Out of the two US presidential candidates which one do you think is worse, Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton?
Strange as it may sound, the question evokes in me a conflict between my gut and my heart. My gut reaction is the country is going into a period of anarchy where the better angels of our nature are betrayed and lost from sight. In that country, I suppose someone like Donald Trump is the better president, although I’m at a loss to say why.I don’t see Trump holding the country together, unifying or building. He seems intent on doing the exact opposite. I do see his movement as a reaction to the excesses of political correctness but for all the rhetoric, that seems trivial.Hillary I see as the president if I feel the country will last another hundred years. That there will be a United States to lead the world further in the directions of the Founders and the Age of Reason. That may sound opposite or obtuse to some who’ve internalized the rhetoric of Originalists, but I feel and think it’s accurate.The conflict between these two impressions sorrows me overall.
What is the worst argument in the world?
This is what happened with me recently. The 4-year-old healthy computer suddenly crashes saying 'CPU fan error'. So I tell father. Father (getting annoyed): How did it happen? What did you do? Me (calmly): I didn't do anything. When I switched it on it gave me this error, which I initially ignored, it was running fine for a while then it suddenly crashed. The system shut down automatically. Father (getting more annoyed): How can it shut down automatically? Why did you ignore the error in first place? What did you do with the computer last time? You say you didn't do anything, I hardly use the computer now, your mother doesn't use it, your brother doesn't give a shit about it, then WHO DID IT? Me (trying to calm myself): I don't know. I didn't do anything. I don't even use it since I got my laptop. YOU used it a couple of days back for some work. Besides, it's 4 years old and never have we once given it for servicing. The CPU fan must have gone kaput. Father (judging me): What do you mean you don't know? You mean when things get old they falter? We should throw away? That means you will have this approach towards us too? Is this why I raised you? To hear this? Me (getting really annoyed and confused but trying hard not to show): Where is this conversation heading?Father (full-fledgedly accusing me for the crash): THIS.. THIS behavior of yours.. You behave this way, that's why the computer crashed. Now don't look at my face, call the maintenance guy and get it fixed. You don't know how to handle delicate things. How will you run a family?! And father storms out of the room. Me: ......??????????????????????
How do I piss off Trump supporters?
Tell the truth about the delusional statements Trump has made and doubled-down on over the last two years. (It's all on tape.)Tell the truth about the delusional statements Trump supporters and Trump surrogates have made and doubled-down on over the last two years. (See Kellyanne et al. That's all on tape, too.)Remind them again and again that White nationalists were and still are energized by Trump’s candidacy and presidency, and that bringing up the Democrats' decades-old connection to the KKK is nothing more than a weak, evasive and cowardly comeback that will never erase the fact that White nationalists love Trump.Tell them that the definition of “leftist” is not “a human being who refuses to support Donald Trump”. (Unless people like George Will and William Kristol have suddenly become leftists.)Give them some advice: Don't use all of your political capital and energy on a wild card like Donald Trump, for he is a grade-school megalomaniac who will discard them like toilet paper before he ever considers going down with any proverbial ship named “Principle”.Tell them that guys like Hannity, Steve Doocy and Jesse B. Watters are not smart, and would be devoured like guppies in a debate by the likes of Maddow, Reid and O'Donnell.Tell them that you don't think they are racists, and that you're sorry for any misunderstanding. And then tell them that you just want them to admit that their innocence doesn't negate the fact that they are allied with a bunch of them.Tell them that the debt was going down, but it's back up now with the hurricane relief, and indeed higher since Trump assumed office. And that's without any infrastructure program in place. And no repeal of Obamacare. And btw, Trump is totally playing footsy with Chuck & Nancy; while Breitbart is calling Trump a DACA sellout.Tell them if it weren't for them, Trump might be the only president to achieve a 0% approval rating.