The predominantly ludicrous lawmaker from Georgia did Biden a solid this weekend, telling Republicans the Democratic president is fiendishly attempting to make people’s lives better.

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    And? How does this make her a grifter? How does this make her like Donald Trump? How does this mean that she scams people like Dr Phil, Dr Oz, etc.?

    I vote for people because of the policies they believe, and I think that she actually believes them, and has for a long time.

    Other than Cornell West, who is running as a third party, I think Williamson is the best candidate on the ballot so far.

    And I say this as a non-spiritual athiest.

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              It’s not a straw man because his central claim is that all self-help gurus are inherently grifters.

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                The straw man was him/her claiming that I must like Andrew Tate or Jordan Peterson (two people who I am not a fan of) because I like Marianne Williamson.

                Being a self-help whatever doesn’t mean that you are automatically a grifter, it just means that you write self-help shit.

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                  The three people are basically inseparable in that person’s mind, because OP views them all as grifters.

                  I know you disagree (I also disagree even though I also dislike Williamson), but the argument is fundamentally not a straw man

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        11 months ago
        1. I watched all of them

        2. You’re not being very specific in your criticisms. What exactly did she say that makes you think she’s a “nut”? I only care about policy when it comes to voting for someone, so if it isn’t policy related, I very likely don’t care.

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            Well then it’s a good thing that I’m voting for her because of her political beliefs and not because of her quirky self help stuff.

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                  That’s just the Democrat platform but dumber.

                  I was really hoping you were gonna go with wonky new age shit.

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                    I wish that was the Democrat platform. The Democratic Party are a bunch of neoliberal corporatists who bend to the every will of corporations (same with the Republican Party).

                    This is closer to what FDR (the most popular president in US history) had in mind, but never got to do, because he died.

                    Why did you wish that I would go with some weird new-age shit? It’s not what I believe in, nor does it have anything to do with politics.