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Depending on how the next four years go I'm on the fence between Bush Jr. and Trump but I'd like to hear from you

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I definitely have to admit some pro JFK bias as an Irish American ๐Ÿ˜…

But I obviously also have rationales for why I think he was a great president. Foremost among them is that I feel he was a truly independent political force that was beholden neither to his party nor to external interests. His popularity, wealth, and personal relationship with the American people gave him the potential to do radical things against the wishes of the entrenched oligarchy, which is possibly why he was assassinated. He demonstrated a willingness and a capacity to upend the established order.

William Henry Harrison is often considered among the worst for the simple reason that he did die. Put on a coat mah boi, we didn't elect your ass to get a cold and die instantly.

because lemm.ee is still federated with both hexbear and 'grad and .world and the more pro western servers which helps me train my critical thinking and arguing

I wish hexbear was more into debating and less into memeing. I find that they tend to run away from serious debate and prefer to troll. Honestly lemmygrad has seemed less annoying to me than hexbear lately because they seem more likely to take things seriously and make legitimate arguments. I don't see too much of them because I'm usually on my main account and sjw blocks them.

I use my account at lemmy.myserv.one in a similar way to your lemm.ee account, but since I'm an admin here I end up spending way more time on this account.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

I found trolls on both instances and rational people on both instances but yeah, the debating culture & communities is/are more on 'grad and ml whilst hexbear is for the more casual topics and my opinion on which instance as a whole is more rational is like a sine curve.

Thanks for the explanation, my knowledge about American political history is fairly limited so I really appreciate that. \(^-^)/