This question’s on my mind because my coworker today mentioned they would vote for Trump if they could (mind you this is 2023, in Canada). I don’t generally have the talking points or the desire to fight about it, so I just deflected the conversation. But I often wish I was more strong-willed and could try to figure out why someone believes what they do and, if it’s invalid, then convince them otherwise.
Thus, I’m curious what you all would say or what you’ve done in the past!
You gotta land somewhere on the spectrum of stupid-to-evil to be a Trump (or any of the new lumps of shit that have surfaced in Trump’s wake) supporter, and no point on the spectrum meets the standard for the kind of person I’d invest the time and effort needed to build a friendship.
Discovering that a current friend is that stupid/evil would reveal I misjudged that person previously and spell the end of that relationship. I can’t fix stupid, and I won’t tolerate evil.
I vote the green party in my country because they are the only ones advocating for the decriminalization of cannabis. It’s a far-left party and I’m right of centre myself. The party with values that otherwise align the closest with mine doesn’t get my vote because they’re against weed. I’m so called “single issue voter” and that’s what many of Trump’s voters are as well. There’s also a ton of people who vote for him only because there’s no fucking way they’re voting for the another guy.
It’s just a bit silly to make such vast assumptions of people based on who they vote for.
Single issue voting is harmful. Single issue voters are easily manipulated and are often just tools for other political parties to manipulate elections.
Announcing that I was a single issue voter would be incredibly embarrassing for me. Knowing that I could vote for a party that I thought was against my and my country’s best interests because of one, single pet issue would be embarrassing. To me, that would feel like a severe lack of integrity.
In my case the alternative is to not vote at all.
Every time during elections when I fill out those questionares that are supposed to help me choose a canditate, the suggestions vary from far left to far right and everything in between. There simply is no party that aligns with me. I’m politically homeless.
If I were to vote for the party that most closely represents my views, that would then also be a vote for the religious, intolerant, anti-abortion right wing party. Nah. I’ll rather vote for the idealistic fools on the left, that atleast agree with me about weed.