A reminder for anyone who needs it: having voted for a politician does not make you complicit in his (or her) crimes and missteps. You're not stuck with them to the bitter end. You can always say, "Hell, no," and walk away at any time.
Today would be a great day for that.
Repudiating one politician and their circle over horrific behavior doesn't require you to abandon your political ideals, either. You can keep right on favoring small government or large, being a hawk or a dove, a rugged individualist or a deep believer in community. None of those notions is attached to any one politician.
When I vote it's for selecting the hired help, not for a Messiah
ReplyDeleteAlso, there's no benefit to being an uncritical fawning myrmidon- it never helps one's position to ignore obvious problems, and often just makes things worse.
ReplyDelete“You are allowed to say, at any point, I can't support this. Even if you did. Even if you were unsure. You can at any point say "this has gone too far." And while the best time to say that was earlier, second best time is now.”
ReplyDelete