we joke about this, but the reality is that trump, trumpism, and every single one of trump's supporters, enablers, apologists, and detractors - which is 100% of those who self-identify as, vote for, and/or support Republican candidates - are a collective advanced, malignant cancer on the country and on on democracy. and you don't overcome that cancer by simply doing something different than what you're doing when the malignancy appears, or just spot treating the primary and most visible symptom (ie, voting trump out). you beat that by completely eliminating the cancer from your body. the elimination of millions, and probably tens of millions of these people from American society - whether by civil war, secession of states, the complete and utter destruction of the Republican party, and/or whatever else - is exactly what we need for the long term health of the country, if we are going to be honest about this. these people are never going to "come around" or "become decent human beings" who add any value whatsoever to society. ever.