Originally Posted by
highfarfast
Biden has his own issues with racism, women, and plagiarism. He stood by quietly while his supporters spit on and attacked police and tour apart family businesses (after months of this, he did finally speak out against it but only after it started effecting his polling numbers). That's just off the top of my head. I'm sure I could come up with more if I wanted to spend more time on it and there's plenty of info on it out there if you really are interested in it. You probably are not though.
As to your question as to how to explain to my kids some of Trumps despicable actions, I certainly don't hide or defend them. Neither of them are anyone I'd put up as role models. BTW, both my kids are old enough to google. One can vote.
I think that's a reasonable position because it's fully accepting reality for what it is.
I'm concerned that Trump's behavior, especially when he's caught red-handed, will lead to a generation of people thinking that it's ok to act like Eric Cartman when they don't get their way. Or that rank means you can do whatever you want, as long as you're a massive dick about it. Basically, his personality and attitude undermines everything I thought I knew about leadership and how you should treat people, and the fact he's POTUS seems to indicate that's ok. But if he's pushing your positions I can see where you could say he gets results and he could offer some great lessons in "don't be naïve about the world."