Here's an object lesson in how NOT to reconcile conflicting ideas.

You don't pretend you never held the other belief.

You explain why your current stance mitigates or overrides your previously stated belief. https://twitter.com/MHark/status/1293342466897321985

Both of these tweets are valid.

But King is an opportunist and intellectual integrity isn't terribly important to him.

Harris IS both a contributor to mass incarceration AND the most progressive VP pick in American History by record.

It's just that's a really low bar.

Kamala Harris IS an incredibly brilliant, talented and educated woman.

These are all true.

She ALSO has a lot of questionable and objectionable entries on her CV.

These are easy to reconcile

It is also true that despite Harris being inherently guilty of the sins that are inextricably bound to the positions she has held, she is significantly less dangerous to America than the current administration.

To deny this is foolishness.

Anyone trying to claim that there is no difference between Biden/Harris and Trump/Pence is either ignorant or... No. Just ignorant.

Yes. The Biden ticket is 100% going to sustain white supremacy and capitalism and patriarchy and imperialism.

Every American president will.

We are not looking for a President who will uproot capitalism and disband the military and filter out the racism that runs through America's veins.

And that's not on the table.

It's just not. Get over it.

We are looking for someone not hell bent on killing us all.

There is no space for abstaining in protest

Refusing to vote this year is pulling out a lawn chair and watching your apartment building burn because you don't like the people trying to put out the fire

There is no neutral here

Refusal to vote is capitulation to dictator ship

This election is not Trump vs Biden.

This election is Trump vs Voting.