I imagine Barone would ascribe higher motivations to many war resisters, too.
I am sure Barone would, as I am sure many of those anti-war protesters did, and the Code Pink and Moveon.org scumbags do.
However, it doesn’t make it a morally justifiable stand because they BELIEVE it is so.
I think, if you allow yourself to believe a lie when the information is freely available to see the truth, that it does not relieve you of your responsibility for your actions when they turn out badly.
I look at what happened when we left South Vietnam twisting in the wind and refused to support them when the NVA came into the south. The bloodbath and misery after the war ended were predicted by many, yet those who were responsible shrug their shoulders as if there is no blood on their hands and they were innocent bystanders.
In the same way, if our economy is shattered irreparably by this prospective tin-pot dictator in charge currently, will these people agitating in his favor shoulder any of the responsibility for the results? I think not.