Lots of folks in my mentions saying it's fine for politicians to be dishonest so long as they're politicians on their side, and this is how we got Trump.
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"The other side is evil, going low is necessary because politics, and all politicians lie so it is fine" is IDENTICAL to what Trump's base says FYI.
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It's their goals & willingness to destroy democracy to achieve them, not their methods, that makes them so evil.
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I agree in principle that politicians should be more honest & transparent but I'm not going to attack ppl fighting for right thing over it.
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And what happens then? Must we blindly accept the creation of demagogues whose actions are beyond reproach in our tribe to replace demagogues in their tribe?
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This is the ideology that corrupted the Republican party and led to Trump. The same tribalist ideology can corrupt other parties too.
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The ideology that corrupted the Republican party (made it something utterly evil rather than just politically wrong) was White Supremacy.
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