Walter Shaub: A thing we don't discuss much in civic life is morality

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A thing we don't discuss much in civic life is morality. I don't mean a religious conception of the term, though that's part of it for those of us who connect with that. I mean the administration and its congressional supporters have crossed a line that isn't mere politics. /1
8:08 AM · Oct 7, 2020

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A thing we don't discuss much in civic life is morality. I don't mean a religious conception of the term, though that's part of it for those of us who connect with that. I mean the administration and its congressional supporters have crossed a line that isn't mere politics. /1

Evil is real. I don't perceive it as a supernatural force. I perceive it as something broken in a person that leads them to harm others through action or indifference. What these broken politicians are doing is evil. Destroying families and torturing children is evil. /2

Using entrusted power to deprive parts of this country of support because a majority of folks in those places don't back you is evil. Using entrusted power to encourage or coerce foreign powers to sabotage our republic is evil. Using a large platform to foment hate is evil. /3

Telling tens of thousands of lies to the nation you lead is evil. Downplaying a deadly pandemic for political gain is evil. Covering up for a bone-saw murderer is evil. Fascism is evil. The list could go on and on. What we are confronting is Evil.

And Evil is on the ballot.

/4

[Ferrets are Cool]

1. "Destroying families and torturing children is evil."

Amen!!

[lark]

11. +1,000,000

drumpf and his admin. are evil incarnate and are intent on destroying us and America on purpose.

[GeorgeGist]

2. GOP is EVIL ...

And Amy is part of it.

[dchill]

6. She is an eager participant.

[spanone]

3. Thank you Mr. Shaub

[crickets]

4. It is what it is: evil. Thank you for calling it by name, Mr. Shaub.

[moondust]

5. But it's okay if you're a

God-like Superman, right? A member of the supreme caste? Isn't a caste system what the GOP has wanted for decades so they can reign supreme without having to work at anything? Private schools they can bribe their way through without learning anything or being humiliated by smarter poor kids? Fraternities where they can make the connections that will get them into the boardroom? And all they have to do is inherit a fortune! Whoopeee!!!

[KPN]

7. Yay! It's about time that a rational, relatively public and

well-regarded person of stature come right out and frankly say what has been on all of our minds here at DU for going on 4 years.

[Pepsidog]

8. Whatever happened to good old "Family values".

[Illumination]

9. You are so very right! The Trump Administration is beyond another level of evil. It's a grotesque

horror show!...

[ffr]

10. If history is any indicator, the GOP is going to ransack the WH and Senate offices on their way out

And take a bat the the US economy to gum it up the best they can.

The GOP is evil in its purest form. (bold below)

Evil is real. I don't perceive it as a supernatural force. I perceive it as something broken in a person that leads them to harm others through action or indifference. What these broken politicians are doing is evil. Destroying families and torturing children is evil.

[MarcA]

12. +1,000 n/t

[Cha]

13. Rt.. "Evil is on the ballot".