I voted for Hillary and am deeply upset by the election results. But the problem with giving up our willingness to understand the opposition, with putting an end to dialogue, with the refusal to work out our commonalities, is that we are reduced to a binary: A or B, black or white, good or evil, total acceptance or…

Not everyone who voted for Trump is an objectively bad person.

It seems there was a lot of Trump-voting in spite of his racism and bigotry, not because of it. Sure, there are hateful people out there, and I wouldn’t waste my time trying to change them specifically. But if you want your political party to appeal to more people, it’d be wise to listen to their wants, and address…

Like it or not and as awful as they are, we do need their vote.

Because if you ban them, then some other neo-Nazi party will pop up and do the same stuff. That’s why banning speech and/or political parties is dumb. Racist/fascist/whatever sentiments arise in populations pretty organically when the economic and social conditions are right for them, and then find a figurehead in…

Hint: [***SOUND OF A MAN LICKING ANOTHER MAN’S SHOES FOR AN HOUR***]