• Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world
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    24 days ago

    New debate idea: instead of political questions, have the whole thing hosted by a panel of psychologists who give a thorough assessment to both candidates live on stage.

    At the end, they collectively review all findings and conclude the event by making any diagnosis the data merits.

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    It must be wild being in her position, being so overwhelmingly more capable than her opponent, and having to find out how to get stubborn people to acknowledge that and care about it.

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        Definitely! I honestly had never thought of that because I didn’t take Donald Trump seriously until he was projected to win on voting day. I was dumbfounded and blown away. It was a big wake up call for me about how I was out of touch with a large part of America.

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          Same in 2016. And I fell into the same exact trap this time around thinking ‘surely america has moved beyond that imbecile and his base is just weirdo alex Jones types. Surely america isn’t about to vote for a literal felon and rapist.’

          And now I’m watching daily as he or his peeps say one awful thing or another at rallies and it doesn’t move the polling needle at all.

          America is fucked regardless of who wins this election.

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    She should disguise this test, and throw in basic questions about US history and politics. Trump will fail so hard it won’t even be funny.

    This is the guy who talked about the continental army in the 1700’s invading airports. He’s real fucking stupid.

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      No need to do that

      The guy is struggling enough as it is

      But you throw in questions about dictators and he’ll know the answers better than he knows what state he’s living in. It’s possible the only book he’s ever read is Mein kempf

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    I’ve been dreaming of a Trump IQ test forever. I’m almost certain he would be below average. Someone should trick him to do one by saying it’s the crypto bro club test that Harris failed or something.

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    I’ve been wondering why she doesn’t invite both of them to take one.

    These fucks blurt out all their motivations and weaknesses, you only need to aggressivey seize on them and hold their feet to the fire till they cry uncle

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    the same one she takes? so not the one that asked him to name a handful of things that conveniently happened to be around him when he talked about it to the press?

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    Like with a TV Debate with Harris, he won’t agree to this, as he knows that he has no chance to win.

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    She shouldn’t even say this. Cognitive tests are for those showing signs of dementia. That trump took one at all is all that we need to know.

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      People do “cognitive tests” for all kinds of reasons. The kind for dementia is only one of a large variety of tests that fit in this very broad category.

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    Unfair. She could sober up before doing that. Which she won’t do while in office or on the campaign.

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    Harris is lucky to have Trump running

    without Trump the Democrat’s whole campaign platform would crumble

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      I mean, with Trump running the race is still basically a dead heat, so I’m not sure how lucky they really are.

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        We’re not unlucky because trump is running necessarily. We’re unlucky because half the fucking country doesn’t see what an insane and horrific choice he is.

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        The alternative, if the republicans had a candidate that wasn’t a weird 80 year old billionaire, the democrats wouldn’t have a shot in hell, facilitating a genocide while endorsing 90% of republican policies from 2016 and promising what amounts to fuckall help to most people.

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      Yeah. I mean, after all… who would want to vote for someone to run a country who has spent their life practicing law /s

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          Yeah… The hugely vast majority of those people are people who have done crime.

          The problem isn’t the DOJ necessarily, but rather, the laws need to be refined. Having experience in courts can help with that because lawyers have more information from their clients, and know about things like coercive control. They’ve spoken to people affected.

          They’ve seen which laws should be repealed and harm mostly innocent people such as weed laws regarding possession of small quantities.

          And to identify corruption and fix it.

          What America needs at the moment is someone who is 100% on top of the law, because it’s an open secret that Trump intends to try to exploit every law he can during the election, exploit every loophole and try to exploit corruption in the system. That’s why she’s perfect.

          Whereas, I’m fairly sure Trump wouldn’t even be able to decipher any amendments (he’d need a summary)

          And having Walz as VP is perfect too due to his extensive history in the military and equally valuable history as a school teacher (so he understands kids too)

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            abortion is illegal in most places so now there are women who are considered criminals who have committed a crime

            are we including those women too as criminals?

            the homeless sleeping outside are committing a crime too

            should they be on this criminal list too?

            Walz and Trump worked well together too but that does not mean they did something great

            Resistance to the Line 3 pipeline expansion is led by Indigenous women and two-spirit people.[35] Ojibwe-led groups including Giniw Collective, Camp Migizi, Red Lake Treaty Camp, RISE Coalition, and Honor the Earth among others have been at the center of resistance.[36] Demonstrators and protesters organizing in opposition to the pipeline refer to themselves as “water protectors”[37] and follow a campaign of non-violent civil disobedience that includes direct actions.[38] Organizers aim to convince the Biden administration to revoke or suspend the pipeline project’s federal clean water permit.[23] Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has not taken a firm stance on the pipeline expansion, which received federal approval under the Trump administration.[18][23]

            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Line_3_protests

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              Your abortion argument actually supports my argument entirely.

              Thanks for that

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          So instead they should be voting for the felon that screams to use the military against his political opponents and institute the death penalty for drug dealers…

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      Oh yea! Because campaign platforms totally aren’t built around their opponent and don’t ever change and for sure aren’t strategic or anything!

      Nothin but a lil troll account.