Yes, but you have spent the entirety of this thread and others defending Donald Trump, a man who makes a mockery of the very concept of diversity and would gladly encourage it being reduced from right wing terror groups killing people of color, Jews, Muslims, and LGBTQ people. You can't just casually use IDIC as a shield when it suits you and then in the same breath carry water for a man who abhors the very idea of it and attacks it.
I missed it. I agree that it crosses the line. @Ricky Spanish , please don't say that again.
Here's the issue though. Trump has supported actual Nazis, calling them very fine people. He has refused to condemn white supremacists when offered multiple chances including the most slow-pitch softball question ever on the debate stage. Remember the David Duke guy you were talking about earlier, former Grand Wizard of the KKK? Trump pretended not to know who he was instead of condemning him, despite speaking about him several times before on video. Then there are all the times he has acted like a dictator himself.
So when someone acts like a wannabe Führer, and you defend that person, even if you may not agree with all of those things, it's kind of hard to dissociate support for the man from support for those actions. Because it's a little like saying "But what about all the good things Hitler did?" Now I'm not saying he's Hitler by any means. But he's in the fan club.
You can't just keep saying "I think Trump is a douche nozzle, but I like his tax policy..." as if that gives you coverage for all the horrible things he's done which you have kind of swept under the douche nozzle label, which doesn't quite cut it. At some point you have to start owning the horrible shit he's done if you're going to defend him so much.
Of course not. There's a whole group of Republicans opposed to Trump at The Lincoln Project who oppose him out of conscience. Under normal circumstances I would disagree with them politically and indeed their past actions helped give rise to groups like the Tea Party and Trumpists. But when they saw what he was doing they chose to put country before party and stand up to him instead of folding like the cowards in Congress. There are also plenty of moderate Republican voters who we are counting on to do the right thing this election and stand for country before party instead of just trying to "own the libs" as too many voters and commenters on message boards and social media use as a guideline.
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