I'm an independent, I have conservative views mixed in with liberal views but also just views of my own in general that I just believe to be basic common sense and human empathy. I voted Green Party simply because I think there needs to be a 3rd party represented at presidential debates and covered more in general. simply choosing between vanilla and chocolate is unacceptable, maybe I want strawberry, maybe I want cookie dough. But to be told it's either this or that, is just wrong, and that is the system as a whole.

My biggest issue with trump isn't the racist rhetoric (and there is plenty, but whether he means to say it or not, a lot of his supporters are choosing to misinterpret or interpret correctly his words to fit their racist, ignorant views, kind of like they do with the bible, because all those die hard christians don't even comprehend the bible, they are brainwashed). No, the biggest and most concerning issue with trump, and a lot of conservatives, is their outright denial in climate change. Maybe they don't read scientific studies, with the data to back it up, maybe they don't feel it because they are in states where the weather stays relatively the same all year round. I am from the Northeast, and I don't even need to read a study to know that climate change is a real and concerning thing. Last January and February, I was wearing short sleeves outside and felt warm, think about that for a second. Those are the coldest months in the Northeast and have been for decades upon decades, so why all of a sudden do people feel like its fall or spring in the middle of the winter? Climate change is very real, and businesses won't be around to prosper and people won't be around to work for those business, if we do not take care of our environment. Polar bear and bee populations are decreasing at alarming rates, would you just chalk that up to a coincidence? Quite frankly, I think if someone doesn't believe in climate change, it's because they are a fuckin moron or corrupt. It's that simple, there is no in between.

Another issue I have with trump, is that he will pander to corporations, that continue to rape and pillage the land and let the working people deal with the consequences. Towns across the nation are having their water supplies tainted because of drilling, water supplies being compromised because we want to provide bottled water. Food corporations mislabeling products on purpose to increase their profits. Just look into the food you are eating, where you are getting your chicken or beef from, it's disgusting how these animals live in their own feces, are given unnatural hormones to grow faster, and then we eat these things and wonder why cancer and heart disease increase every year. trump will not stop this, actually, he will promote it.

Why is the private prison system even a thing? why are prisons making a profit? this doesn't seem concerning or shady to you? trump will not stop this either, hillary wouldn't either, but why are we profiting off of people's mistakes when we are supposed to be rehabilitating them. Why are taxpayers footing the $30-50k/year (give or take) to house an inmate, how infuriating is it when you find out that inmate, who costed taxpayers $200k for their prison sentence, was in jail for doing drugs. That person wasn't a criminal, they were just someone that wanted to get high, but we will surely turn that person into a criminal by putting him in with rapists and murderers, and leaving him to fend for himself. trump would only promote this system with his talk of how "stop and frisk" was so great. fuck outta here.

So if you are arguing with a "libtard" and they call you an ignorant moron, maybe it's because you refuse to believe something that is so obvious. At this stage, saying that that climate change doesn't exist is like saying slavery was never a thing, or that the holocaust never happened.

EDIT: I think a good portion of this also applies to democratic candidates as well.