There’s a disturbing strain of ideological Puritanism that borders on an air of principle superiority that undercuts the opposition to Donald Trump within the Republican Party.
A column from The Federalist lays out the shortcomings of this mindset and makes a good argument for the anti-Trump faction to get on board the Trump train.
Political Puritanism:
When you’ll settle for Satan because
your party’s candidate isn’t sufficiently saintly.
The Trumpbots – this website being a perfect example – have been demanding total lockstep support for Trump….and anyone wavering or critical is now being called the ENEMY.
So who is acting Puritanical?
OT/ The Gun friendly site in Cali are crawling with trolls since the shooting. Demanding we make ownership of AR style guns illegal. Understand they rarely show up at these sites. I’m smelling George Soros. Just wondering if anybody is seeing the same thing in other states?
Anonymout – You are mistaken: if there’s any lockstep here it is Anti-Hillary unanimity except for people who don’t think very well and are here only to snipe, e.g. yourself.
Lying Cruz hater Jim Hoft Gateway Pundit comes out as a Homo. All these ‘Conservative’ blogs started as a way for conservatives to get the truth the MSM wouldn’t tell us. Now most all of them are no better than the MSM with their lies and hate towards Ted Cruz and pushing the lying liberal democrat TRUMP. Ted Cruz is still fighting for YOUR freedoms and you can’t even post an article about how he is fighting Obama’s take over of the internet. Go ahead and ban me if the truth hurts.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/06/13/pulse-club-massacre-time-gays-come-home-republican-party/
It’s a well thought out rebuttal to #neverTrump, then read the comments, The Ferderalist has been for the most part anti Trump and it will take a lot of work to change their minds.
I can’t say I totally understand what NeverTrump people are feeling. I do understand how they and other Republicans insisted on Trump signing a promise to not run outside of the party. I understand that Trump pretty much smashed the other candidates with ease. I understand there being uneasy feelings as to how conservative (in my opinion) Trump will be as president due to never having a candidate that was not chosen by the elite of the party (yea like that worked). I understand what the NeverTrump are doing now that they have only two alternatives, they’re seemingly fine with choosing none of the above to help themselves deal with their frustration. I know they will have to cling and fight to keep all they feel they love for four to eight years with little hope in winning that fight with the last nail for America’s coffin in charge. I figure you NeverTrump are sitting there thinking Jagpald is wrong about the coffin nail thing, congress won’t let that happen? All I will say to that: based on what evidence, will congress come through for us Americans? In the end, if Trump is not successful in keeping Hillary from becoming president, I strongly feel us Americans are truly screwed and you yourself are a part of that happening.
The real problem with #nevertrump is that even though it is a very tiny group it is used as a sledgehammer on anyone who disagrees with anything Trump says or does.
Gah! I can’t read the comments without feeling something like sea sickness. For all their principles, there’s one distinct characteristic among #NeverTrump-ers; an assault on truth. Lies can be openly refuted, but bullshit’s aim is deceptive persuasion. It’s all very Alinsky-ish.
There exists both Good and Evil.
Linearly.
Opposite ends of a spectrum.
There are an infinite number of points on ANY line – an inch long – or a mile.
I would be loath to say that Mr. Trump exemplifies “Good.”
But I have no problem saying that HRC represents “Evil.”
The only question (and it really isn’t a question), in my mind, at least, is how far from the “Good” is Mr. Trump relative to HRC? Or, to put it another way, how close is Mr. Trump to HRC’s embodiment of “Evil?”
HRC has a proven record of corruption, accessory to murder, mayhem, embezzlement, dishonesty, and Treason while Mr. Trump appears to engender some vague distemper in people who fail to understand that our country is in imminent danger of being catastrophically undone.
I cannot fathom the willful disregard of facts.
I cannot fathom the vituperation expressed against a man who, while certainly not perfect, expresses that he recognizes the completely understandable and real discontent of millions of Americans who correctly perceive that their country is falling into the abyss of socialism/totalitarianism.
The totalitarians/socialists have employed the tired old worn-out clichés of “racism,” “misogyny,” and “bigotry” because they have no FACTS to counter his common-sense message: “Make America Great Again.”
izlamo delenda est …
all need to read trump’s speech from today
i think he nailed it
http://time.com/4367120/orlando-shooting-donald-trump-transcript/
The fools with nevertrump were/are just self important idiots who cant grasp they have no influence anymore, Shapiro, Romney, Kristol etc. The “ordinary” knuckleheads just lack the maturity to back him after the holier than thou schtick they pulled by insulting all the Trump voters and peddling some of the lies they used to tarnish him
Tired of the neverTrumpers, nothing but self-absorbed media whores. If they want to vote AGAINST our country instead of FOR it, that’s their choice.
It’s past time for them to STFU, and let the rest of us do what we believe is right.
Anti-Trump = Pro-Hillary.
The two choices in a nut shell: Marxist socialization of America continues -vs- Not continuing the Marxist socialization of America.
For me, the problem with #NeverTrump folks
is best described by this Stefan Molyneux vid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxvqSFRX18U
(found at American Digest)
The Trumpbots – this website being a perfect example – have been demanding total lockstep support for Trump….and anyone wavering or critical is now being called the ENEMY.
So who is acting Puritanical?>>>
When Mouthbreathers ATTACK!!!!!
Listen, dumbbell. I don’t care if you hate Trump. I don’t care if you worship Trump.
I don’t care if there is a debate on this site about Trump policy.
What this site will not tolerate, and I don’t think it’s a radical view given we are a site dedicated to eradicating the left, are commenters that come here to rant and rave that anyone voting for Trump is a moron and that people shouldn’t vote for Trump.
It is my opinion that #NEVERTRUMP is aiding and abetting Hillary Clinton.
It’s not going to happen here.
I tolerated it long enough.
I even said nothing when a reader here took artwork that I created and plastered #NeverTrump on it.
I didn’t ban them.
So who is the intolerant one?
Try that at any other site, okay Mugambo.
Fuck off with your petty little snipes.
By the way.
Anonymous is Boom, in case anyone was wondering.
Boom? oh, that boom. I’m sorry, i forgot to miss him.