Re:So you think you elected an autocrat
by liquidise on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @12:10AM
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So much of this article's tone is self-defeating and at times downright contradictory.
- Telling people not to view those who vote differently from you as monsters while quite literally calling the winning candidates monsters themselves.
- Promoting a globalist view when the voter sentiment seems to indicate that is not the will of the people
- "Be inclusive" while lending credence to the west coast seceding to Canada.
- "Be optimistic" while peddling that "your opponent hack[ed] your nation’s electoral system to eke out a narrow win?"
A line in the final paragraph sums this article up nicely: "Many, many countries have voted in autocratic clowns, monsters, or narcissists. It’s a mistake". No. That is the great things about elections in a democracy: it is not a mistake. The mistake the author thinking his opinion is representative of the nation as a whole.
Here is a subheading absent from this, and every other negative analysis piece about a presidential election:
"Be open minded: When two groups of well meaning people believe different things, strongly, the best answer is often a compromise of the two. That compromise is impossible without each group viewing the other's opinions with empathy and appreciation."
- Telling people not to view those who vote differently from you as monsters while quite literally calling the winning candidates monsters themselves.
- Promoting a globalist view when the voter sentiment seems to indicate that is not the will of the people
- "Be inclusive" while lending credence to the west coast seceding to Canada.
- "Be optimistic" while peddling that "your opponent hack[ed] your nation’s electoral system to eke out a narrow win?"
A line in the final paragraph sums this article up nicely: "Many, many countries have voted in autocratic clowns, monsters, or narcissists. It’s a mistake". No. That is the great things about elections in a democracy: it is not a mistake. The mistake the author thinking his opinion is representative of the nation as a whole.
Here is a subheading absent from this, and every other negative analysis piece about a presidential election:
"Be open minded: When two groups of well meaning people believe different things, strongly, the best answer is often a compromise of the two. That compromise is impossible without each group viewing the other's opinions with empathy and appreciation."