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  <<In saying that by my logic the bishops are negligent in failing to assert that a Catholic cannot vote for Trump in good Conscience because he is a racist, you are proving my point. . .The paradox is that you accuse the bishops of being partisan, yet want them to tell Catholics they cannot vote for Trump.>>
  
  You don’t seem to be reading or writing in good faith.  I did say that by your logic the bishops ought to disqualify Trump on the basis of the fact that he is a racist and a fascist (and I could have added his advocacy of torture); but I added, “I don’t think the bishops should engage in partisan politics.” And I emphatically don’t think they should.
  
  <<I disagree that Trump is a racist and a fascist>>
  
  Of course, Trump is a racist; of course, he’s a fascist. People are voting for him either precisely because he is a racist and a fascist, or in spite of that fact--a distinction, when all is said and done, without a difference.  (continued in replies to this message)