Multiple people and institutions whose credibility has long since been ruined are constantly deferred to as suddenly-relevant authorities.
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It's an embarrassment to the ideals of people who claim to stand for reason, to give in so easily to demagogues and liars. No backbone.
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And some of the ideas people are proposing are insane, destructive and fundamentally harmful to the fabric of their society.
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Which would perhaps be defensible if that was what they aimed for, but these same people claim to stand for order and civility.
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There is no order and civility in civil war, or in a constitutional crisis, or any number of similar scenarios.
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And similarly, letting a narcissistic misogynist be the straw that breaks the camel's back after decades of war crimes is a bit... ugly.
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It isn't even just ugly. It is a perversion of ethical values, the ultimate in "it's only OK if it happens to other people".
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And liberal/Democrat Americans taking this moment, NOW, to be when they lost respect in the eyes of the civilized world... delusional.
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If you want a way forward, start by pushing for fundamental change. Not just "this asshole said it so it's bad". It's ALL bad.
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Go to war with Trump's program, not his morals. There are alternatives to his politics that aren't grounded in the 80s. Use those.
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And if this is unfathomable or unjustifiable or impossible or unelectable, then maybe, just maybe, you are the problem and deserved to lose.