Comment on Is this what every election is like?
bear@lemmynsfw.com 1 month ago
No it just depends on the candidates. Most have been boring but Obama, Clinton, Trump, Harris were all controversial.
Comment on Is this what every election is like?
bear@lemmynsfw.com 1 month ago
No it just depends on the candidates. Most have been boring but Obama, Clinton, Trump, Harris were all controversial.
pancakes@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
You might be younger or forgetting but before Obama it was George W., definitely not controversial… And before that there was more controversy. Americans have always had divisive elections, but there’s been a noticable uptick in the elections involving Trump.
Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Preferring Dijon mustard, or wearing a tan suit are hardly legitimate controversies. There are real complaints about some of Obama’s actions, but there wasn’t really any legitimate controversy surrounding his presidency outside of the pointless stuff manufactured by Limbaugh and Hannity. Those two guys were the canaries in the coal mine, and society and the government alike should pushed back on what they were starting a lot harder than they did. They ushered in this new era of hate and strife.