For the longest time I've been wondering what it would take for right wing authoritarian followers to realize what they support and to have the humanity to change their minds. When fascism has reached the point that it is in the US, it usually takes massive atrocity and social upheaval if not war for enablers to say, "Oh..." and then hide or try to pretend they never supported a tyrant.
But now I'm wondering what it's going to take for liberal, left wing, progressive, people of supposed humane values and principles who would never in a million years support fascists or fascist policies to actually stand up against fascism and for those humane principles. I think, like the fascist followers themselves, there are some progressive people of democratic values who will have to face widespread atrocity and a complete dissolution of democratic institutions before they stop appeasing bullies and get a spine.
In Germany, things that Trump and the GOP have been doing the last five years would get not only the individuals but the whole party banned from participating in politics. Here, and apparently in some other democracies as well, we treat them like criminality and bigotry are just "different perspectives," worthy of allowing them to enact laws and make policy decisions for states and for the whole country.
I guess we'll find out soon enough just what it will take for such liberals to stop bending over for liars and criminals because, Biden win or no, Trump out or no, right wing authoritarianism is not going away. They have no conscience or principles to stop them and will push and push until stopped or until they destroy all of us in some way.