You know… this is the party that courts racists, seeks to curtail women’s reproductive rights, end marriage rights for LBGQT people, instititute a theocracy, continue and escalate a war that’s already killed too many people, continue tax cuts for the rich, ban some immigrants, etc and so on. Why should I treat these people with respect when they have no respect for many of their fellow human beings? On an individual basis, I’m not going to damn a republican, but the party and the people leading it (including people like Rubio) are as a class really terrible and seek to bring the whole country back to some mythical time that never actually existed, to a time where many of us were not really free. That’s actually not okay. It’s something rebel against and to struggle to see that doesn’t come to pass. These are people who just don’t respect us, the American people and who instead of actually compromising when they lose, instead try to drive the country into a ditch.
I understand what you’re saying, but I struggle to treat people with respect who literally have none for me and many people I care about.
