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Trump might be terrible, but angering and disenfranchising half a country sounds like a bad idea.
Us not doing the right thing because of fear of repercussion is exactly what they’re trying to accomplish.
A minor but important part of the "we do these things not because they are easy" list.
Pretending that we can go back to "the way it was" is a worse idea. ~~Republican~~ American Fascist politics is now "do whatever you want and dare the world to stop you." Every time they're not stopped, they gain more power, and they get the message that they can do whatever they want again, except next time, a little worse. Lather, rinse, repeat.
We can't go back the way we came. The only way out is through.
Not even half, just a very loud, violent, ignorant minority.
Yeah, you don't want to hurt a dangerous criminal's feeling. At worst he only get to be the first US dictator.
First that won't leave by himself maybe.
There's only so many schools they can shoot up.