buzzsaw wrote:

You think because you stir the pot you're not responsible. Nope. Doesn't work that way. Grown ups don't have conversations like that and the only way to stop you is to stoop to your level.

Dude, it's not your job to change anyone's opinion.  I as much as anyone can appreciate how passionate we all can be on issues we care about.  If someone wants to believe Trump is a racist because he wants to enforce the border, there's nothing you can say to sway them.  Just as you can't sway someone who thinks Clinton should have been indicted for her email use.  To me, the 1st Amendment is about as crystal clear as any law or principle we hold to.  But there's still people out there who believe unpopular thoughts should be punished. 

At the end of the day, some people aren't interested in debating their opinion.  Just try to get someone to explain why they believe in a higher power and not rely on faith.  Faith is a powerful thing and isn't limited to religion. How many people have an opinion on Climate Change?  How many people that have an opinion are qualified to hold the opinion they have?  How many read the actual research and understand it?  Those that aren't trained in science nor have read the report are relying on faith to justify their opinion, whether they realize it or not.

Some people posting their comments on this election aren't even US Citizens, so their opinions don't even factor into the outcome.  No more than my comments mattered on Brexit.  In a month none of this will even have mattered and people will return to their corners to defend or excuses the faults of their surrogate.

A Private Eye wrote:

The fact Trump is not long since dead and buried (metaphorically speaking) is testament to how poor a candidate Hilary is also. She just, to me at least, appears the lesser of two evils.

I agree with you, esp the latter point.  The first point you have to add in that it also shows what complete disarray the  Republican party is in.  Back during the Primary debates (around February) when Trump was beginning to look like the potential winner, Lindsay Graham was interview & was completely disappointed, saying how this election is a generational shift to the GOP where they really have to go back and rethink and adjust some of their platform beliefs. 

I think in 4 years they'll need to adapt their views on homosexuality, immigration, taxing the rich, abortion, and other similar staunch conservative positions.  They also need to realize the NRA while a stronghold in certain areas, it's not much of a winner among youth.

Granted, I may be wrong on alot of this, it's mostly my "opinion".

buzzsaw wrote:

So you think it's okay to be a total douche bag as long as you're attacking a candidate?

No, to clarify, I don't.

But, sure, I see no reason why we can't bash Trump for being a racist, misogynist, dirty old man with no firm grasp of the issues. He's proven that. We just have to quote him.

And, yeah, let's call Hillary a lying, war-mongering, frail old woman who will say anything to get elected. Just pull out the ammo she's provided you.

Gary Johnson is a loopy pothead who seems to know nothing of the world around him. His most recent TV appearances support those theories.

These people are running for president, and virtually everything they do and say and think is fair game.

Should people just pop into a thread and say Trump is a pedophile or Hillary is a murderer. No, those things were mentioned in the previous thread but there is no real evidence behind those claims. That's conspiracy theory batshit crazy stuff.

I don't get all worked up when people want to go back and forth as long as it doesn't get too nasty. Things get way too nasty in the last thread. Not sure why people get so angry about what someone says about a politician.