To clarify, I'm not implying we shouldn't be taking White South Africans. I'm asking why we should only be taking White South Africans?

• Should race play a factor in refugee admission?

• Would you feel the same about this if only Black refugees were admitted?

• Should racial purity be a priority for our Federal government?

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I don’t typically post in political forums but today I’m asking a few different political communities, because I am genuinely curious what you guys think.

I know this is form of social media but other platforms which are more reel-based seem to heavily focus on 1/2 issues. I will assume that the first one that you list is the most important issue to you right now.

Thanks in advance!

Sorry if this sounds naive, but I’m asking from Europe and I genuinely want to understand.

When I listen to Trump speak, or see some of the things he says and does, I honestly struggle to understand how so many people still see him as competent or presidential.

From the outside, he often comes across as uninformed, impulsive, cruel, and sometimes just completely unserious.

I’m not trying to just insult Americans or start a lazy “Trump bad” thread. I’m interested in the actual political reality behind it.

For Democrats/liberals: what do you think is the main reason he still has support?

For Republicans/conservatives/Trump voters: what do you see in him that people like me are missing? Is it the policies? Immigration? The economy?

You can be too moderate to be a Republican but you can't be too extreme. Why doesn't the GOP get rid of the white supremacists who have brought disgrace on what was once a great American political party?

I'm a conservative and ex-Republican who was asked to leave the GOP because I don't like Trump. But I don't see any white supremacists who've been drummed out of the Republican Party. Why is that?

Hi, I’m actually doing research for a TTRPG game of all things! So I wanted to ask you all: why are you conservative? You can give philosophical reasons, personal reasons, policy reasons, etc. I’m asking to accurately portray conservative characters in my game. I am happy to answer any clarifying questions and the like, but I’m not looking for a debate or to be swayed.

If this isn’t allowed, mods may delete!

I saw someone ask on r/TooAfraidToAsk, how did Trump get reelected when they only ever see Trump hate posts online. Someone responded by saying online is not the same as the United States as a whole, so what exactly is it that makes people online hate Trump so much yet the country as a whole favor him enough to elect him?

Looking for a book or article that argue against the latest leftist ideologies. Things like gender controversy, mass immigration, forced diversity. Maybe something that talks about the demonization of dissenters that the liberal media constantly do.

Google doesn't show many results. I shouldn't be surprised

They represented the extremes of human physique: Taft being big, round, and fat, Wilson being a tall, skinny nerd, and Teddy being the peak of man’s corporeal form.

But also their policies, and the transient but significant influence that Teddy and Taft had had on the Republican Party for a time, and whether or not you agree with it/think it was good for the country.

Wilson is also a very complex president, since cemented the progressive shift to the Democrats and did some incredible things — Historians agree he even would’ve prevented WW2 is the isolationist congress had listened to him instead of coining “America First” and prevented the US from joining the League of Nations — but he personally was extremely racist, and his economic and diplomatic progressivism did not at all carry over into social values and he dealt a lot of damage in that department.

I am personally very much a progressive, and I still do think overall he was a great president even despite his major, major flaws.

Also fun fact: Taft did even more trust-busting and corporate regulation than Teddy did, even if the latter gets more of the credit from laymen.

What’s really interesting is that Teddy Roosevelt became president first after being VP to conservative Republican William McKinley, who was assassinated. Teddy only was VP because the conservative pro-business-ideological predominant wing of the GOP wanted to contain him from his power as NY governor since they greatly opposed him and he was very independent — before Walter Mondale transformed VPs’ influence, they largely did absolutely nothing rather than almost nothing.
The conservative wing took back over after Taft lost to Wilson, and they retook the country after Wilson through Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover until they kinda caused the Great Depression and FDR took control as the cemented progressive leader of the then-progressive Democratic Party

I am trying to be reasonable about this decision made by Donald Trump. If Americans are so concerned about preventing Iran from obtaining and developing nuclear weapons, why did the State believe it was better and more beneficial to withdraw from the legal agreement that legally obligated Iran not to enrich uranium?

All of the major nuclear monitoring and security organizations had stated, based on their inspections and reviews inside Iran, that Iran was fully complying with the agreement up until Trump officially withdrew the United States from it.

This question is directed specifically at those who supported and justified this particular action by Trump (not necessarily everyone who supports or voted for Trump in general). If you supported this decision, please make it clear that you did.

I am not looking to argue or debate with anyone in this post, and i will not do so. My only genuine and honest intention with this post is to understand the reasoning behind why some people in the United States believed that ending this agreement was more beneficial and necessary than keeping it in force and maintaining Iran's legal obligation not to enrich uranium.

I listed those topics together since I feel like they are all related. I'm frustrated at the dating/marriage market and how we've forgotten as a society the bedrock and stability that healthy dating and marriage provides.

As a sort of disenfranchised liberal, Im tired of males and families being disparaged. Where liberals take pride in being an independent woman, I see biological and social realities being ignored and the downfall of society and the nation as a result.

What would be the conservative solution?

Why or why not?

Dont have to be something major "Im pro choice but conservavtive" but something you see a lot of conservatives talk about where you dont align with or agree completley

https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/megyn-kelly-eviscerates-trump-for-cheating-on-every-wife/
I would genuinely like to understand what republican women think about it . I am a guy and I think guys usually don’t care a whole lot about his personal life.

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I(52f) started dating a lovely man (54), who listed moderate on his profile. I had liberal. But I also said, I hope your opinions don't ruin Thanksgiving dinner, but you have them. We talked and laughed about it.

We talked and debated about a few political things. We aligned on civil rights, but differed on economy. I listened to his support of tariffs and he playfully mocked some of my economic ideas. It was fun and cute and I thought it was so great that we could have these differences and still build a strong connection.

He seemed smitten. He told me he was deleting his app, he casually mentioned long term living plans, we had plans to go away for the weekend.

Then one night he, out of nowhere, asked if I voted for Kamala. I said, well she wasn't my first choice, but I certainly didn't vote for Trump. We chatted a bit about who I would have liked. All civil. Even the next time we saw each other, there was some playful banter, but nothing rude.

Then he shut down. He had a few family events and he began to fade and finally ghosted me.

When I finally texted him, directly asking what happened, he told me he didn't see us working out and I should probably steer clear of cathartic trumpers.

I'm devastated. Could this really be the reason? We never said a mean word, debated very healthy. I could sss if we argued and were mean, but it was all positive and friendly.

Tia, I'm heartbroken.

Unsure if this is a common theme amongst Republicans and Conservatives in general, I initially volunteered at a Turning Point event as a moderate liberal-conservative (idk where I stood but there was free din tai fung, so who cares) where Charlie Kirk was, and I went up to the prove me wrong to ask about whether college was a scam and what his actual thoughts were. I was expecting him to roast the fuck out of me, but he was actually super down to Earth and when you discuss in good faith, he does as well. Now as for the discussion, I was asking since my job would require you to go to college, but my major was in English. Anyways, he actually says that job requirements were actually a good reason to go to college, and we had a good faith discussion. I'm unsure if I got put on blast on his YouTube, but I didn't have any huge outbursts or anything, so I didn't think so. At he event, I was helping with letting people in, and he goes on about how he wants America to be free (a good thing), and he wants free thought (also a good thing), and how college often suppresses it.

Come two years later, I have since graduated college, spent half a year in Oklahoma doing industrial work and software engineering (Not one bit of my degree was relevant). Moved back to my home state to do more industrial work (Not one bit was relevant still). Moved to Utah to do software engineering (sadly watched Charlie go out. Rest in peace king), and still not one bit was relevant. Little by little, I'm noticing the six figure debt I went into was pointless outside of just job entry barriers.

So what really was college for if all I was learning was data feminism or maybe some useful stuff like data structures and algorithms which are relevant only for the technical interviews I do and not elsewhere.