Comments by "Alan Friesen" (@alanfriesen9837) on "Ian Bremmer: Why I'm Not Voting for Trump | Quick Take | GZERO Media" video.

  1. If a Muslim ban "Speaks to them" then they are either racist or confused. Yes there are reasons that people voted for Trump that were not racist, misogynistic, hedonistic or xenophobic; it's for this reason that I usually give hard-core Republicans a pass. They weren't really voting for Trump—they were voting for the Republican platform and for the placement of conservative judges and Justices. But even if somebody wasn't voting for Trump because they are selfish, racist, misogynistic, or xenophobic, they had to be willing to accept that they were placing in charge of the United States and the Free World, someone who was. They were tolerant of these characteristics, which is in itself selfish, racist, misogynistic, and xenophobic, even if to a lesser degree. Now if someone claims that they are none of these things (or even not one of these things) and they voted for Trump, than they were, at the very least, willfully ignorant, or stupid, or more likely, lying. After four years of Trump we can add cruelty to that list of things a voter has to be tolerant of to vote for Trump in 2020, and most likely treason and gangster criminality as well. Ian is right though in that stating this truth is unhelpful when it comes to trying to bring the country together. And we've all seen how pathetic our efforts are when we can't all get on the same page in the face of a crises (or four). I don't think we all can come together when nobody respects anybody else, so at some point there is going to have to be an amnesty of sorts offered to those who are willing to reach out. Otherwise we, as a country, are going to end up floundering in our ineptitude going forward.
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