Cincinnati Enquirer Op-Ed: Can you support Trump and not be a bigot?

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40. No. To support trump in spite of his racism is to tolerate his racism.

It's also asking the rest of us to tolerate his racism by not calling the selective trump supporters to account.

This isn't the same as deciding that a candidate has economic policies that are so attractive you're willing to overlook his problematic approach to unions or privacy. Those are both very important issues, but they are not necessarily an overarching moral human rights failure.

Asking others to overlook a candidate who supports systemic racism and the rise of white supremacy in this country is ludicrous. Anyone who feels that they can disagree with his blatant racism but still vote for him is lying to themselves and to you. If you vote for trump anyway, you have cast a vote for racism.

There is no other way to opt out on an issue this entwined with the respect for basic human rights than to refuse to vote for trump. A vote for trump is a vote for racism.

https://medium.com/parkermolloy/deconstructing-the-tolerance-paradox-why-conservatives-go-to-line-is-garbage-666a1bf04a65

When what we’re asked to tolerate comes at the expense of somebody else’s existence or well-being (for example, ideas that threaten the existence of people on the basis of age, race, gender identity, sex, national origin, race, religion, or disability), showing tolerance for such ideas is in itself deadly.