signalmankenneth
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Trump sets a bad example for the youth of our country too, by being a whiney ass sore loser and cheat too?!! In the real world, you win some and you lose some?!! Are we in the era of not accepting defeat now?
Again, though, whatever happened to accepting defeat graciously? Are we as a society at a point where every person who loses from now on will question the legitimacy of the results, will cry “foul,”will claim that the election was rigged?
Of course, some of you are asking “How can you ask such a question in a country still rent in two by a former president who won’t accept that he lost?”
Former President Trump is by no means the first politician to reject his or her defeat, but he has elevated not taking “no” to low art.
Why, when I lost my race for Rockingham City Council, no one heard me braying about a rigged election or questioning the integrity of election officials.
Of course, it would have been hard to contest an election in which you received 14 votes.
True grace is knowing how to accept defeat graciously even when you have a legitimate beef.
Al Gore, despite reasonable doubt about election integrity in Florida in 2000, realized that his winning the presidency was less important than America demonstrating to the rest of the world how we move on, even after a contentious election.
Even Richard Nixon, who lost by a rat’s toenail length to JFK in 1960, publicly appeared to graciously accept his painful defeat. Later accounts from people who worked with him say that behind the scenes, though, Nixon was encouraging efforts to question or overturn the results.
But at least he didn’t try to destroy the country, end democracy or send his followers to storm the Capitol.
Lil Nas, Levar, Trump, et al, when facing a result they don’t like, should remember the words of Mick Jagger, who said “You can’t always get what you want.”
Or of whoever said “If at first you don’t succeed — find out if the loser gets anything.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/sore-losers-donald-trump-yet-083000393.html
Again, though, whatever happened to accepting defeat graciously? Are we as a society at a point where every person who loses from now on will question the legitimacy of the results, will cry “foul,”will claim that the election was rigged?
Of course, some of you are asking “How can you ask such a question in a country still rent in two by a former president who won’t accept that he lost?”
Former President Trump is by no means the first politician to reject his or her defeat, but he has elevated not taking “no” to low art.
Why, when I lost my race for Rockingham City Council, no one heard me braying about a rigged election or questioning the integrity of election officials.
Of course, it would have been hard to contest an election in which you received 14 votes.
True grace is knowing how to accept defeat graciously even when you have a legitimate beef.
Al Gore, despite reasonable doubt about election integrity in Florida in 2000, realized that his winning the presidency was less important than America demonstrating to the rest of the world how we move on, even after a contentious election.
Even Richard Nixon, who lost by a rat’s toenail length to JFK in 1960, publicly appeared to graciously accept his painful defeat. Later accounts from people who worked with him say that behind the scenes, though, Nixon was encouraging efforts to question or overturn the results.
But at least he didn’t try to destroy the country, end democracy or send his followers to storm the Capitol.
Lil Nas, Levar, Trump, et al, when facing a result they don’t like, should remember the words of Mick Jagger, who said “You can’t always get what you want.”
Or of whoever said “If at first you don’t succeed — find out if the loser gets anything.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/sore-losers-donald-trump-yet-083000393.html
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