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[–] Gracchi 14 points 16 points 30 points (+30|-14) ago (edited ago)
Yeah, by continuing to turn us into an authoritarian surveillance and police state. Sure sounds like greatness to me...
But keep treating this like a sports game.
[–] ThizzBoss [S] 9 points 11 points 20 points (+20|-9) ago (edited ago)
Yeah man, it's almost like no candidate is 100% perfect. Is hillary any better in terms of privacy? I'd rather kick out all the illegals and terrorists, and bring back millions of jobs, than worry about him having the wrong stance on privacy
Thanks for taking the time to shill on my post though
[–] Gracchi 13 points 7 points 20 points (+20|-13) ago (edited ago)
And that's the problem with Trump. He's stoking your bigoted as and others and you'll cheer on the surveillance state which is the eliminate of all of our liberties. Those gun rights you care so much about? Yeah, try organizing to use them in the near future.
And how's Trump going to do that? His plan is 1. a stupid fucking wall that's just another handout to contractors and won't do a fucking thing to help. 2. Enfore immigration laws - yeah, like that hasn't been done before. 3. Make detention centers worse - oh yeah, let's treat our criminals even worse. What a fuckin' great land we are. 4. Oppose the "Dream Act" 5. No tuition benefits. Oh, so we're not actually removing illegals, we're just punishing the ones here by making their kids less educated, less able to be productive, and more of a burden. Those want cheap desperate labor they can use will love it though.
It's fucking stupid. You want to get rid of the illegals? Put harsh penalties on the businesses and people that hire them that are so burdensome they wouldn't dare try to hire them. Audit them. Shut the violators down. Without jobs, illegals will self deport. Does Trump support that? Oh fuckin' no.
Oh yeah, because every Muslim is a terrorist. Fuck You.
Reeeeealy? How exactly is he going to do that? What protectionist policies is he going to implement because that's what it'll take.
Then you have your priorities wrong. Our authoritarian government being able to track and analyse everyone removes every one of those freedoms I hope you care about.
Edit: And for the trouble of defending my thoughts and actually trying to have a discussion, I get downvoted into oblivion within minutes. Why do I even bother at this right wing Reddit clone. Is there anywhere people are actually interested in having the opinions challenged and don't just want to create an echo chamber that gives happy self reinforcement?
[–] TheDude2 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago
If Bernie doesn't make it, then we are better off with Trump. If Bernie does make it, I may vote for him.
It would be nice to have 2 choices worth considering.
[–] EngelbertHumperdinck 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
If you can't resist playing along with the voting charade, then at least vote for John McAfee.
[–] microlyfe 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I like a lot of things about Trump, but I'm still at Cruz supporter at the moment partly because of his history of opposing unwarranted surveillance.
[–] Gracchi 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
He's been better than people like Trump, Rubio, or Bush, but still not good whatsoever. He was a co-sponsor of the Freedom Act. That just further codified the surveillance state as legal. And he opposed Paul's efforts to eliminate the Patriot Act at the time.