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Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Do we have to test your reading comprehension? Because you just said what I said with different words and thought you were disagreeing.
Either the level of racism rises to a level where you no longer support him or not. If you still support him, then you are okay enough with his racism that it doesn't affect your support of him. You can't have it both ways given the way the sentence is constructed.
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You can be very much not okay with his racism, but figure the pluses elsewhere outweigh his racism.
If a man has horrible qualities, you can be entirely opposed to and disgusted by them but decide his other positive qualities render him worthy of support. It’s partly a measurement thing, but it’s also a lot of compartmentalizing.
ETA: You are arguing one has to be okay with something. I’m saying a person can simply ignore it or deem it less material than other issues. “Being okay” with it is not a necessary prerequisite. Aflluent Trump voters apply this analysis. “I hate the guy, but I like the tax break.”
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