[quote=@The Nexerus] Time for a b!tchfest. If Bernie Sanders became president, the United States would not run out of money within a week, unemployment would not sky-rocket up to 50%, violet crime rates wouldn't triple and America would not become a Soviet Socialist Republic. If Donald Trump became president, the United States would not nuke Mexico City within a week, the incarceration rate would not sky-rocket to 50%, the poverty rate wouldn't triple and America would not become a fascist dictatorship. [b]People from different ends of the political spectrum need to learn how to respect and empathize with one another.[/b] Two people can have the same goal and different ideas of how to achieve it. An election isn't about siding with one pack of rabid, partisan wolves or the other, it's about deciding which set of ideas you think are best and politely disagreeing with the other set. You aren't changing anyone's mind or making your country a better place by cussing out a cardboard cut-out of the person you disagree with, or setting a scarecrow in their likeness on fire. If you have a lot of friends interested in politics, you should be able to think of at least one that might not vote for the same party as you come election day. [/quote] Looking back at the full text I wrote in my original post... [quote=@tsukune][b]I'm not American and thus the whole election process is merely a dramatic piece of news in my region.[/b][/quote] While I do understand your point that this election is where you guys, the Americans, are going to cast your vote to the candidate who best represent your political ideology with respect to what you think is best for the future of your country, don't forget how much the US has been putting themselves into the affairs of other nations beyond its mere borders. It's natural for the other countries - especially those that have close ties with US and are not white nations - to worry about the future of their relationship with a president who isn't going to see them as an equal just because, well, they are [i]not white[/i]. My stand with Trump is, in actuality, neutral. The reason why I'm a bit concerned with the higher probability of him winning is not because of the way his speeches resonate with the frustration of the majority, but the choice of words he used to deliver his ideals. While you guys are all about freedom of speech and liberty and whatnot, it does not mean you can go around saying whatever you like to say without respecting and empathizing the people you are dissing - what's more, in a country with a multiracial society, openly promoting the idea that "white is superior than colors of all other races" is not something you would want to say in the wake of ISIS and the Syria problem now... Which is basically begging them to turn their target from Europe to US. This goes back to the point you made about "people from different ends of the political spectrum need to learn how to respect and empathize with one another". Not just the voters, but the candidate who isn't merely going to rebuild your country, but also maintain the ties with other nations across the world. [img]http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BluIA5wIQAAQogX.jpg[/img] ...And ignorant dictators, of course. Anyway, my two-cents about US political drama aside. While some of the people [s]above[/s] in the previous page are complaining about how "anime is the Japanese revenge to poison the American entertainment industry", I'd say the same about how "the American culture is a poison to our Asian society", etc., etc.