous that he shouldn't be heard, but the media and other world leaders still have to interact with him like he's a legitimate person. The things that trump has said, out loud, to the entire world, and gotten away with, have shaken my faith in our entire species. Before trump I would never have believed that a person could behave like him and it would just be accepted by so many, or that the supposed strongest democracy in the world could be dismantled out in the open while the majority look on helplessly. I suspect that a lot of people don't believe this could happen, and that's part of the reason that it is happening.
trumpism isn't just a threat to US politics, it's a threat to all civilized society.
Edit: 1 more point. I don't get personal over politics. I do get personal when someone blatantly lies right to my face. It's insulting and disrespectful. They know they're lying, we all know they're lying, but they're still doing it anyway. That's why I can not and will not respect anyone who still supports and defends trump.
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