I'm not ready to commit to holding anyone to account, but if any other candidate has the track record I outlined above, I will certainly notice and I might mention it if their rhetoric begins to show up in the speech of people around me.Robert wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 8:25 amWill you hold the rest of the leaders accountable for using that same term? It is quite a common term used by many in speeches and ad hoc statements.barnhart wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 8:00 amPossibly, but he did say it would be a bloodbath "for the whole country". At minimum this is careless and dangerous rhetoric from a president whose followers have "misinterpreted" his speech as a call to violence before.HondurasKeiser wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 10:09 pm Might you be isolating that use of “bloodbath” from the larger context? I think he was talking about the car industry…which is a pretty normal way to speak about the economy.
I freely admit I have never cared for him going back to his lifestyle in the 90's. He would have to work very hard to gain my sympathy, so it's possible I receive his messaging in a negative light. On the other hand he has a track record of giving motivational speeches to people who understand it as a call to violence. If he were a decent, moral person he would correct that mistake and make extra effort to encourage democratic norms like peaceful transfer of power.
In terms of disliking President Trump since the 90's, I might add that I have disliked President Biden even longer, since the 80's. And if he takes up the causes and habits that troubled me then (opposing school desegregation, plagiarizing without credit, silencing reports of sexual assault of powerful people) I will certainly notice and likely mention it.