Someone who in 2012 prominently refused to vote for Obama [http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/09/why-i-refuse-to-vote-for-barack-obama/262861/] so as to send a "message" has changed his tune and is voting this year for Clinton — largely because of the grave danger Trump poses.
'If you’re a constitutional conservative, or a classical liberal, or a Bernie Sanders progressive, or a libertarian, civil or otherwise, this is what it looks like when civic duty compels you to use the franchise to stop a demagogue. Trump is a shameless liar, he stokes ethic tensions, he shows disdain for the Constitution, he prides himself on seeking revenge against all who slight him, he proposes torture and killing innocents, he has no experience of success in government because he has no experience of it at all, and he is ignorant of almost every policy area that he’ll influence.
What does it mean to safeguard the civic norms that make American democracy possible if not casting a vote for whatever candidate is likeliest to beat that demagogue? He imperils so much that I hold dear. And so, in the hope that he is defeated, I will go to my polling place and vote for the only candidate who can beat him.
That is why I am voting for Hillary Clinton.'
In 2012, I Warned Against Choosing the Lesser of Two Evils. In 2016, I See That Was Wrong.
A civic duty to stop Donald Trump requires that I support a candidate I could’ve never imagined backing. Doesn’t yours require it too?
