I’m too long winded to explain my position. Typically, I’m able to convey that and get some buy in, but nobody wants that. They want sound bites. Slogans. Meaningless words and hashtags like #science! I perhaps would have voted for Gabbard. Not because I she’s the most similar to my political beliefs, but because I think there would be some pretty good things that she could do [or, more importantly, not do] that I would weigh heavily. Same reason I voted for Trump and probably will again (I won’t skirt around that issue — I feel I have to be a bit more vocal because as everyone who is or will vote for him is pushed into intellectual hiding, leaving only the really poor/bad examples of Trump voters exposed, that it’s not healthy overall for dialogue as only bad fringe arguments get highlighted in public debate). But we often look at political candidates as who most approximates what we believe. I view it a lot more like Christian Wood vs. CJ McCollum. Who’s the better player? Okay, that’s obvious — but who would you choose to be on the Jazz?
