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"and the obvious centrist refrain- but do you want the deranged right wing to win?- should, after even a moment of self-reflection, yield to a far more important question: how empty does your message have to be for a deranged right wing to even have a chance of winning?"

"after decades of respectful prodding, the condition one arrives at us reticent acceptance of genocide, is it not at least worth considering that you are not changing the system as much as the system is changing you?"

"the argument in favor of voting for the lesser while is frequently made in good faith, by people who have plenty to lose should the greater evil win. but it also establishes the lowest of benchmarks: want my vote? be less monstrous than the monsters"