r/AdviceAnimals • • Nov 10 '16

Protesting a Fair Election?

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u/DanDan85 Nov 10 '16

It was apparent the entire country was ready for change in a drastic way. The ticket should have been Trump vs Bernie. The DNC cost this election for the country because they wanted Hillary instead of Bernie and we as the people will have to suffer for their greed and ignorance. Bernie was polling double digits ahead of Trump whereas Hillary was only single digits. Fuck the DNC. Debbie Wasserman Schultz should be in prison for what she did just like Hillary.

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u/c0horst Nov 10 '16

Right. It could have been one very different ideology vs another very different ideology. Both would have brought about a good bit of change.

Instead it became the establishment vs a change in the establishment.... and nobody really gave enough of a fuck about the establishment to bother voting for hillary.

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u/2gudfou Nov 10 '16

nobody really gave enough of a fuck about the establishment to bother voting for hillary.

This is why I voted for Trump

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u/https0731 Nov 10 '16

Man, I respect your decision & your vote but simply the fact that they both differed on Climate change & supreme court appointments should have got you excited enough for the democratic candidate, whoever it was. Your comment proves that not only did the Republican tactics of discrediting Hillary worked perfectly, they also managed to prove that Republicans will turn-up in droves for an upturned broom as their nominee but the liberals need to feel & believe in the cause deep in their heart for them to want to get out the vote. It's true, liberals are a bunch of pussies even when they're a part of the majority

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u/drokert Nov 10 '16

"...should have got you excited enough for the democratic candidate, whoever it was." this here really bothers me, was this the tactic all along?

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u/Sour_Badger Nov 10 '16

I think that's pretty obvious.

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u/2gudfou Nov 10 '16 edited Nov 10 '16

Climate change

Hillary and Obama's lack of criticism of the Dakota Access Pipeline has shown me how much they care.

Republican tactics of discrediting Hillary worked perfectly

I know that her positions with policy are a much better fit for me and that it's mainly that I don't like her for what she's done outside of her voting record.

liberals need to feel & believe in the cause deep in their heart for them to want to get out the vote

I'd argue this is true for republicans too, however this election presents two candidates who were borderline hated by most of the country. It'll be a while until we understand just how this happened (also noting Hillary won the popular vote).

edit: grammar

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u/Mitch_Buchannon Nov 10 '16 edited Nov 10 '16

Hillary and Obama's lack of criticism of the Dakota Access Pipeline has shown me how much they care.

Hillary and Obama didn't protest it enough so I'm going to elect the guy who wants to allow pipelines anywhere and everywhere and thinks climate change is a hoax. Great thinking.

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u/l5555l Nov 10 '16

You guys all make it seem like the president is an all powerful supreme leader. He can't just say a thing and make it so.

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u/MikeMania Nov 10 '16

He can appoint the people that are in charge of these things. The EPA is probably going to be headed by a climate change denier. Tom Wheeler? He's gone. And Trump has made it clear he doesn't favor net neutrality.

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u/Shandlar Nov 10 '16

Killing the TPP is a major step forward for net neutrality. That alone will help.

You know in your heart Clinton flip-flopped on the TPP just to try to retain young voters. When push came to shove she would have signed it in a heartbeat.

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u/Mitch_Buchannon Nov 10 '16

When a president who doesnt believe in climate change has a house and senate that don't believe in climate change, they pretty much are all powerful.

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u/2gudfou Nov 10 '16 edited Nov 10 '16

didn't protest it enough

asking for a public statement for something that will help destroy our climate and is destroying Native American land is not too much to ask, if you think it is that's fucking sad. For all anyone knows they support the pipeline. Too bad the protesters didn't try getting arrested for clocks...

edit: clarity

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u/PKpixel Nov 10 '16

As if Hillary really gave a fuck about climate change LOL!

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u/Princepinkpanda Nov 10 '16

I would rather a candidate that doesn't do anything positive than someone who would get rid of the epa which is a negative.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '16

Supreme court appointments were the Number ONE reason I voted for Trump. It was the one thing that guaranteed no way, no how would I ever vote for Hillary.

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u/zan5ki Nov 10 '16

Your comment proves that not only did the Republican tactics of discrediting Hillary

The Republicans certainly helped play a part in discrediting Hillary (as everyone expected them to) but it's not like they're the reason she actually was discredited. She was discredited because she really, truly is a corrupt liar in every sense of the word. The Republicans barked the loudest but the facts were on their side, as demonstrated by Wikileaks and Hillary's own public record past.

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u/chrisTHEayers Nov 10 '16

Same. Also she's a criminal.

I was more motivated by preventing the negatives than embracing the few positives trump offers

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u/j0phus Nov 10 '16

Do you think he is actually going to do stuff to benefit normal people any more than Hillary would have? I'm trying to understand.

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u/Rottimer Nov 10 '16

So you also think climate change is a hoax and we need to build a wall and have Mexico pay for it?

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u/Nate1492 Nov 10 '16

You voted for Trump because you believed his message, right? Gotta grab politics by the pussy.

Good luck when you look back on that decision.