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> he's a liar,

No doubt. ALL politicians are to some extent.

> misogynist,

because? Misogyny is literally HATRED of women, like, treating them really harsh. I dont think the democrats were convincing at that

> tech illiterate,

He seems to be handling twitter quite great

> arrogant

No doubt about that but sociopathy is a frequent characteristic of leaders

> and overall a disgusting human being

Disgust is visceral aversion, and can be very personal. Not an argument

Are you willing to negotiate any of your positions or are they set in stone? It seems the liberals went full hard-line mode, and ignored half of america.

> People listen up until the point you prove to them you're not worth listening to.

So basically , what the others say is garbage, deplorables, end of conversation. That's the point, swjs broke off the conversation with "you know what i m not arguing with you, you re a deplorable". Thats not how you convince people, you have to try harder.

disclosure: i m not american but watched the war of words from afar.



> Misogyny is literally HATRED of women

No, it's not. I won't quote dictionaries, you can look it up on wikipedia. You can also find compilations of all the offensive remarks he made regarding women.

> ALL politicians are to some extent.

True. Indeed, we're all liars. However, Trump seems to disregard the truth when it stands right next to him. Even in the face of irrefutable proof he doesn't back down. That's worse than lying.

> He seems to be handling twitter quite great

I wouldn't call handling twitter tech literacy, but he's taking an aggressive stance against Apple's privacy policy for example.

> Disgust is visceral aversion, and can be very personal. Not an argument

I kindly disagree. At some point so much garbage is piled up you can't help but sum it up in a very personal way: disgusting. Also, as a human being I can't help but have feelings. And I would argue they're a rational response to everything I witnessed this election.


> No, it's not. I won't quote dictionaries, you can look it up on wikipedia.

You bring up an interesting point. The definition of "Misogyny" in wikipedia in 2004:

Misogyny is an exaggerated pathological aversion towards women.

became in 2016:

Misogyny is the hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against women or girls.

I can't help but see the broadening of the definition throughout the years. It happens a lot with words ending in '-phobia' as well. Food for thought.

For the record the word miso-gyny etymologically means "hatred of women"


Whatever the reason for the broadening of the definition (I would consider progress), it doesn't change the fact that people today use it with the definition it has today. Just like "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet", so would his attitude towards women by any other name would smell just as bad.


let's put trump aside. There are nuances in the way we talk which have been lost. People from both sides use extreme language willy-nilly like racist, sexist, fascist. These words are serious accusations not mild epithets. This creates a culture where middle ground does not exist, you are either with us or you're the enemy, which is madness. E.g. I don't like smokers, but i don't hate them.


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