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.
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.
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 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.
