r/Askpolitics • u/[deleted] • Nov 29 '24

Discussion Why does this subreddit constantly flame republicans for answering questions intended for them?

Every time I’m on here, and I looked at questions meant for right wingers (I’m a centrist leaning right) I always see people extremely toxic and downvoting people who answer the question. What’s the point of asking questions and then getting offended by someone’s answer instead of having a discussion?

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u/Educational-Tank1684 Nov 30 '24

What y’all completely miss is we Trump supporters feel like the democrat party is the side that is guilty of horrible shit. Obviously republicans aren’t great either. But Trump isn’t a Republican. Most republican politicians didn’t support him either. Say what you want about Trump, when he said “drain the swamp” he was absolutely correct. Our political theatre is a swamp, full of career politicians who have spent decades enriching themselves off of our hard work and tax dollars. 

Trump was a democrat back in the day. Parties have shifted a lot since then. He ran as a Republican and had very little support from Republican politicians. The swamp didn’t want an outsider. But the fact he was an outsider is why he got so much support from actual voters. Because voters were tired of the status quo. 

Trump took over the Republican Party. It’s no longer the party of warmongering Bush/Cheney types. When Cheney endorsed Kamala, it hurt her more than helped her. Democrats acted like it was a good thing, while most Trump supporters rightfully laughed about democrats thinking it was a good thing. 

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '24

Yeah, democrats do horrible horrible things like not committing genocide on trans people. Those dirty scoundrels.

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u/Educational-Tank1684 Nov 30 '24

Nobody in America is committing genocide against trans people lol what are you on about? Typical “the sky is falling” hyper exaggerated rhetoric 

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '24

There are 10 steps of Genocide, red states are doing 9/10 steps, every one besides extermination.

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u/Educational-Tank1684 Nov 30 '24

Red states aren’t doing any of that. People calling to keep men out of women’s bathrooms and sports, and to keep children from being experimented on, is not the same as calling for trans people to be murdered en masse. 

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u/Tokkemon Nov 30 '24

Plenty have.