Reddit is such a fucking shit hole. Major subs have gotten really transphobic as well as of late. If only lemmy could be more popular so I didn't have to keep going to reddit for shit.
Sure, it matters what the opinions of an elected official are. But when the elected official in question holds little to no power, then does it really matter what their specific opinion on NATO is, especially when the other candidates are right-wing dipshits? It's good to have a head of state with generally respectable opinions, but in the grand scheme of things, this doesn't matter.
No, he is wrong. The points still stand since he didn't counter them, he just brought up some unrelated bullshit.