Before 2016, I would have definitely drawn that distinction.After 2016, it became harder for me to separate the two (primarily because "ideologies" (and political parties)don't exist as some sort of disembodied, platonic abstraction. "ideologies" are *made of people*.
After January 6th, I can't even pretend to believe in that distinction anymore. The Republican Party itself has become an existential threat to the survival of the United Sttates. I have no problem with *former* Republicans (for the same reasons that I have no problem with *former* KKK members).
Let me ask you a serious question: if you found out that a "friend" of yours had joined the KKK, would you still consider that individual to be a "nice" person?
As I've said elsewhere: the GQP made a literal "deal with the devil" with the whole "Southern Strategy" thing, and there's really no excuse post-tRump for even pretending otherwise.
But, to answer your question directly: *preferably* the ideology (if the people involved can be reformed) - but I'm not gonna get all choked up if one 'f em ends up dead because he (or she) insisted on attending a "superspreader" event because they think Covid is a hoax.
Oligarchs' orders. Always lie about Dems.
Before 2016, I would have definitely drawn that distinction.After 2016, it became harder for me to separate the two (primarily because "ideologies" (and political parties)don't exist as some sort of disembodied, platonic abstraction. "ideologies" are *made of people*.
After January 6th, I can't even pretend to believe in that distinction anymore. The Republican Party itself has become an existential threat to the survival of the United Sttates. I have no problem with *former* Republicans (for the same reasons that I have no problem with *former* KKK members).
Let me ask you a serious question: if you found out that a "friend" of yours had joined the KKK, would you still consider that individual to be a "nice" person?
As I've said elsewhere: the GQP made a literal "deal with the devil" with the whole "Southern Strategy" thing, and there's really no excuse post-tRump for even pretending otherwise.
But, to answer your question directly: *preferably* the ideology (if the people involved can be reformed) - but I'm not gonna get all choked up if one 'f em ends up dead because he (or she) insisted on attending a "superspreader" event because they think Covid is a hoax.