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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
You cannot call him a murderer or even pro-murder. He’s selfish, shitty, immoral.
A good analogy would be an investor in opioid manufacturers, or cigarette makers. They aren’t pushers. But they aren’t acting in a decent manner, either.
And it gets more complicated with politics. A number of truly sincere people place other issues, like abortion or trade policy (bringing jobs back) above racism and sexism.* So to them, voting for Trump is not only morally preferable, but morally required.
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*ETA: These people are deeply misguided, but if you’ve met pro-lifers or bring urn jobs back folks, you know, they’re earnest and believe their causes are most important.
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To be clear, I don't think you're succeeding in making the points you think you're making. I am just trying to distill exactly how you think about this shit.
As far as I'm concerned, if you continue to support someone like Trump you have decided that you don't give a fuck about racism at
best. Your values system allows you to make a judgment that if you get what you want, you're okay enough with that such that you understand your support enables outright racism. Every decision has repercussions. You don't get to vote for a racist piece of shit and discount his racism when he starts doing racist shit. You own that. But, hey, at least you got what you wanted.
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