Ralph Nader - "Stay Silent and Stay Powerless Against Trump's Tyranny"

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242. lol

Sort of the reverse on the fundies "hate the sin, love the sinner?"

No, you do not "love progressive positions." You merely want to say that you "love progressive positions." That gives you cover as you can then proceed to attack the progressive advocates.

It is not credible.

There were people in the 1850s saying "don't get me wrong, I support Abolition, but I am opposed to the Abolitionists." Were they really in support of Abolition? No. But they didn't want to say that. By claiming to merely oppose the Abolitionists, or their tactics or their rhetoric, they could effectively block Abolition without having to say they supported slavery. Many Whigs argued that they were opposed to slavery, but flavored a gradual approach as the "more reality" way to go, given the nature of the system. They said that the "radicals" were "hurting the cause," that Abolition was "impractical," it was a fantasy. They said we are lucky to get anything from the slave power, give the system that gave the slave states so much power.

The same dynamic played out with organized Labor struggles, with the Suffragette movement, with the Civil Rights movement.

"Don't get me wrong, I support voting rights, but that King character is too radical and confrontational me." That sentiment was pretty common in white neighborhoods in the 60's.