Honestly, last night what the results of the election happened, I was really disgraced by America's decisions. I understand that the United States are a democracy but I didn't know that majority of people are able to overlook degrading comments just to support a white man's face. I understand for many people this was choosing the better of two evils, but how could a white man who is described as a bigot really be better?
Arguments for this include that Hillary is shady, but isn't trump shady too? Trump not only is shady, but he degrades women and he is very racist. Sure his degrading comments about women happen every day; at school, on the street, at home. But just because this is normal, does it mean it is okay? Cat-calling women is not okay, even if you call it 'locker room talk'. I understand a lot of men participate in this activity but making a leader of this country someone who motivates these actions is pretty irrational. Talking about touching his daughter or talking about how a model was overly fat and gaining wait is so disrespectful. I watched a video that has children say quotes that Trump said about women (I will attach that below), and the video is quite sad.
How do you feel that he is now our president? How will this affect your family? Are you scared?
I agree with what you say. Besides his degrading comments, I do not believe that he has the proper temperament to be president. When someone says something he disagrees with he becomes very angry and repeatedly repeats "wrong" and interrupts them. This disrespect towards others could lead to potential awful situation with foreign countries. If he meets foreign leaders and acts like this it could have catastrophic effects.
ReplyDeleteI agree - watching the debates sometimes felt like watching a child who does not appreciate the gravity of what he is doing. However, I think its important to remain optimistic. I personally believe that he will take the job of being president more seriously and that his actions alone will not have a significant impact on our foreign relations.
DeleteI feel like this is kind of an ignorant way of viewing Trump, because although I may not support him as a politician, I don't agree with confidently claiming that people only supported him for his "white face." There are many reasons why people supported him: he wasn't an establishment politician like Hillary, he promised the change Republicans wanted, he wanted to focus on domestic issues such as infrastructure, and many other specific, rational reasons. Also, by describing Trump as a "bigot" and claiming this should have prevented him from becoming a politician, I strongly disagree with this statement, as Trump's personal opinions don't necessarily dictate his policies or his actions as a politician: after all, he could have just been saying these things to rally support or create drama for media coverage. Furthermore, although I do agree that treating women and minorities disrespectfully is extremely immoral and socially unacceptable, I don't think that these views necessarily dictate how people view him as a politician: The entire idea behind "locker-room talk" is to rally support and publicity from news outlets that could boost the amount of voters actually voting for him, which is why he did this -- meaning, people didn't necessarily support him for these radical views. So overall, I think that although you bring up a good point about Trump's morality being pretty questionable, I don't agree that his supporters are necessarily bigots for liking him or that his personal opinions should have prevented him from becoming president, because many people genuinely liked him for his policies.
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