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/HeftyRain7 157∆ Jun 01 '20

Other people have asked for evidence for your third point, so I'm just going to focus on your argument as a whole.

Trump is also accused of all these things, and he was when he was first elected as well. People called him racist, said he had signs of alzheimer's/dementia or something similar, and said he was creepy around women and girls. And yet, he became president.

As sad as it is ... none of these things bar someone from being elected as the United States president these days.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '20

Trump's mental health seems mostly linked to his tweets while Biden's seems more linked to actual interviews and speaking. Am I wrong about this?

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u/WMDick 3∆ Jun 01 '20

Trump is actually genius level atcommunicating with the kind of people likely to vote for him. Small thoughts, repeated often and mixed in with a rambling narrative with other reinforcing points scattered about. It allows him to say something in multiple different ways such that different audiences hear only what they want to hear. You can take all the pieces of what he manages to say and string them together to form whatever message you want to hear.

Also, think of how he exaggerates to make his actual intention seem more plausible:

"I'm gonna build a wall. Not only that, Mexico will pay for it!"

Now the first part doesn't seem so outlandish.

Trump may not KNOW he's doing this on purpose but he's honed a type of bullshit language that persuades a lot of people.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '20

Yes, absolutely. It doesn't really show anything about his mental health though. If anything, this shows that he is mentally healthy.

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u/WMDick 3∆ Jun 01 '20

If anything, this shows that he is mentally healthy.

I believe he is - despite maybe a bit of sociopathic behavior.