The Big Divide Between Biden and Trump Supporters

[Dill]

(05-25-2024, 08:02 AM)FormerlyBengalRugby Wrote: A big difference I notice is the hate, vitriol and divisive nature of the left in regards to the right. There's a lot of nasty stuff of the right is being labeled with, just check out the forums and all the nonsense being said about DJT and MAGA, racist, cult, overthrow the government, conspiracy theorists, etc...

The left is being labeled with destroying the  country via wanting open borders, no criminal accountability, endless spending, cheating in elections, weaponing the government, shouting down free speech, denying science, etc...

I can sit down and have conversations with just about anyone, but I know there is a fair portion of those on the left would never do so with someone on the right. I cannot say I know anyone on the right the would not have dinner with, or have a civil conversation with someone on the left. It is an odd phenomenon that one side has become so closed off to ideas.

I am certain people who lean a little more to the left might see it slighted the other way, but so is life. At the end of the day, no matter out differences, we all want what is best for our country.

It's our different conceptions of "best" that divide us.

Some of those "labels" you reference above don't seem labels to me. Trump did try to overthrow the government, or at least overturn a valid election with the support of his advisors and party leaders in many states. How is it "nonsense" to say that, and make that a factor in deciding his fitness for office?  

And Liberals do tend to spend more than Republicans. But two questions:

1. What do you think of Cheney's fate--she openly recognized Trump's accountability for 1/6 and was removed from committees by colleagues, then from office by GOP voters. (Please don't respond that voters have that right etc. The question is about the end for which they exercised that right.) A Dem Rep just had his words "taken down" when he listed counts against Trump--a private citizen--and was silenced for the rest of the day. https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/house-democrat-penalized-listing-trumps-legal-crises-rcna153673.  Surely that's fair warning that a GOP presidency under Trump would be like, further extending party power to silence criticism of the Dear Leader?  

2. What's your stance on 1/6? Three options there: Did Biden steal the election, or is Trump telling his followers a BIG LIE about that? 

                                                                  Or is it just too hard to tell? 

The answers to such questions sort the essential differences between Democrats and Republicans right now.  
And the answers go a long way to establishing what is factual description in your post and what is merely "labeling."