Morality, Not Politics (Dear Republicans)

Dear Republican Voters,* 

Now is the time. If you honestly are a person who cares about family values and human life, you cannot vote for republicans. I'm sorry, you just can't. Perhaps, at some point in the future, you can give the party a try again when they regain their sanity.

I am not joking and I am not being simply sarcastic. I'm very serious, deadly serious as it happens, given recent news.

Up until very recently, one could easily argue that Democrats could be different things, and Republicans could be different things, but not now. Inciting violence, attempted murder – even attempted assassination of a former president, kidnapping and selling kids (deja vu), and a determination to set off a "war" is not "respect for human life," "pro-life," and it most certainly is NOT "family values."  Anyone who is passive in the face of this is complicit in the crimes.

This is no longer between the Democratic party and the Republican party. That is not the choice now. The choice has now become really being truly pro-life or making a mockery of human life and existence. Oh, yes, and our democracy. 

I applaud those Republicans who have already resigned the party very publicly and told us why. They didn't become Democrats, as far as I know, but they at least became Independents. 

Unlike most of us, they are politicians. That means they have severed ties with people who were part of their professional network. They have severed ties with some of their funders and some of their constituency.

Most of you are like me; we're private citizens. We don't have any public support or professional connections that are affected by our decisions. We simply follow our conscience and do the right thing.

This is a golden opportunity. This isn't playing at political slogans, it's not posting snarky items on Facebook, or smugly debating that "my party is better because...".  It is an opportunity to stand up and make a truly moral decision, a decision of conscience. It is making a statement that, regardless of our political differences, we stand together against violence and those who incite it, attempted murder or worse, any kind of "race war," and anything that disturbs the life of law-abiding citizens.

Now is the time. Are you in or are you out?

*See also: Dear Democrats in Congress