"However, it's still an attempt by those who unquestionably back Trump to denigrate those who oppose Trump."
This is the only election I have ever been involved in my life where this statement is presented as a sin. Of course Trump supporters back Trump. That is why they are called Trump supporters. Why is it suddenly a bad thing to support the candidate that you support? That is just weird thinking.
And, this statement indicates clearly that #NeverTrump is not the target of Trump supporters, they just happen to be on the side of the enemy. The opposite of this is, if you do not oppose Trump, meaning that you respectfully abstain, then no one cares what you do. But when NeverTrump comes out campaigning on the same side as the Hillary people, then of course they will be targeted.
It's only the same side from where you are looking because it isn't your side. Sometimes, there are more than just two or three sides to be on. Keep in mind that we also understand that the enemy of my enemy isn't necessarily anything more than the enemy of my enemy. That doesn't make them my friend.
How could they not be? They have become part of the opposition, and not neutral by any stretch of imagination as they so often claim.
I never claimed to be neutral.
The problem is that a false dichotomy doesn't give you a wide enough worldview to understand there are other options beside being on the other 'team', which is a flawed model, anyway. This isn't some sports contest where everyone gets paid at the end, this is a fight for the soul of a country, and those of us who have taken a principled stand against Big Government Liberalism aren't the largest group. Apparently, the outcome of this conflict is not one in which principles matter to the many, or they would not be where they are.
If you campaign against the declared Republican nominee in an election, for whatever lofty, "principled", goals you may have, you are still working toward the goal that someone other than the Republican should win.
Well, that was a 'Sherlock moment'.
Obviously. Just not the person so many Trump supporters assume us to be backing, even those who have been told otherwise. Logically, we would not back either Big Government Liberal, so why would we back the other one? We don't. We're not on either plantation, but have gone over the proverbial fence and found pastures less grazed, and far less fertilized.
Obviously, here in reality land, that will come with some blowback. If you can't take it, then stay out of the kitchen. And claiming that you are destroying the Republican Party to save it, and therefore you deserve some 'special pass', is not going to work.
I'm not 'destroying' anything. Letting the GOP collapse over its own structural contortions in order to back a big government liberal at the top of the ticket should suffice. It's time to leave the building or be part of the debris. Although this year there is a rare opportunity to pick up part of the traditionally Democrat Leftist vote, maybe some of those primary voters who have decided they'll continue to back the guy they backed in the Primaries instead of Cankles, because they can't vote for Bernie.
Those of us voting for the Constitution Party candidate, or the Libertarian, just aren't voting GOP at the top of the ticket this time around. Handle it.
