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#901
I wish more thinking could be put into their words when people write political posts like this. As much as I'd like to see healthy debates over presidential candidates of choice, this post is not written to facilitate conversation between two sides. Using strong moral indicators ("shame"), finger-pointing to specific influential targets (YC and Thiel) and staying on superficial rhetoric, the author deliberately wrote the post in a way to try policing over people with opposite political belief, leaving no room for argument.

If the targets were not influential or the title gave out the blog content (e.g.shame on my neighbor for being a Trump supporter), it would be treated like yet another personal rant against Trump. If the post presented comprehensive but complicated political analysis, it would loose a big chunk of the intended audiences. I applaud for Marco's ability to convey his political opinion to big audience through a simple blog post. That said, if you are used to performing critical thinking whenever you read stuff, this post is probably not for you.

This post doesn't give people much constructive material to argue over aside from fueling more potential verbal violence. The same goes for most media political pieces. They are political snacks, cheap to grab and quick to consume, but too many snacks are bad for health, in this case, bad for decision making.

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post #651

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>They compare Donald Trump with a fascist dictator. A bit childish, considering the slot the candidate is running for is not in a dictatorship. If you think Trump could convert the US to a dictatorship, I would like to see the evidence supporting this.

Also odd considering Trump spent the entire nomination campaign shilling his deal making abilities, and how he would lead by consensus instead of executive orders. I don't see how YC denying Peter Thiel is anything more than political theatre it has no bearing on whether Trump will win or not. All these distractions when the US has two states CT and IL in near bankruptcy due to pensions being 200%+ over state revenue…

States can go bankrupt. The Federal government cannot.

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post #299

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't know if you followed what happened to the Atheist community in the US, but its downfall was essentially the kind of witch hunt you're trying to incite. The level of virtue signaling demanded gradually increases until no one is left in the community. This invariably happens because the question you're asking ("does intolerant belief X threaten society?") has no absolute answer, so there is always a higher leve…

> more and more Moral Fashion Police on the democratic side of the isle This hits the nail on the head. It's a moralistic sort of righteous indignation and it's profoundly, dangerously illiberal . In addition, many of these are the same people who are pleased that HRC is not being challenged over the revelations in the email leaks so far. I want whoever takes office to have been vetted as much as possible by journali…

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#907

tl;dr The OP feels that if somebody disagrees with his political view point they should be silenced and oustered, and have their life ruined. People like Marco are ruinous to society.

> People like Marco are ruinous to society.

More than Donald Trump (or Hillary Clinton) ever thought about being, in fact.

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#908

Marcos understanding of this situation is extremely telling for a fundamental problem with many americans relationship with politics. Most only get involved around election. After that their political interest is non existing. It's easy to get lured into the idea that politics is a simple choice between the moral good and the moral bad, that the choice is simple and that there is a one to one relationship between wha…

LET'S ALL LISTEN TO WHAT THE WHITE MAN HAS TO SAY ABOUT RACISM, SEXISM, AND WHY TRUMP IS GREAT!

Oh wait... only a fucking garbage person would write what Thompete wrote.

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#909
post #681

There's a stunning degree of false equivalence happening here with regard to Trump. Trump is not Romney or McCain. It's not a left/liberal-only claim that Trump is dangerously unfit to be president. There are scores of republican national security experts who have written open letters, come out publicly against him, etc. To claim he's just another side of a coin is absurd. This guy is out there, as we speak, dangerou…

> Trump is not Romney or McCain.

And in four years, when the Republicans elect candidate X, you'll say "X is not Trump or Romney, he's literally Satan."

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#910
post #891

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I do not believe Trump is significantly more intolerant than HRC or any other likely presidential candidate, he simply focuses his rhetoric on populist ire across all of his positions. It's the only trick he knows so he does it again and again. Additionally, HRC has in the past advocated a nearly identical "wall" policy but used softer rhetoric: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gUAdAYFbIc GOP candidates for several e…

> I could not vote for either of the two major party candidates That's the worst part of this election. I really dislike HRC. Her alleged crimes to me are much more significant than even the rape allegations against Trump. They affect more people, and they move our country in the direction of a corporate oligarchy. But my alternative is Trump? Sexist, racist, and has unresolved sexual assault allegations against him?…

I dislike the entire primary system, party system, and all of the other baggage that goes with it.

I feel like my voice as a voter isn't adequately represented by EITHER candidate that is left.

Maybe instant runoff disapproval voting would be a better option; remove the most hated candidate from each iteration until a winner is left.

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