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1 Conclusive reply from @anneapplebaum to the “involuntary conservatives”, who say that, although they deplore Trump, they will vote for him because they fear the intolerance of the left more https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/10/left-and-right-are-radicalizing-each-other/616914/

2 “A nasty leftist made me do it” excuse doesn’t wash and not just because it’s infantilising. Trump’s racism and misogyny drive voters towards authoritarian left politics. A Trump victory, almost certainly won with electoral fraud, will only persuade others to follow them

3. If supposedly civilised conservatives are sincerely worried about left authoritarianism, rather than being secret admirers of racial exclusion and plutocratic economics, they would vote for Biden and stop their country being dragged into an extremist spiral.

4. We in the UK ought to know the danger America faces. In 2019 millions who viewed Johnson with well-justified suspicion voted for him because they feared Corbyn more and vice versa. There was no possible good outcome the country.

5. As I wrote in September, https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/05/all-extremists-threaten-us-but-its-the-radical-right-we-should-fear-now Starmer and Biden offer the chance of release from the cycle of extremism begetting extremism. To put it at its mildest, it is close to insane to believe that they are as dangerous as Trump and Johnson

6. There is a necessarily brutal demolition of the
bad faith of "involuntary conservatives" on the excellent @TheBARPod podcast here https://barpodcast.fireside.fm/35