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His type of behavior and language brings out hate and revulsion in even the kindest people. From what I see, the hate and revulsion is brought out primarily by confirmation bias due to (a) subjective reporting on his behavior and language and (b) gaps in factual knowledge. I assume there are people who are legitimately repulsed by his behavior, but I never see people actually explain themselves clearly. They always e…

When he said "grab 'em by the p....", that should have been the end of it.

And when Biden said that if you vote for Trump you ain't Black, that should have been the end of it eh? What about the "racial jungle" comment?

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I tried looking up how this has been disproven but couldn't find anything. Can you link?

Here's the clip of the mocking with no commentary: https://youtu.be/biTLe4qNykY?t=31 Make of it what you will - I have nothing to say about it - but it's more than the still image comparing the two people when you google it.

It's quite telling how you're being downvoted when proper evidence is presented that destroys the leftist narrative. They accuse their opponents of putting their heads in the sand, where they are doing exactly the same. Quite ironic really.

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Disgusted? No, I really don't see it. He's a bit of (ok a lot of) a hot-head, and definitely not politically correct, but otherwise he's not that much different than past presidents besides actually saying what he's thinking.

Let's set politics aside and look at how Trump's behavior can be considered, as lenitabinol said, disgusting. I'm surprised this isn't apparent. You even note how he isn't politically correct. You don't understand how people don't like that? Or do you not understand that people don't think leaders should be tweeting out their random thoughts like an average person? You aren't being downvoted because echo chamber, you…

I’m voting for politics not his personality. The bottom line is that he does the things he says he’s gonna do. Look at his policy. He doesn’t sell out yo foreign governments like the Biden’s and Clinton’s.

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This post is being downvoted to protect the echo chamber. No dissent is allowed, even on an obviously subjective matter such as interpretation of a public figure's behavior.

We have reached a low place when 'grab em by the pussy' is open to subjective interpretation.

I don't think they were explicitly trying to interpret that term specifically, the vibe I got was that a person's character is open to interpretation. If 'grab em by the pussy' is what you wanna focus on specifically that's your deal. But there are other facets outside of just the use of that phrase. I'm not saying it was proper or the right thing to say but in context of discourse it intellectually disingenuous to use that as an excuse to shut down an entire conversation

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post #16

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This post is being downvoted to protect the echo chamber. No dissent is allowed, even on an obviously subjective matter such as interpretation of a public figure's behavior.

We have reached a low place when 'grab em by the pussy' is open to subjective interpretation.

Imagine being such a complete humorless loser that you never say anything like that in private amongst your male friends

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I tried looking up how this has been disproven but couldn't find anything. Can you link?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsaB3ynIZH4

You know, I didn't really expect a compelling response to my question, but that does the trick. That's clearly a mannerism he just uses some time.

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Let's set politics aside and look at how Trump's behavior can be considered, as lenitabinol said, disgusting. I'm surprised this isn't apparent. You even note how he isn't politically correct. You don't understand how people don't like that? Or do you not understand that people don't think leaders should be tweeting out their random thoughts like an average person? You aren't being downvoted because echo chamber, you…

I’m voting for politics not his personality. The bottom line is that he does the things he says he’s gonna do. Look at his policy. He doesn’t sell out yo foreign governments like the Biden’s and Clinton’s.

> He doesn’t sell out yo foreign governments like the Biden’s and Clinton’s.

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/02/donald-tru...

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/20/us/trump-taxes-china.html

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/24/trump-biden-china-d...

This sure sounds like selling out to me.

Edit: Remove sarcastic sounding text.

Edit 2: Remove more sarcastic sounding text and add more sources.

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post #43

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Let's set politics aside and look at how Trump's behavior can be considered, as lenitabinol said, disgusting. I'm surprised this isn't apparent. You even note how he isn't politically correct. You don't understand how people don't like that? Or do you not understand that people don't think leaders should be tweeting out their random thoughts like an average person? You aren't being downvoted because echo chamber, you…

I’m voting for politics not his personality. The bottom line is that he does the things he says he’s gonna do. Look at his policy. He doesn’t sell out yo foreign governments like the Biden’s and Clinton’s.

I hear this personality excuse fairly often, but I think it is just deflection. These issues are not a matter of personality, they are a matter of character. Character traits like integrity, kindness, and honesty are incredibly important in a national leader, because they define the way that leader will act.

Contempt for women is not a personality trait. Pathological lying is not a personality trait. Willingness to amplify divisive and racist rhetoric is not a personality trait. Waffling for days before condemning white nationalism, weeks on accepting the results of the democratic process -- rooted in rotten character.

I think these issues extend to his policy positions. The US has not honored international commitments, abandoned allies, and failed to stand up to human rights injustices because of a lack of integrity in our highest elected official. This is not the only presidency where this has been an issue, but it's certainly the most shameless one.

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post #33

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I didn't have any luck with search so I'd be curious to know what "frost pist" status is or refers to?

first post, but with some letters moved around, a popular form of discourse in general and as internet memes in particular a google search does return some examples if you force it to https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q="frost+pist"

Funnily enough, "forcing" that search prompts Google to suggest "frost post" instead. I might have done that originally and not noticed that Google pulled the rug from under me. Forcing "frost pist" showed some dictionary links for terms like "frost over" among some forum posts, that on closer inspection give away what you mentioned. That's what I get for skimming too quickly
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