Some of you have noted my willingness now to use "traitorous" to describe FOX hosts plumping for Rus

[soothsayer]

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Tom Nichols
@RadioFreeTom
Some of you have noted my willingness now to use "traitorous" to describe FOX hosts plumping for Russia. I use this word to be distinct from "treason" which has a specific meaning in the Constitution. /1

I think - and as always, I speak for no one but myself - when you root for an avowed enemy of the United States and prefer their leaders to your own, you are a traitor to your country. You are supporting those who seek the destruction of your country's system of government. /2

I see no reason to pussyfoot around with "un-American." Lots of things are "un-American" but we can disagree about what they are. But when you are gleefully contemplating Putin kicking Biden's ass in a public debate, you've gone past un-American. /3

In my most entrenched moments of opposing Donald Trump, I never said he was not my President, I never doubted his legitimate authority as POTUS - and often defended his rights as CINC - and I never hoped for a foreign power to defeat him or us. I opposed him within our system. /4

If you are siding with enemies of the United States purely to settle your resentful, petty scores with your fellow citizens, I am at a loss for how to describe you other than as a traitor.
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[czarjak]

1. Illegitimate. NEVER my president, legitimately.

[CaptainTruth]

2. Thanks for posting the thread. Tom blocked me on Twitter for some reason.

No idea why.

[Walleye]

3. It may not be treason, but they certainly have betrayed the country. Therefore they are traitors