so in other words, you live in a fantasy world and you can only back yourself up with talking points and conspiracy theories, is that about right? nasa has never at any point denied global warming as an organization. 49 some former NASA scientists penned a letter to urge NASA to "muzzle" climate scientists. the problem is, these alleged experts had no expertise, education, or experience in climate science, and any bogus expert the alt-right touts around, you can bet they aren't climate science. you're just a highschool kid by your own admission, i doubt you even have any real context of such a global issue unless you're a kid that cares about progressive issues. what exactly do you think there is to gain for scientists to fabricate climate research? do you think they're making bank, what? there isn't anything to lose unless you're an oil tycoon.
reality doesn't have to conform to your personal beliefs, and no matter how hard you try to bend reality to your narrative about the imaginary liberal conspiracy, you make yourself look like you can't think for yourself and your entire belief system depends on scapegoats and distorted sources. progressives penned the first clinton foundation stuff, sanders hit her on corporate ties the entire primary. meanwhile the republicans had no idea what donald trump was doing, mulled replacing him, wished cruz or rubio could have it, and trump was too busy bloviating. if you want to get technical, progressive "liberals" had more to do with clinton losing. and even without us, she still secured more popular votes against her opponent. an opponent who says he doesn't need daily briefings and because of that flubbing foreign relations every time he opens his mouth and his supporters nod like these bozo decisions are enlightened because it's sticking it to... something?
my ideology lost big, that i can get over, i'm an adult, a big girl, i know there is plenty of time to address issues within the DNC and built a grassroots movement. what i can't get over is the lengths trump supporters go to contort themselves all around instead of taking responsibility for an inexperienced hack they elected who isn't an outsider, but an opportunist. the oligarchs have arrived, and this time there isn't a liberal to scapegoat? speaking of which saying liberal is like saying food when someone asks what you wanna eat, the alt-right has made it non-descript; to them, a moderate corporate democrat woman is a threat, any legislation that isn't borderline nationalist and social darwinist is liberal. the democrats to other countries are center right at best. it's a made up strawman to pretend they've intimidated the right-wing into silence. turn on the news, go online, use social media, look at the extreme right laws passing under republican governors, look at what the House just tried to pull with congressional oversight until Trump realized he doesn't want to pull fast ones like that--yet. look at how far NC as gone to censor the incoming governor. they're even poised to shift the direction of the SCOTUS and cripple years of progress. news stations stereotyped as liberal are even caving toward neutrality over actual objectivity and quietly removing progressive talent in favor of centrists and balanced commentary. even nbc just hired megyn kelly of all people, though to be fair, she was one of the only high profile republican personalities that actually questioned trump. so when i hear people cowering beneath the liberal boogeyman i really have to laugh, because right now they're so politically privileged and hoarding the chessboard it's ridiculous. they haven't had this much attention since ronald reagan, who by the way, granted amnesty to the undocumented immigrants currently in the US. i don't particularly like his administration, and i'm sure as a republican he didn't really want to, but republicans used to be able to realize wasting resources on throwing out innocent people sure cost a lot more taxpayer dollars than putting them into the system so they actually can contribute. it's not like they come here to loaf around.
the other day trump said taxpayers would have to fund this wall fantasy of his. are you concerned enough about our GREAT NATION to relinquish your paycheck to this if he builds it? because i'm betting conservatives flip out. he doesn't have the power to make "mexico pay" and even if he did he doesn't have the spine. one minute he's appalled we're hacked, then he's sucking up to russia again. as far as economists are concerned, we should be integrating undocumented immigrants already here, over 11 million, into our legitimate economy. better for them and the country's future.
as for the "american dream" a history book could tell you this was propaganda and always has been. but if you'd really like to blame someone, look no further than the baby boomers whose gratuitous consumption and being catered to left us with cynicism, debt, and inequality.
finally, yeah you can argue about why we should trust known racists, domestic abusers, and corporate revolving door opportunists for cabinet, but when we go from highly qualified secretaries actually trained in their field to putting neurosurgeons in charge of urban housing and hiring random business people for jobs way above their education level, come on, you don't really believe trump's that concerned about the stability of the nation do you? it's cognitive dissonance to say they're gonna be successful because they made a lotta money. if trump would have invested his father's loan and never got into business he'd be wealthier now than anything he has ever done in his long career of uh, "business." wouldn't a smart man have realized this before now
i'm not trying to say because i'm a lefty i have some moral high ground, but when obama or clinton disappointed us, they got called out, i'm old enough to remember, and i can tell you this. the conservative voters who only grudgingly voted for trump, i wonder if they're gonna be quiet and swallow his goofs when he wears down their patience
anyway i'm not out to attack you specifically, life experience shapes our beliefs, but i see this same dubious commentary everywhere, and it's alarming, and i just kept seeing these posts. it's one thing to have different ideas about how to govern, but it's another when someone is being contrarian and thinks it's acceptable to outright fabricate stuff or ignore information that contradicts their narrative. i don't get it. do you have something of substance to actually discuss the merits of his administration or cabinet you believe in or are you just here to say random interjections and unsupported claims and strawmen? i'm like baffled kiddo.
anyway, kinda long winded, but i guess i don't really have anything else to add to this topic, not trying to make this a thing so i'm gonna pre-remove myself before circular argument makes my brain shut off. because i can respect republicans that try to be legitimate but i think you may actually benefit from doing some research to better academically support your arguments. maybe it's the maternal in me.
oh and he can't refuse presidential pay, it's mandated
