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[quote=Anonymous]I have a sincere question about political hypocrisy. I know this conversation could go off the rails quickly, but I’m genuinely hoping for some real insight before it devolves into shouting matches from the far left or far right.

For the record, I’m a registered Republican—but not a Trump Republican—and I make an honest effort to cross-check information from both liberal and conservative sources before forming opinions. That said, here are a few things I struggle to reconcile:
   •   Why did Trump’s deportation policies provoke such outrage when Obama actually deported more people during his time in office?
   •   Why do people say Trump “put kids in cages” when the chain-link enclosures at the border were first built and used under the Obama administration?
   •   How can anyone argue, in good faith, that Joe Biden is mentally sharp or fully cognizant?
   •   Why is Trump constantly accused of “destroying democracy” when the U.S. isn’t technically a pure democracy to begin with?
   •   Juneteenth is celebrated as the end of slavery in the U.S., but it wasn’t actually the last instance—some Native American nations, like the Choctaw, still held Black slaves months afterward. And the fact that people of color owned slaves is almost never discussed.
   •   And don’t get me started on slogans like “Queers for Palestine.” It seems like the ultimate test of loving your neighbor—until you realize that in many places under Palestinian control, LGBTQ+ individuals face severe persecution. How does that reconcile?

There’s a lot more I’m sure but this is just off the top of my head. How does anyone in the center reconcile all of this?

Last question: will we ever return to a society where people can disagree, even strongly, without being canceled, shouted down, or dismissed with lines like, “It’s not my job to educate you”?

I’m open to real dialogue here—not trolling, not tribalism. Just looking for perspectives grounded in facts, logic, and a little humility.
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