Pointing out the venomous nature of leftist grandstanding against Trump and his family without necessarily supporting much about Trump himself

Kimberly Ross at Red State has an important post about some of the recent gestures and spewings of unhinged leftists regarding, in these recent examples, not even Trump himself, but family members and members of the administration he's forming.

She speaks for me when stating her position:

I, and many others, were #NeverTrump from the beginning. Many, including myself, believed he would lose. We were wrong.

Once President-elect Trump is inaugurated, we plan to hold him accountable. The bad decisions and shaky conservatism will be called out. The good decisions and solid leadership will be praised. This isn’t a cop-out but a logical, reasonable approach to a man who didn’t receive our votes but who will be our president. This plan of action doesn’t just apply to the guy in charge, though. It extends to those he has nominated for positions in his administration, those he has hired outright, and even his family.

She then cites as examples the JetBlue incident involving Ivanka and her kids, as well as hateful articles and hashtags about Kellyanne Conway.

Of course, other examples abound. There are the artists whose work Ivanka owns and displays in her home who are calling for her to take it down. I see that Anthony Bourdain is making a public show out of declaring that he'll never eat at the restaurant in the DC Trump hotel. Plans are underway for massive protests at the inauguration.

Here's where it gets sticky. Ironically, we who have been the #NeverTrumpers all along are actually in agreement with the leftists when it comes to matters like the conversations he's had about his sex life with the likes of Billy Bush and Howard Stern, as well as his vulgar bellowings about being very rich, having the "best words" and a "very good brain" and his basic incoherence.

What we must not stand for, however, are accusations that are not true. DJT is neither a racist nor a misogynist. His statements about illegal immigration are perfectly defensible, and there is no evidence that he views one race of human beings to be inferior to another. He is, like males in general, capable of simultaneously viewing women as sex objects and also human beings of depth and substance equal to that of men. It's patently obvious what the Left is up to in this regard: using him as a lightning rod for the perpetuation of identity-based polarization.

Why is that important? Because we are going to be very busy stressing the difference between the atmosphere of his administration and the conservative principles that will get a substantial airing in the emerging era, but are sure to also come in for distortions inherent in that atmosphere.

In short, we must not let the Left define this new era. It begins with a basic disappointment for conservatives - Trump, not Cruz, Walker, Rubio or Fiorina won - but it brims with exciting opportunities. As we repeal and replace the "Affordable" Care Act, as we reverse the insanity of the outgoing regime's energy-and-environment policies, as we abandon the Iran nuclear-program "agreement," as we lower corporate tax rates, as we shut off federal funds to sanctuary cities, as we call out the nation's universities and colleges for having become playpens for hordes of useless young "adults," we must refute, with the sharpest arguments we can craft, any notion that there is anything bigoted or nasty about what we are doing.

In a sense, the task is what it has always been, through all kinds of eras: pointing out that conservatism, whenever and to what ever degree it is tried, enhances the human condition.

Squirrel-Hair makes our task unusually challenging, but we have immutable truths on our side.