YES! A related one for me: Organizing in small towns taught me in that you can’t write off ANY relationships, because everyone in your community is gonna stay part of your political sphere whether that’s your desire or not. So you have to consider the long term impacts of short term interactions.

It takes nerves of steel to do that, and world-class talent to know when to break it. This reminds me of Peter Ustinov's account of a "pause-off" between him and Laurence Olivier on SPARTACUS.

I'm not sure what "politically" means here. I don't think Democrats should make scolding Trump voters the core of their campaign or anything, I am merely a podcast host who is posting on the internet! I think morally blaming Trump voters is correct on the merits. That's it, that's the post.

I have genuine sympathy for people who thought Trump was going to bring back their factory job or make IVF free because that's what he promised them and the media refused to say that he was lying.

But I'm sorry, you cannot vote for the "Haitians are eating cats" guy and plead ignorance.