I am told that if I don't vote yet again for the very same party that has betrayed us, then I am "allowing Democrats to win." This is emotional hostage-taking, a corrupt attempt to weaponize our reasonable dread of the left's destructive agenda to justify our own team's treachery.
I am told I must consent to my own betrayal to avoid a greater evil. I refuse. My vote is not a hostage to be bartered. It is a sacred instrument of accountability, and I will not wield it to endorse my own subjugation.
The movement that promised to be a coalition of patriots has devolved into an obedience cult of mindless idiots demanding loyalty even as it marches in the opposite direction of its founding principles.