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Originally posted by WeFoundTrouble
So prior to September, I didn't have too much knowledge about either candidate, pretty much just knew what was fed to me on social media: Trump was racist/sexist/xenophobic etc and that Hillary was a war criminal who compromised our countries national security. Because of this, I was one of those people who thought this election was just a choice between lesser of two evils, and that that's how hillary would win (which was fine and what I preferred to Trump's bigotry anyway.)
The past 2 months, however, I've actually looked into both candidates and found that this isn't a choice between the lesser of 2 evils.. this is a choice between a tempermental, ignorant, compulsive liar with the patience and respect of a toddler, or a woman with a career spanning three decades of public service in which she has accomplished so many great things, (some of which people aren't even aware that she's behind in spite of them benefitting from it) evaded criticisms, accusations, and conspiracy theories from her detractors, and overcome major personal obstacles including the impeachment of her husband after his multiple exposed affairs. This is a choice between a strong, intelligent, capable candidate, or a buffoon. And I'm glad I know that now.
Sorry for the wall, just really wanted to share that. Some people who may think Hillary is just as bad as Trump who are reading this however, I urge you to do your research and come to your own conclusions. You just might be surprised!
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Originally posted by Jackson
This is exactly what happened to me. TBH I've supported Hillary since the primaries but I always believed the two evils argument until I really did my research
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I thought the same as well. Around March 15th after Bernie lost big, I didn't see a plausible path for him to get the nomination (I was one of the early jumpers, although I did vote for him in my Primary the next month), so I started looking into Gary and Jill. Couldn't find much on Gary, just good things (lol) but Jill only matched some idea, her other things and the lack of Green Party structure frustrate me (If Bernie doesn't have enough folks in Congress to back him, why the hell would Jill have it?). I didn't "trust" Hillary; I bought into the narrative but I decided to vote for her in the GE. That's when I started looking deeply into her records and even comparing it to Sanders at time. I came to realize that she's not all that bad, although I can respect that other folks feel very,
very differently. I made my own opinion and I eventually decided that I was no longer voting for the "lesser of two evils" but the better candidate that can achieve more of what I want than Donald ever could. It also help that her detractors, well the main ones are always like "lock her up!" "she's a bitch/*****" "war criminals" and the "establishment" argument. If they're trying to convince me not to vote for her, they're failing rather miserably. I listen to reason not negative rhetoric.
I sort of, kind of feel bad for Reps. They REALLY didn't want him as the candidate. But at the same time, they lined up to endorse him like desperate jack asses, so I don't feel bad for them. BURN!
The trash needs to be removed for the next 4 years. 