[MereInterest]

Popularity does not imply morality. 46.8% of people voted for Donald Trump (not "quite literally 1/2"), a man who is a known fraud, morally bankrupt in business and personal life, and who has shown himself to be incompetent in office. People who voted for Donald Trump should be ashamed of their vote.

That said, reading what people are saying in an effort to understand and to de-radicalize is not something to be ashamed of.

[jtxxwl]

Hopefully the wonderful moderators on this board reprimand you for posting political flamebait and attempting to use hacker news for political or ideological battle.

[arolihas]

I hope the wonderful moderators don’t just censor anyone who happens to say something you don’t agree with or hurts your feelings.

[disown]

> a man who is a known fraud, morally bankrupt in business and personal life, and who has shown himself to be incompetent in office.

Are you talking about donald trump or joe biden?

> People who voted for Donald Trump should be ashamed of their vote.

Using your logic, those who voted for corrupt biden should be ashamed as well.

> That said, reading what people are saying in an effort to understand and to de-radicalize is not something to be ashamed of.

Have you taken a look in the mirror. People like you are what's wrong with the country. Extremist and blind to their own faults.

We had two choices this year. Maybe I'll phrase it in a way you can understand. On the one hand, we had a "corrupt, evil rich privileged white male" and on the other hand, we had a "corrupt, evil rich privileged white male".

People like you whine about rich privileged corrupt white males all the time and yet are slaving over a rich privileged corrupt white male.

[MereInterest]

I'm rather tired of the "both sides" rhetoric. One candidate refused to commit to a peaceful transition of power. One candidate has a history of racial bias (Central Park 5, apartment zoning, Judge Curiel, etc.). One candidate openly asked for and received aid from a foreign nation. One candidate built up a mob and pointed them at the Capitol in an attempted coup.

On the other hand, one candidate lost a son to drug overdose. One candidate had debunked conspiracy theories regarding their other son's interactions with Ukraine.

Do I think that Biden is perfect? Gosh, no. Do I think he is a good person? I don't know if it is possible to be a truly good person while holding any high office. Do I think that Biden is a better person and a better choice than Trump? Absolutely.

[disown]

> I'm rather tired of the "both sides" rhetoric.

That's what Republicans and Trump supporters say too. You are tired of it because it's true.

> One candidate refused to commit to a peaceful transition of power.

Neither candidate committed to it. The DNC was going to do exactly what the RNC did.

"Hillary Clinton said in a new interview that Joe Biden should not concede the 2020 presidential election “under any circumstances," anticipating issues that could prolong knowing the final outcome."

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/hillary-clint...

> One candidate has a history of racial bias (Central Park 5, apartment zoning, Judge Curiel, etc.).

Yes and Biden help push a law that sent millions of minorities to prison.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-controversial-19...

> One candidate openly asked for and received aid from a foreign nation.

Are you for real? Biden and his son's ukraine, russia, china, etc endeavors are just as bad or worse.

> One candidate built up a mob and pointed them at the Capitol in an attempted coup.

Right. And no rioting from biden's side.

The only people who think like you are brainwashed political zealots. You are part of the problem. The only difference between you and a tea party or trumpist is political party affiliation. That's it. And it doesn't really matter because DNC and RNC are ultimately on the same team. They serve the same master. And it isn't the american people.

But whatever, you do you and keep up the good fight.

I may be mistaken, but you sound like the type who cries about "privileged white males". But man, you sure do love Biden.

[slothtrop]

Virtually no one who voted for Biden is excited about him. They're just voting out Trump.

The false equivalency narrative you're spewing is tiresome. Trump's record is an unprecedented disaster. There is no equivalent.

[jtxxwl]

Is Trump's record so bad that local election officials would be justified in cheating in the election to prevent another term, hypothetically?

[slothtrop]

No one is justified in cheating. Incidentally, no one has. Though voter suppression appears to have been attempted in certain areas.

[jtxxwl]

Trump cheated in 2016, did he not? The republicans have been cheating for many decades (legally in some cases, illegally in others), necessitating the voting rights act, have they not? Is voter suppression not cheating?