Comment by qwerpy
11 hours ago
Unironically yes. I lived in the Seattle area and witnessed firsthand the effects of state/county/city Democrat rule. Gifted programs cancelled, streets full of homeless and drug addicts. Hateful people yelling at and flipping me off as I take my kids to daycare for the heinous crime of driving a Tesla. I’m a well educated highly paid minority, the kind of voter that Democrats take for granted. I voted Republican down the ballot last election.
Are you familiar with the phrase “cutting off your nose to spite your face”?
Assuming that people vote a certain way out of spite is narrow-minded. Talk to people outside of your bubble and try to understand them instead of reducing them down to caricatures. I don’t judge people on the left the way that I get judged by them. I genuinely think that my choice of political party is better for my family’s quality of life.
I agree. I would vote republican locally, but I'd vote for anyone to replace Trump and his circle.
You witnessed the firsthand effects of NIMBY rule, which both parties have in abundance.
Well let me be the first to thank you for the extra dollar a litre on my fuel, the extra hundred or so dollars a month on my mortgage and the impending recession that your choice has imposed upon me here in Australia.
Thanks so much for voting in Trump and his enablers.
Rather than blame this voter, why don't we put some blame onto the democrats. In San Francisco, progressive democrats have wasted billions on homeless and crime but with little to show for.
Sometimes democrats do push too far left. Far left is not that much different than far right.
Horseshoe theory is real, but much like Seattle, SF's biggest problem is politically active NIMBYs (and SF has more than most places). Democrats and Republicans both have NIMBYs, it transcends political boundaries.
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Because, uh, Democrats didn’t do this?
I don’t really give a rats ass who runs the internals of your country, and what goes on in San Francisco seems like a you problem. Due to voters like this, Trump is now my problem many thousands of miles away.
Don’t underestimate just how much ill will he is generating around the world, especially in allied nations, by insulting leaders and pushing up all of our energy prices.
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So, you did not voted for centrists and chosen to vote for nazi salute throwing radicals ... because there are non meek leftists groups.
The only way to win against Trump voters like you is to ignore them, because people like you will choose nazi until nazi are the only game in town.
My favored candidate may lose but I’ll be fine regardless of who is in power. I may pay more taxes or have to pay extra for private schools, but I’ve budgeted for that. You can still call it “winning” against me if that helps you feel better though.