Thread by @kurteichenwald

1. The election was a turning point. One of the candidates - who did nothing to hide his racism and toxic nationalism - was recognized as a threat. But the other candidate was flawed. The left chose to protest vote, staying home of casting ballots for those who could not win....

2...everyone believed the flawed candidate would win. And so it went - by millions of votes. But that win was a loss. The racist, toxic candidate won what he needed for power. When he soon assumed the highest position in the land, kids were thrown in cages, white nationalists...

3...took to the streets, beating and even murdering any minority they believed practices the wrong religion or came from the wrong place. In the end, the left that refused to choose what they considered to be "the lesser of two evils"...

4...instead were confronted by TRUE evil, not the purported evil that they groused about in their coffee shops and while hanging out with friends. Soon, everything they fought for was gone. All functions of government were taken over by the racist and his allies. Democracy died..

5...and the members of the left were sent to prison. Their leader - an older white man of strong left principals - was taken to confinement and murdered. Those that survived wished on wishes that they had never indulged in the "lesser of two evil" laziness, that they had....

6...cares more for keeping the racist and toxic nationalist out of office rather than seeking ideological purity.

Sound somewhat familiar? No, this is not America in 2016. It is 1932 Germany presidential election. The leading candidate - von Hindenburg - was far from perfect....

7...he had no interest in being president again. But he saw the rise of Hitler coming, and ran solely to keep the man out of office. The left didn't see the danger, so 10% of the vote went to a man who could not win, Ernst Thälmann of the communist party....

8...while Hitler lost, he 1/3 of the vote. Had the Thälmann voters seen what was coming, Hitler would have been gone. But with such victories - and victory for his evil allies - von Hindenburg was forced to name Hitler to a high post. And thus the first step into naziism began...

9...with a few years, Ernst Thälmann was throw into Buchenwald and murdered. His followers were murdered. Germany plunged into dark, evil times.

What does this mean? No, I am not comparing Trump to Hitler. I am saying that those who seek perfection empower the worse of 2 evils..

10...and are so blinded by their demands for perfection that they often don't even see the choice is not between two evils, but between evil and imperfect.

As I watch progressives once again coming out, ripping apart dems they don't consider perfect enough, I cannot....

11..even begin to comprehend what they are doing. Are they actually Russians? Are they Trump supporters? Or are they truly so stupid and narcissistic that they cannot speak in favor of their candidate,. but must tear down others with flip criticisms that work well online....

12...but in the real world are simply childish, as if we are voting for king and not the leader of one branch of government. The great is the enemy of the good. If you cannot speak for why your candidate is the best, based on what that candidate says, and must resort to...

13...ripping apart other candidates of the same party so you can feel pure and enraged, then something is seriously wrong with you. You look at a man who has destroyed the GOP, inspired white nationalist and violent psychopaths, who has thrown millions of off insurance....

14...who has ripped children from their familes and lcked them in cages, who has given away trillions to the wealthy by the most reckless tax cut in global history (massive tax cuts at time of economic prosperity and high debt is insane), and stand back and say "Oh, well, THAT...

15...democratic candidate had a vote a decade ago I don't like, or this democratic candidate is a moderate or this or that....then there is something wrong with you. Ignorance, self-absorption or being a person who loves humanity but doesn't care about people.....

16...the Russians will be doing enough tearing down of democrats overt the next year. Progressives dont need to help them, unless they are actually Trump supporters. Because when you tear down every opponent, only Trump survives.

That this is hard to understand amazes to me.....

17...and I have no doubt that progressives will respond to this with saying "well, you will keep me from voting" or "your mean words upset me" as if hearing people criticize you online is more important than the direction of government.

Grow up. And focus.