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I frequently hear the phrase "orange man bad" used to reduce positions against Trump down to a blanket motivation of just hating him. The reality is though, many (most?) people ragging on Trump do so being able to provide a list of reasons why the orange man is bad. What I've been wondering is, does anyone believe that the orange man is good? And if so, can they say what is good about him?
Can anyone tell me why the orange man is good? Like, not just a good response to some political movement you are opposed to, pushes good policy on a particular issue or set of issues, etc, but is he, himself, actually good? Do people actually look at Trump and say "That's a good man"? If so, why do you think that? "Orange man bad" is a rhetorical tool used to distract from some particular position but it begs the question - does anyone actually believe this guy is good? That question almost never comes up.
If none of you can say "orange man good" and provide a case for why he's good, I have to assume that your support for him is largely reactionary, and he's the scuzzy solution to an even worse problem. Basically, you think Trump sucks, but the other side is worse. You might find you have some common ground with the side you hate then - that you, too, think "orange man bad" even as you fight the people who say "orange man bad."
Happily, in before "but all politicians are bad!" to distract from this very direct question... I think we can all take that as an admission of "Yes, orange man is bad - but I support him, so I need to deflect everyone's vision from that."
Can anyone tell me why the orange man is good? Like, not just a good response to some political movement you are opposed to, pushes good policy on a particular issue or set of issues, etc, but is he, himself, actually good? Do people actually look at Trump and say "That's a good man"? If so, why do you think that? "Orange man bad" is a rhetorical tool used to distract from some particular position but it begs the question - does anyone actually believe this guy is good? That question almost never comes up.
If none of you can say "orange man good" and provide a case for why he's good, I have to assume that your support for him is largely reactionary, and he's the scuzzy solution to an even worse problem. Basically, you think Trump sucks, but the other side is worse. You might find you have some common ground with the side you hate then - that you, too, think "orange man bad" even as you fight the people who say "orange man bad."
Happily, in before "but all politicians are bad!" to distract from this very direct question... I think we can all take that as an admission of "Yes, orange man is bad - but I support him, so I need to deflect everyone's vision from that."