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If so? Please elaborate.

If not, what would he do different?

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[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Obviously not, this question is weird to me - the entire world and geopolitical situation was different in the 80s and 90s, Biden isn't the only thing that changed over three to four decades ... @BadmanDan@lemmy.world what are your thoughts, why did you ask a question like this?

EDIT: nevermind, you seem to post other disturbing questions, I'm just going to block and move on.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

EDIT: nevermind, you seem to post other disturbing questions, I’m just going to block and move on.

Thank you for this. I'm blocking them now too.

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

of course - sometimes when I feel confused like this, it's a sign I just need to do a little digging and help contextualize things, and then I like to leave my trail for others to follow if they feel like - that way I save others the work of digging themselves, and it gives people an opportunity not to fall into whatever trap OP has is mind (maybe they're mining responses to help refine a right-wing political campaign, or maybe they're just a reactionary trying to stir up division, who knows).

[–] BadmanDan@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

What is wrong with the state of this app? I ask simple questions, and you guys somehow get offended by them? What in the world is wrong with you people!?

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

No he wouldn't. I doubt anyone would either. He's 82 and has been in government for for more than 50 years. Society evolved massively since then some for the better some for the worse. People evolve along with it to an extent.

One obvious example is Biden's early views where he was opposed to certain gay rights including initially opposing "Don't Ask, don't tell" and also opposing gay marriage. However in his later years, he made substantial contributions to gay rights with full support of openly gay people in the military as well as backing gay marriage. He also issued a full pardon of any service member in history that was every cited or charged with homosexual as a crime/rulebreaking.