I mean with Trump now, surely Obama comparatively seems great? Not a saint but isn't it easy to see why those relatives would miss him?
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Yes but part of being a lefty is never being happy. It's traditional!
Obama bombed children, that will never seem great in any way, shape, or form.
If someone worse than Trump comes along, are you happy to say “I miss Trump?”.
Have a line and hold it.
I mean that’s the reason we have the words: “better” and “worse.”
If something is “better than”, then yes, I believe it is better.
Y’all act like anyone said Obama was a saint. Hell, some saints have been worse than Obama.
It’s why the overton window keeps shifting, because the level of evil you accept keeps looking better in comparison to worse.
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I get your point and I don't disagree, but surely you get your relatives too?
Nope. I don't really get that shortsighted mentality of missing the lesser evil.
Evil is evil regardless and it should never be missed just because you weren't a victim of their evil deeds. That's how you abandon your solidarity
Nope. I don’t really get that shortsighted mentality of missing the lesser evil.
"I don't understand why someone might miss when things were less bad!"
Tracks.
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Trump has bombed children. And he has RAPED children.
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The list of people who let Perfect be the enemy of Good grows at the end of every American school year. Republicans LOVE single-issue voters since they're easy to manipulate. Source: 2024 election.
The list of people who make excuses for crimes against humanity and genocide is the enemy all. Right-wingers love excusing a little mass murder.
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Both sides bad. Amirite?
This is primarily an anarchist community. If you want us to call the Democrats good, you'll be waiting for a long time. The 9th layer of hell and the 7th layer of hell have differences, but it's still hell.
I wish online leftists hated conservatives half as much as they hate people who are only a little left wing. Like ya, Obama sucks and bombed a school a decade and a half ago but trump bombed one two weeks ago and also wants to do a genocide right now.
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We're looking at him through the lens of 2026. At least he pushed for the Affordable Care Act and repealing of Don't Ask Don't Tell. The man wasn't a saint but he sure as shit is better than what we have now. Yes I'd rather have a socialist like Bernie Sanders but this is all we have unfortunately and if I had to make a choice between the two administrations I'd go with Obama 11 times out of 10.
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"I agree, he wasn't perfect and was certainly a product of a broken system. However, nothing you've said has changed my missing him, nor my believing that he was infinitely better than Trump, even if not perfect."
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