# What are your thoughts on my debate with this conservative regarding Trumps sh\*\*thole comment?

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**Created:** [January 14, 2018, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-thoughts-on-my-debate-with-this-conservative-regarding-trumps-sh-thole-comment/806605 "2018-01-14T16:12:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-thoughts-on-my-debate-with-this-conservative-regarding-trumps-sh-thole-comment/806605/110 "2018-01-18T05:35:54Z")

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> [@septimus](#):
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> _ **Change the subject much?** _ Your mission is to assess Trump’s character based on what you now have learned about Trump University, not to rate my legal skills. 😕
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> IANAL, but I do understand that fraud, however egregious, is not always a “criminal” offense. Assuming your need to imprison Trump is sincere, you might start with the credible allegations of child rape, withdrawn when victims and witnesses received death threats.

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You and I have apparently have differing definitions of “credible”. And I don’t have a “need” to imprison him, but I wanted to hear your explanation for “belongs in prison”. Sounds like it was intended as hyperbole, which is what I suspected.

I’ve already repeatedly expressed about how I feel when given “missions” or assignments or homework from random strangers: No thanks.

But, to get at (what I think is) the heart of the matter, I didn’t think much of Trump’s character before I learned that the “textbooks” at Trump U were photocopies or the teaching staff was of low quality. He’s on his third marriage, is dishonest and mean-spirited, etc. Not someone I’d want to hang out with, not someone I’d trust to be alone around my wife / daughter, and not someone I’d pay huge sums of money to learn their real estate tricks and tips. I don’t even want to spend the money to buy his book or the time to read it. Whatever the details of Trump U are seem unlikely to substantially alter that assessment. Does that make sense why it does not seem very interesting or important to me?

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