If you support Trump, you’re not a good person.

I HAVE LONG been loath to say anything akin to “if you support Trump you’re a bad person.” It seems so arbitrary.

But it only seems arbitrary. 

To support Trump it is to support one horrid position after another. Positions that no good person would support.

This is not to say that you have no redeeming qualities. Maybe you’re nice to kittens. Maybe you’re good at your job. Maybe you’re a skillful chef. Maybe you’re a good raconteur. These are all things I can like about you. These are things that let me remain friends, or at least friendly, with Trump supporters of my acquaintance.

But you cannot at once support Trump and be a good person. 

It really is that simple.

For a quick overview of Trump’s horrid positions, please read this brief piece by John Pavlovitz.

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