(10-09-2020, 09:28 PM)cookie2 link Wrote:@ Lods
Interesting post Lods. So most people are in favour of law and order but different groups of different political hues can favour different laws and different orders, often to support their own political ends and agendas and sometimes drifting into the draconian. Surprise, surprise.
Our own position and bias always plays into our assessment.
These personal positions are all different, and are largely framed by our own upbringing and life experiences.
One of the strange things you see in Trump discussions is this...
Democrats and their supporters attack (rightly in most cases) Trump for his disparaging remarks about opponents, his venom, and his dismissive put downs.
How do many respond?
They attack him with venom and personal disparaging remarks about his hair, skin colour, mental inadequacies and family.
You play on Trump's home ground and you give him an advantage.
While those things play well for the committed 'never Trumpers' they don't go over as well for the moderate and uncommitted voter.
On the far extreme they fuel the 'hate' fires and widen the divide.
In contrast one of the most effective anti-Trump bits we've seen was the Jonathan Swan approach in his interview which was calm, measured and for Trump...unsettling.
Despite my concerns about Biden's candidacy, based mainly on his longevity, he's kept himself for the most part largely above the personal attacks and concentrated on policy, issues and Trump's more erratic behaviour.
That seems to be playing well at present.
But this is so unpredictable and who knows what the next act in this circus will be.