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You claim that you believe that there is a problem with elected officials being incompetent, and yet you then contradict yourself by stating that you are part of the problem:
You are correct that the voters have the power to change their representatives if they are found to be incompetent, so use it. Don't fall victim to the ostrich effect.
I don't know where I said that to be honest. but I don't know that I would agree that its always clear based on someones behavior in publicly speaking that they are incompetent as a president.
What do you mean you don’t know where you said that? It was the comment the other person directly replied to… the last sentence…
I said the opposite on that sentence?
You quite evidently agreed that there is a problem with incompetence, as the previous user pointed out.
No the both sides problem is reveling in political opponents bad health
Hm, I would be very hesitant to say that the voters are enjoying the fact that their representatives are in poor health. Unless you are inferring that jests directed at one side for voting in an individual who is in poor health is "reveling in politicial opponents bad health".
What do you mean? I'm saying saying most voters enjoy their own representatives poor health.
That's not how I would interpret it- but that may be how you do.
Yeah, that's what I just said that you said.
Haha I mistyped, I meant to say "I'm not saying"
Then what did you mean by "the both sides problem is reveling in political opponents bad health"? Taken litterally, that statement is saying that people are enjoying the fact that their political opponents are in poor health.
Kentucky voters might revel in Biden's health
Californian voters might revel in McConnell's health
I don't understand what you are objecting to in my interperetation, then. You are confirming that my interperetation of your statement is correct.
You said I was claiming voters revel in their own representatives poor health. I said instead that voters might revel in the poor health of the representatives of majority politically opposing voters.
Still, I would be very hesitant to make such a claim.
I'm not claiming all or even the majority of voters are, I am saying I have seen plenty of individual voters- in person, on YouTube, and on here reveling in it