Dear fellow privileged, progressive citizens of the US: I know you don’t like Donald Trump.<\/em><\/p>\n
And so there are the jokes:<\/p>\n
The premise of the joke is simple: Trump would be so bad for America that you’d rather move to Canada than live in the dystopian nightmare that (you believe) America would become under Trump. Progressives have said the same thing when George W. Bush was running for office, and even when Reagan was running for president<\/a> nearly 40 years ago.<\/p>\n
But as a plea to my fellow privileged, progressive compatriots: please stop mentioning, joking, planning, or insinuating that you’re moving to Canada if we lose the election. Not only would moving be the morally wrong<\/a> thing to do, but just discussing it weakens our cause regardless of the outcome. Let’s toughen up, win this election, and keep pushing.<\/p>\n