I disagree. I don’t think Trump’s character is anything that could be reasonably described as a “threat.” This isn’t a new development, but it’s clear that if we no longer see the same threats and have the same policy priorities, in what way are we in a real coalition?
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Replying to @davereaboi
Serious question: did Nixon leave the GOP better off than he found it? Do scandals ever matter? Do lies ever matter? Do movements ever turn people away they might attract? Do we care if the things we say are opposite of the things we said yesterday?
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Replying to @baseballcrank
Those assumptions are based on the idea that we’re not currently going through a massive political convulsion, where Americans no longer share even the most basic vision of justice or the Good. We can have that discussion in the abstract, thinking nothing has changed, or not.
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Replying to @davereaboi
You can't fight a battle of values unarmed. Trump degrades so many of the things we said we were about. If our movement is just about raw power, well, why not join the Left then? They do that better.
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Replying to @baseballcrank
It’s not about raw power; it’s about protecting the nation and the rights of its citizens. I see no bigger threat than the war on free speech. The Left’s “words are violence” formulation will very soon collapse it. Attacks on Trump’s virtue aren’t contributing to that fight.
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Replying to @davereaboi @baseballcrank
The issue, I think, hasn’t fundamentally changed since 2016: many of us believe we’re in a serious crisis, and others believe things would be fundamentally the same if not for Trump and his vices.
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Replying to @davereaboi
I believe we're in a serious crisis. I also believe that Trump makes it harder, not easier, for us to respond to that crisis. He's a liability.
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Replying to @baseballcrank
So if you had a fresh, new guy with Trump’s positions on every issue—but without his vices—you’re saying that’a what you’d support? I believe that his vices are an easier target for critics than his policies, because they’re popular. But almost all the critics oppose those too.
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Replying to @davereaboi
Depends: you mean the positions he's professed, the ones he ran on, or the things his Admin has done in office? Right now, the core of my issue with Trump is Trump himself. I've supported a pretty broad variety of Republicans over the years. I'd have voted for the other 16.
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Wait, are you arguing that past conduct is a guide to future trustworthiness? If so, you just made my point for why I continue to not trust Trump.
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