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In reply to the discussion: Because President Obama is NOT evil; that is why many of us trust and defend him... [View all]Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)You say Bush is evil. Leonardo DaVinci said 'He who refuses to punish evil commands it to occur'.
Was Bush punished? Who told us to 'turn the page, look forward not back' when the people wanted some truth and justice? Was that not refusing to punish that which you yourself name as evil? Is it allowed to let evil continue and still claim to be separate from it?
Do you disagree with Leonardo, you think that refusing to punish evil is an act of goodness? That is what your OP hinges upon, that it is acceptable to absolve great evils while at the same time punishing greatly lesser offenses. Rumsfeld said he knew where the WMD were, to sell a war. Is that not evil? Was that not left unpunished?
Who said turn the page, turn a blind eye? Who said impeachment was off the table? Executive and Congress.
Words like 'evil' are not a dead end street for reason. If you accept there is such a thing as evil people' then there must also be ethics about how that evil is dealt with. Buying evil a cocktail and dedicating the Library of Evil is not dealing with it as if it was that which you say it is, 'evil'.
I'll close by saying right wing types have been known to say LGBT people are evil with the same certainty you declare Bush evil. Do you think their certainty and use of religious words makes them right? If not, you need to expand your arguments.