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In response to
"Look, you can like it or not, but this one isn't up for debate. A vote with Trump's party right now IS a vote for evil. "
by
David
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I have a few counter arguments. -- (edited)
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I understand what you trying to say, but I disagree with your logic. And I think your statements could use some nuance and distinction.
People are often evil, but institutions alone rarely are. Yes, the Republican Party leadership -- especially on the national level -- is dominated by folks who run the spectrum from venal selfishness to outright nasty evil.
Yet the Republican Party overall is still much different than a political party truly bent on evil -- say the German National Socialist Party under Hitler's 25-point plan for the Party.
And in the Republican Party overall -- outside of Washington, DC especially -- we still have prominent Republicans arguing against Trump and against evil.
See, e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Republicans_who_opposed_the_Donald_Trump_presidential_campaign,_2016
By your logic, the fact that I am advising a potential Republican candidate for county commissioner in Oregon is me being complicit with evil. By your logic, my intent in helping this Republican run for office is to support Trump, harm children, and advance racism and intolerance. I disagree. I am helping a good person, a close friend for years, who is trying to do good. She is motivated by good values and acting on good intentions.
Additionally, by your logic, anyone voting for a Republican candidate for governor of a state -- who adamantly opposes Trump and his cronies and their agenda, who calls them out as being outright evil and acting against principles of the Republican Party -- well those voters are complicit in evil, too. I disagree. I believe at least some of them are looking for a Republican to be a strong voice against Trump.
Maybe we're all wrong. Maybe we are misguided. Maybe we are on the road to Hell paved with good intentions.
I'm not working for Nazis. My friends and family members who vote for *some* *few* Republican candidates are not voting for Nazis. Those folks -- those Republicans -- are trying to change the party from within.
Just like some folks -- some Democrats -- sought to change the Democratic Party from within during the post-WWII decade and the civil rights era. Back then, there were evil, racist, selfish, piggish, absolutely awful Democratic elected officials and leaders. Yet *some* *few* Democrats manage to change the party from within and put it back on course to progressive ideals supporting liberal democracy at its finest.
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