Please stop telling me "what Americans want"....

[Under The Radar]

...you are just lying to make your point.

[Xipe Totec]

1. Lil' early to fly off the reservation, don'tcha think? nt

[Under The Radar]

2. Not Flying at all, been grounded for years

But the lying gets worse on both sides.

[Xipe Totec]

6. Oh, both sides now... Don't make me play Joni Mitchell at you....nt

[frazzled]

3. I kind of feel the same way when references are made to

“the People.” As in “The People think/want/say X,” or “My candidate speaks for the People.” As if such a unified entity exists. It generally means, “this is what my candidate’s supporters are for” or “my candidate reflects my views.”

America is a vast and varied nation, with a plethora of beliefs and stances. Even polls that claim to represent majority/minority opinions on issues cannot capture the hodgepodge of individual understandings. And they certainly don’t capture the fact that for many Americans, opinions on issues have nothing to do with their ultimate political preferences.

[Under The Radar]

4. God made more than 7,000 different varieties of apples

Because he created us to be different

[Spider Jerusalem]

5. Most of those 7,000 different varieties of apples were created by selective hybridisation

"god" doesn't enter into the equation.

[Xipe Totec]

7. Thanks. You saved me time here. nt

[Under The Radar]

11. Not a lesson in theology

Perhaps spaghetti sauce varieties should have been used

[ismnotwasm]

8. Who are in this "both sides"

If you don’t mind my asking? I mean generally of course.

[Under The Radar]

10. Left and right

[edhopper]

9. context?

Who? Us? The media? Your neighbor?

[Under The Radar]

13. Anyone who claims that they know what America wants.

[edhopper]

14. too fractured to claim

"America" wants anything.

Though I can tell you the majority never wanted Trump.

[Under The Radar]

15. True but has nothing to do with the initial subject

[edhopper]

16. which was

What America does or doesn't want.
Right?

[Iggo]

12. I know what this American wants.

To be done washing socks.