As a non-American you sound like the one being unreasonable here.
It's utterly bizarre that you think asking for a substantive justification for an opinion is unreasonable. I live in the US, these things affect me.
As a non-American you sound like the one being unreasonable here. He told you why he's voting the way he is, obviously all the big issues in your country will be buzzwords, and obviously you can't dismiss his issues because
listing run of the mill regurgitated buzzwords without substantiating how they're being implemented as policy, and how that negatively affects you, is doing exactly what I said - listing buzzwords.
So, yes, I can "dismiss" that as a response to my question as it lacked any substantive response, there was nothing to engage with.
you don't think "the republicans haven't put forward a better alternative" because that's what you're disagreeing about in the first place.
Actually I didn't disagree. I asked him to explain what he meant:
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Which policies? And what are republicans proposing that would be better? Specifically?"
It' not my fault that he doesn't actually know what he himself means - the guy literally admitted he didn't know what he was voting for:
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So even if I don't know specific policies of Republicans"
I mean, the guy's a straight up liar, he says:
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A candidate needs to earn my vote"
Then proceeds to admit he doesn't actually pay attention to the candidates because he doesn't know their policies.
You're never going to convince anyone to vote your way by telling them they're a sel-hating idiot who embodies the downfall of civilisation, try steel-manning for a change.
I'm not trying to convince him of anything. I'm challenging BS when I see it and exposing it for what it is. Nonsense such as was displayed above shouldn't be allowed to fester.
Maybe someone, somewhere will think "Hey, maybe I should actually look up the policies of the person I'm voting for"
And stop pretending your gay viewpoint is The Only Acceptable Gay Viewpoint, we're famously not a homogeneous group.
You'll have to quote me exactly where I stated my viewpoint was the only acceptable viewpoint.
I will state however that saying you're voting for
anyone that actively works against your interests as a human being and admitting you don't know what their policies are is a fucking stupid thing to do.
Heck, he could have just said "I don't care about anything and just want tax cuts" at least that would have been a semi-logical and coherent position.
