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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
If you truly believe, as a serious conservative, that Hillary is unacceptable, and that Trump, while atrocious, will observe at least some conservative policies, you have to vote for Trump.
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No, you don't. Suppose Trump was going to nominate conservatives to the Supreme Court but also strangle Honduran babies on live TV to deter immigration. A conservative doesn't actually "have to" vote for Trump under those circumstances -- she can decide that the Supreme Court is not worth the baby strangling. She can even justify that on conservative principles. So too with the racism.
What you're saying, I think, is that caring about racism is not any part of conservatism, and that conservatives can follow their principles while supporting racists. I'm not sure why you think that's a defense of conservatives or conservatism.
