This isn't simply rooting for the 'my side' to win...

It isn't just that I am horrified about the prospect of a charlatan like Trump appointing several supreme court justices...

It isn't just that he has promised to use the presidency to again market his Trump University scam: http://www.redstate.com/leon_h_wolf/2016/06/02/trump-threatens-reopen-trump-university/

It isn't just that he says racist things to appeal to his disproportionately racist supporters...

It isn't that he says one thing in one day and the opposite the next...

It isnt only the fact that he demonstrates terrifying ignorance on important issues on a daily basis.

It isn't that his followers ignore all this when its all right there in front of them...

What concerns me is that we are entering an exceedingly dangerous time in history- where all the damage from our decades of ignoring the facts is coming to fruition. The most dangerous thing we can do right now is to continue to deny reality... it isn't just a matter of our country's survival, but the survival of human civilization as we know it.

The effects of climate change will push the world towards fascism- and we are seeing it happening in europe now. But while they are struggling against it, the Trump supporters here in America are running eagerly towards it.

These are not not just 'slightly different values than mine'- they are a threat to the future of the human race.

They do not have the 'courage of their convictions', they have the bravado and certainty that only the ignorant can have.

I don't think it probable or even likely that Trump will win- but it is a terrifying possibility. Trump isn't really the problem. The problem is the legion of idiots that he represents- Trump may not last beyond November, but the idiots will remain and they will continue to work to tear down humanity piece by piece.

And now that Trump has shown them the way, we will probably face this insanity every 4 years until they find a demagogue that can win.