Never3ndr
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- Feb 29, 2016
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I just wanted to ask why people, on both sides of the fence, seem to have blinders on regarding the President if the President belongs to their party of choice.
For instance, President Trump has played multiple rounds of golf, which many against Obama criticized Obama for doing...but we have not heard a whisper of complaint from his support base.
President Obama literally was in charge during a time we had universal monitoring of all citizens through the NSA, but Trump is pointed at as an enemy to our freedom (when, at least concerning Americans, he has not explicitly encroached on any freedoms yet).
Obama gets blamed for dividing the nation. Trump is given a free pass even though his language is blatantly divisive and multiple protests (even internationally) and riots have been conducted in response to Trump and his actions.
Trump is blamed for eroding our foreign relations, but Obama is fine when he allows Russia to invade and take land, or when he makes a statement regarding the use of military force...and then backs down from that statement (the "red line" incident).
I already know the answer to this, but still wanted to field this question to my fellow forumites. Why do people have biased blinders on when the President in power happens to belong to their party? Why don't people have a set of core values that they fight for...no matter who is in charge? Am I the only one that feels like we live in a world colored by the side people choose to fight on rather than the values they pretend they fight for?
For instance, President Trump has played multiple rounds of golf, which many against Obama criticized Obama for doing...but we have not heard a whisper of complaint from his support base.
President Obama literally was in charge during a time we had universal monitoring of all citizens through the NSA, but Trump is pointed at as an enemy to our freedom (when, at least concerning Americans, he has not explicitly encroached on any freedoms yet).
Obama gets blamed for dividing the nation. Trump is given a free pass even though his language is blatantly divisive and multiple protests (even internationally) and riots have been conducted in response to Trump and his actions.
Trump is blamed for eroding our foreign relations, but Obama is fine when he allows Russia to invade and take land, or when he makes a statement regarding the use of military force...and then backs down from that statement (the "red line" incident).
I already know the answer to this, but still wanted to field this question to my fellow forumites. Why do people have biased blinders on when the President in power happens to belong to their party? Why don't people have a set of core values that they fight for...no matter who is in charge? Am I the only one that feels like we live in a world colored by the side people choose to fight on rather than the values they pretend they fight for?