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Re:At liberal tech companies, those who disagree on politics... by austenallred on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @10:06AM (#15175272)
I don't agree with those policies, but can you imagine any non-evil reason a rational person would hold those beliefs?
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Re:At liberal tech companies, those who disagree on politics... by taylodl on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @10:18AM (#15175400)
Fear. Fear of the other. Fear of a widening disparity between the haves and have-nots - and they're increasingly in the have-not category. Fear that their children won't be able to do as well or better than they did. Fear. And Donald Trump expertly capitalized on that fear while Hillary chose to ignore it. Trump won. I'm not convinced we progressives/liberals fully understand this because we're still ignoring this fear.
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Re:At liberal tech companies, those who disagree on politics... by AmIFirstToThink on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @11:29PM (#15180985)
Just Fear, or fear of risks materializing?

The risk materialized for victims of terrorism.

The risk materialized for victims of drug gangs.

The risk materialized for victims of illegal aliens committing crimes including identity theft.

The risk materialized for victims of outsourcing. The risk materialized of well paying manufacturing jobs disappearing.

It's wasn't fear, it was the materialized risk. Many voted for Obama overcoming fear, choosing hope. But they realized you can't just choose hope, you have to go and bend reality to be what you want it to be. And they put a bend in flow of reality, choosing Trump.

The elite fail to sympathize with their own countrymen in peril, because having compassion for your fellow countryman means you were being a 'xenophobe'. That label is not very vogue in elite circles.

I, for one, am glad that the risk of Trump being elected materialized.

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Re:At liberal tech companies, those who disagree on politics... by mfringel on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @10:11AM (#15175328)
Define "rational". If you mean "Can someone justify those beliefs to themselves through a logical chain, while allowing for personal belief systems", then yes, of course, there are plenty of non-evil reasons a rational person could hold those.

However, you can still have irreconcilable differences in belief systems at an existential level.

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Re:At liberal tech companies, those who disagree on politics... by plandis on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @11:09AM (#15175956)
Logical reason for wanting to restrict the rights of gay people and ban all Muslims? I'm all ears, I literally cannot think of a rational reason for supporting such policies.
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Re:At liberal tech companies, those who disagree on politics... by narrowrail on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @11:42AM (#15176296)
The guy is a pathological liar, there is not one proposal I've seen that would, "restrict the rights of gay people" or "ban all Muslims."
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Re:At liberal tech companies, those who disagree on politics... by CalChris on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @10:15AM (#15175367)
No, I can't. And it really isn't up to my imagination either. If this 'rational' person has a 'rational' argument for wanting to ban Muslims or gays then let's hear it because I can't imagine it. Yes, you will get pushback on that.
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Re:At liberal tech companies, those who disagree on politics... by combo432 on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @10:40AM (#15175639)
It wasn't a Muslim ban. The ban didn't include Malaysia, Indonesia, or Algeria for instance and many other Muslim countries. There were 6 countries on the travel ban list. There are 50 Muslim-majority countries in the world.
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Re:At liberal tech companies, those who disagree on politics... by zimpenfish on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @10:47AM (#15175706)
POTUS himself called it a Muslim ban several times, especially when asking Giuliani how to accomplish a Muslim ban legally.
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Re:At liberal tech companies, those who disagree on politics... by CalChris on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @10:47AM (#15175700)
Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on

That's a quote.

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Re:At liberal tech companies, those who disagree on politics... by Agustus on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @11:55AM (#15176422)
That is not a quote, that is a paraphrasing of whatever the original statement was.
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Re:At liberal tech companies, those who disagree on politics... by CalChris on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @12:10PM (#15176558)
That's a quote:

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/trumpometer...

You may not like that fact but it remains a fact. Extra points for referring to himself in the third person because, you know, Obama was so arrogant.

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