• Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    I honestly don’t get the hate against Biden. From what I’ve seen, he’s old and he’s done a whole lot of good, more than the average democratic president.

    Him being the choice over Trump should be an obvious, nearly anyone over Trump is the better choice, so what the hell is wrong with these people wanting to vote trump or not vote at all just to stick it to Biden?

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      7 months ago

      There’s other good answers here, but there’s a more basic one.

      Biden simply doesn’t have the charisma of Obama or the outlandishness of Trump. The reason he was an effective leader in the Senate was because of his ability to coordinate people and get shit done.

      It’s what he’s done as President as well. It’s good organizational leadership, but it isn’t flashy.

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      7 months ago

      Two reasons. First, there’s GOP just blanket hating on anything without their party’s Seal of Approval, sometime posing as democrats.

      Second, it’s in the nature of progressives to want something better. To point out that, while [thing] may be OK, it could be improved, even in small ways. So, while you’re comparing Biden and Trump, they’re comparing Biden with some Platonic ideal President. Most of them will, when it comes to the actual ballot, and they have to choose between the two actual candidates, vote against Trump, but they’ll grouse about it. The others probably weren’t going to get off the couch for anyone, anyway.

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      7 months ago

      They’re angry and justify to avoid challenging their own worldview. Apart from general evil, that basically sums it up. To expand: Plenty of them are convinced what they are doing is right. They legitimately believe they are on the right side. We don’t really see this because we aren’t constantly soaking up the same news every single day. We aren’t surrounded by people parroting false truths without a check (though we are in our own nodes), and we challenge one another’s beliefs, something people leaning left tend to do. For the rest it is about hurting others. A much smaller percentage could be convinced they’re wrong and just haven’t found a strong enough reason to challenge what they believe in.

      None of this is good. Though we will gain the most ground by attempting to be understanding and being firm whenever needed.