> If I had to choose between a racist plumber who was competent and a non-racist, incompetent; I will likely choose the racist plumber No doubt. But this analo

> If I had to choose between a racist plumber who was competent and a non-racist, incompetent; I will likely choose the racist plumber No doubt. But this analogy fails in two ways when applied to politics. 1) The republican party is often given the chance to vote in a primary where they are given the option of several competent "plumbers". They almost always choose (and often overwhelmingly so) the piece of shit racist. 2) The people we choose to represent us in government are, in a fundamental way, reflecting the values we want represented in our society. Because their values will be reflected in the laws they pass, how they apportion money, and the diplomacy and wars they wage. So racism is an explicit job qualification rather than an irrelevant secondary factor like in the plumbing example. And that is why voting for an explicitly, unapologetic, racist politician (in my mind) absolutely also makes you racist.