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General Question: What are your biggest criticisms of Biden so far?

Disclaimer: The above question is aimed mostly at non-Trumpers, who will steer away from answers such as "Biden is a waste of oxygen", or the now en vogue (by one Trumper) "Biden is the best POTUS ever."... and land somewhere in the middle.


To me, I'd mention the following areas:

1. The southern border. Whatever Trump was doing... wasn't working. What Biden is doing is working even less. It's obvious we haven't had an effective, workable solution to the migrant problem at the border. 'Nough said.

2. LGBTQ. In a rush to bend over backwards (excuse the pun) for this high-pressure group... Biden's risking pissing off the rest of mainstream society which... at last count... still makes up the vast majority of the voting public.

3. In short... Biden seems to be catering/caving to the extremists, and disappointing the moderates who voted for him. Not a good move, IMO.

The border thing is going to be an ongoing problem. He hasn't done himself any favours but this current wave was building by the month long before he took office and is going to increase as the pandemic subsides. What has he done with the LBTwhateveritis that you don't think is good?

Fair question. I think a POTUS can champion the rights of LGBTQXYZ not to be discriminated against. Particularly in issues such as jobs, salaries, health, etc. But bending over backward to force changes to centuries-old elementary school children education... or allow trans "female" athletes to compete in women's sports... (to name a couple)... is just wrong. It takes a bit of testicular fortitude to stand up to a special interest group, especially one as powerful and stubborn as the LGBTQXYZ group, and attempt to do what is right for mainstream society. After all, that's where he still gets most of his votes from. I'm heartened by the fact that many States are fighting back... but Biden's four years promise to be hell in that particular arena.

As far as I know the federal government don't have any say in what the states teach in their classrooms. I think any alphabet stuff is down to the individual states. The feds just don't allow any minority to be discriminated against. That would have been the same under Trump too no?

And the transgender sports stuff. Turns out even Trumpy GOP governors have reasons to block bans on it even to the point of angering the herrenvolk:

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021...-ban-veto.html


So long as Biden stays doing stuff which has broad popular support like preventing discrimination against various groups then he's not going to take too much damage from this. The GOP are stuck with mining little seams of issues like the women's sports thing which has limited appeal outside of their base.