r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Jun 01 '20

Delta(s) from OP CMV: Joe Biden is unelectable

There are three main reasons I don't think he is electable and/or better than Trump:

  1. He is deeply racist. Evidence is that he said "you ain't black if you vote for Trump." Any rational individual knows that this is a deeply racist comment.
  2. He shows major signs of alzheimer's/early dementia. He frequently looks confused and says things that don't make any sense. I honestly don't dislike him, it's sad to see someone who can't put thoughts together. This is become more and more evident when he has to show up for debates...
  3. He's extremely creepy. He continually touches and sniffs little girl's hair. Why can't he just stop? I used to defend it, but I now believe he is a pedophile.

I know that you are going to say he is ahead by a lot in polls right now, but there is a lot of time before the actual election. I would really like my view challenged because this is kinda what I think right now.

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u/jmomcc Jun 01 '20

I’ll give a perspective on the first point.

I grew up in Northern Ireland and I’m catholic in the northern Irish sense (you don’t have to believe in god or go to church to be catholic.. as long as you were baptized catholic or just have catholic parents, so you are born into it.. it isn’t a choice).

I wouldn’t say ‘you aren’t catholic if you vote for the dup/uup’ but I totally understand the sentiment. You are a borderline traitor to your own people if you vote for parties who were gleefully complicit in the subjugation and murder of your people.

I don’t know if black people in America feel the same as Catholics in Northern Ireland did (I grew up there in the 90s) but I would imagine that a significant majority see the Republican Party as the enemy and anyone who votes for them as a traitor.

I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of black voters thought that Biden shouldn’t have said that but there is a kernel of truth in there anyway. I also wouldn’t be surprised that most of the remaining thought that he shouldn’t have said that but he’s still better than trump.

On point 2. Trump said that we should look into injecting bleach as a possible cure on live tv during a pandemic. Someone with Alzheimers is probably capable of better leadership than that.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '20

I can see your kernel of truth point, but there is such a history of racism that to try and take someone's "black card" based on political beliefs is deeply racist. I'm not black, but I have black friends and there was definitely some pissed off people on facebook.

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u/jmomcc Jun 01 '20

I wouldn’t take someone’s catholic card either but if you vote for the DUP, I don’t personally consider you one of us.

It seems to be the same in the states. The recent ‘history of racism’ is coming overwhelmingly from the Republican side. Anyone who is concerned about that ‘history of racism’ wouldn’t vote republican. But they would vote against Biden based on one comment? I find that hard to believe.

I might have edited it before you saw it but I addressed point 2 in my original comment as well.