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I guess my question is whether "reluctant" (yet unrepentant) Trump voters ought to be held responsible for the awful shit Trump does, for the things that they were aware of but did not consider to be a deal-breaker. Because I think they should, and I think it's perfectly valid to criticize "reluctant" Kamala voters on the exact same basis.
Ultimately, you make a decision, and if your reservations about a candidate are not significant enough to be represented in that decision, then do they really matter? Do they matter enough that other people ought to be expected to care about them? "Libertarians" who vote Republican are just Republicans, they don't consider their differences significant enough to break with them, so why should I bother to make a distinction?
The fact that they were aware of the awful things Trump said he would do, believed that he would do them, and it wasn't a deal breaker is more than enough to hold them responsible. (And to hold them in contempt)
Exactly my point.
Glad we agree.