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In reply to the discussion: Say we make it through this with a damaged but intact democracy [View all]Morbius
(567 posts)You wrote:
Always vote if possible and always, always, always vote for the Democratic candidate even if I didn't like them that well
I assure you, that's how we got here. I mean no offense to you, but please realize that many people voted for Trump because they bought into the Republican version of this line. Always, always vote for the Republican, no matter how disgusting or clearly corrupt. It's tribalism, and it's killing our country.
Look, I always vote for the Democrats, too. I did vote for a Republican once this century, a woman who ran a statewide office here in Illinois (Judy Baar Topinka) but I later regretted it. But I also realize that the tribalism - my tribe no matter what, no matter who, no matter how evil - is what lead us to a Donald Trump in the White House, not just once but twice. I don't have an answer, but I am sure tribalism is part of the problem.
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