Thread by @UrbanAchievr, I consider myself a big tent NeverTrumper. There are voters who will [...]

Christian Vanderbrouk

UrbanAchievr

I consider myself a big tent NeverTrumper.

There are voters who will never vote for Trump and will never vote for a progressive Democrat.

There are also right-of-center voters (like me) who see the unique danger of a Trump second term and are willing to support Biden. 1/

Attempts to bully and hector the first group into voting for Biden won& #39;t work, and might even be counterproductive.

However, it& #39;s odd that the first group takes such offense at the idea that they& #39;d be even asked to consider supporting Trump& #39;s main opponent. 2/

If you press them hard enough, they& #39;ll say they& #39;re staying home or looking for a conservative protest candidate. But mostly they& #39;re pretty quiet about their decision not to support the president& #39;s re-election 3/

Which is odd for a group of people, especially those who work in politics and media, who are usually pretty vocal about their political opinions. 4/

They& #39;ll complain endlessly about people forcing a "binary choice" on them. They& #39;ll call NeverTrump activists grifters or fake conservatives. 5/

But what you probably won& #39;t hear from them is a sustained argument for why Trump shouldn& #39;t be re-elected.

You won& #39;t see them trying to persuade Trump voters to either stay home or vote for a protest candidate. 6/

Which, again, is odd. You could be forgiven for wondering if these shy NeverTrumpers are more worried about being seen as imperiling the president& #39;s re-election. Or even if they *want* the president to win a second term... but would rather he do it without their visible help. 7/

The NeverTrump movement is multi-flavored and raucous, which isn& #39;t surprising given that it& #39;s built around a negative rather than a positive agenda.

Because of that, we should welcome those who take different approaches, or maybe aren& #39;t as willing to go as far as others. /8

But at a minimum, you should be willing to say that you won& #39;t support the president& #39;s re-election and also want to actively persuade others.

Otherwise, your personal stance looks more like a pose, a way to get the benefits of Trumpism without paying the price. /end

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