Julian is awesome, but I'm going to disagree. Instead, I propose it's an insult to serious thought to pretend that anyone who disagrees with you is automatically a toxic hero worshiping Trumpist. There are other reasons to disagree.
https://twitter.com/normative/status/1010694076826570753
2/ There are many kinds of people in Trump's camp. Sure, some are the toxic MAGA types. Others, though, dislike Trump, but prefer him to the alternative (Clinton). Still others are just holding their heads low waiting for this time to pass. Then there are vocal #NeverTrumpers.
3/ Moreover, just because your toxic MAGA opponent is wrong doesn't automatically mean you are right. Trump avowed policy to target children is evil, but all the viral tweets I see on this are wrong, usually pointing to Obama era policies.
4/ For example, the photographer who took the iconic crying child picture admits the child was not separated from its mother at that time, and the father says the child is still with its mother. So this iconic picture is wrong.
5/ No matter how much we justifiably hate Trump's policy targeting children, truth still matters. We should be able to discuss the truthfulness of such things without automatically being labeled a toxic Trumpist.
6/ It's Trump and his disciples who have a disregard for truth, cherry picking and defending anything that seems to support them. Are we hating Trump's lies because we hate lies, or because we hate Trump??
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