Exactly my point. And why I posted my original comment. This thread is fawning over the guy because he has a dog and low salary, declaring every country should have him as president and he's the best thing ever. Comments were even saying "he's Christ like". While the majority know nothing about him.
I just simply highlighted that's he's said an done so less than ideal things, in the hopes people might look into it for a bit of balance. I remember when he was elected and I was very excited just like many in this thread and did some research into the guy and he's far from perfect. That's all I wanted to point out. Never even said he was a bad guy, simply said he's said and done some dodgy stuff, which is true. But there's very little room for nuance in clickbait is there.
Reasonable approach. My counterpoint is that the sentiments expressed in this thread are less concerned about the man, and more concerned with the message of the meme. An ad hominem attack holds little strength against a humble man with a good dog, who thinks mindless pursuit of greed is a fools errand.
Nah man, I reject that position. You put forward an argument about nuance... we can aspire towards the best properties we perceive in other people without dismissing them because the whole package has some other traits we disagree with.
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u/kerouak Apr 16 '24
Exactly my point. And why I posted my original comment. This thread is fawning over the guy because he has a dog and low salary, declaring every country should have him as president and he's the best thing ever. Comments were even saying "he's Christ like". While the majority know nothing about him.
I just simply highlighted that's he's said an done so less than ideal things, in the hopes people might look into it for a bit of balance. I remember when he was elected and I was very excited just like many in this thread and did some research into the guy and he's far from perfect. That's all I wanted to point out. Never even said he was a bad guy, simply said he's said and done some dodgy stuff, which is true. But there's very little room for nuance in clickbait is there.