If you are justifying use of the "C-word" because someone supports the candidate you support...

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121. Regardless of the candidate or individual in question

When people trivialize or justify bad behavior all because they favor one individual, I know they stand for nothing.
Politicians are public servants, nothing more. They are not better than the rest of us. I do not understand forming one's political consciousness in relation to support for or opposition to a politician. I look at the issues, consider their qualifications, strengths, weaknesses, and what they can expect to accomplish.

I believe the following:
Misogyny and racism are wrong, regardless of whom one supports for president.
War is wrong and should be used only as a last resort, regardless of whom one supports for president.
Gun violence is a plague on society, regardless of whom one supports as president.
Big money has far too much influence in politics, regardless of who one supports for president.
And bigoted insults are wrong, even when I like the person who made them, as I did in the case of NYCSkp.

None of those are negotiable. Those are core values. My values are not subsumed to or dependent on any politician. Presidential election cycles come and go, but who we are endures.