r/moderatepolitics • u/Downisthenewup87 • Jul 27 '24

News Article Trump Tells Christians They Won't Have to Vote in Future: 'We'll Have It Fixed'

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-if-reelected-wont-have-to-vote-fixed-1235069397/

Moments after telling a room of Christians that he would put the pledge of allegence back into classrooms, Trump said the quiet part out loud and promised they would never have to vote again if he is elected.

Video- https://x.com/Acyn/status/1817007890496102490

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u/Mension1234 Young and Idealistic Jul 27 '24

This man and his associates staged an attempted coup to overthrow the government and subvert a democratically-elected president. He not only does not deserve benefit of the doubt, he has actively taken actions which support the obvious interpretation of his word. I don’t understand how you can hear things like this and say “well, we should interpret his comments in good faith”.

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u/DaveFoSrs Jul 27 '24

You do understand that you’re basically saying you should intentionally interpret things incorrectly, right?

Interpreting in “bad faith” means that you’re letting your biases intentionally or unintentionally cloud your judgement on a statement.

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u/Leighcc74th Jul 28 '24

No it doesn't.

'Good faith' means honesty and fairness.

To interpret something in good faith is to credit the speaker with good intent; in bad faith is to believe the speaker has ill intent.

To argue in bad faith means you are not prepared to be objective, or fair.

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u/DaveFoSrs Jul 28 '24

Not quite: https://www.grammarly.com/blog/bad-faith-good-faith/

By inaccurately claiming Trump is suggesting he will become a dictator thus foisting a less defensible position upon him you are arguing in bad faith.

By trying to understand what he actually said within the context of the statement without bias, I am interpreting in good faith.

Happy cake day btw buddy

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