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Holy crap, how can you tell? I didn't say anything about being a first generation immigrant. Is my English that terrible? As a matter of fact, yes I do believe that being from another country has influenced my support for Trump. Our liberal friends will find this observation incredulous but Trump reflects the traditional image of an America that values strength as a virtue and taking pride in a job well done. He has governed in the past two years by always putting the interests of America first, which is such a basic principle that for it to be somehow construed as a faulty view point by his political opponents underlines just how much the US needs to regain its sense of purpose and direction. Competition among the nations of the world is good, it is to be encouraged, and healthy - so long as everyone is competing using the same set of rules. And that brings me to the other side of the coin: I come from a country that had a failed attempt at a Marxist society, so I see the current attempt by progressives in the US to do the same as utter foolishness. The principles of classical liberalism has served the US well, and even as we adopt more socially liberal policies due to the natural progression of culture, there are certain bedrock principles that will bring the destruction of our democracy if we choose to erode them: the protection of civil liberties under the rule of law.  [/quote]

DP: Your English is very good! Previous PP must work for the CIA or something like that :-)

Btw, where exactly are you from, if you don't mind? You don't sound Eastern European to me but that's the most likely "Marxist society" reference.[/quote]

The PP had me pegged based on, what, three sentences? I am amazed and impressed. [b]I hope to have read something the PP wrote. I have a lot of respect for people who are masters at their craft. Amazing. [/b]

I was originally from China. My grand parents were evil capitalists who owned printing factories, which I guess was the worst kind of capitalism. They had their factories first regulated on what they could print, then confiscated and nationalized in the name of socialism. You know what's sad is that my grandma was so scared that she didn't even dare to tell me anything about our history. On the rare occasion when my mom would slip and say something, my grandma would shush her because it was dangerous to have fond memories of the past prior to socialism. Socialism stole my family's livelihood, our freedom, and even our history. It is cruel and evil. [/quote]

Agreed, maybe PP wants to share an article or two :-)

And, thank you for providing that context. I hope your family is doing better these days under Marxism 2.0 ...

From your original post, the only part that sounded a bit awkward to me was

"I am not sure that real actual polling data shows that."

Real and actual are basically the same so you don't need both. And, if for some reason you do, I'd probably say "actual, real polling data."

But PP may want to share his/ her much more incisive analysis :-)

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