[quote=@mdk]
 you're going to find America's political scene extremely hostile.
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Well that is already true. At the end of this contract I'm going to make a move to a bluer state, where people spend less time beseeching God to smite the gays, liberals and Mexicans.

[quote=@mdk]
mainstream left voted en masse for a personally reprehensible candidate
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If that is true, then don't they bear the moral responsibility for that choice? I certainly believe they . There are utilitarian reasons for voting for people you find personally distasteful, lesser of the two evils stuff, but it hardly absolves you of your moral responsibility.