Paul Revere by Cyrus Dallin, North End, Boston

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Monday, July 17, 2017

"...the attempted normalization of sliminess."






Donald Jr. certainly doesn’t know what all the fuss is about. Instead of offering a hint of contrition, he offered a complaint that the proffered information was not particularly useful. “I applaud his transparency,” father said of son. But disclosure is not really a virtue if you are admitting highly unethical actions without apology. It is more like the public confession of serious wrongdoing, and the attempted normalization of sliminess. 

 The ultimate explanation for this toxic moral atmosphere is President Trump himself. He did not attend the meeting, but he is fully responsible for creating and marketing an ethos in which victory matters more than character and real men write their own rules. 

Trumpism is an easygoing belief system that indulges and excuses the stiffing of contractors, the conning of students, the bilking of investors, the exploitation of women and the practices of nepotism and self-dealing. A faith that makes losing a sin will make cheating a sacrament.


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1 comment:

Infidel753 said...

Not only have Trump and his gang abandoned all standards in pursuit of winning by any means necessary, but also his remaining loyalists have had to do the same, step by step, to defend the indefensible.