Leibovich's piece is a must read. Anyone not actively resisting Trump and Trumpism will be destroyed by Trump and Trumpism. "Do not submit in advance." Timothy Snyder's lesson one in On Tyranny. Submission is death. That may sound hyperbolic but as soon as one gives in to this heinous bullshit, one's self goes away. One becomes a zombie. Maybe, one becomes an Orc. Submission is death.
Leibovich's piece is a must read. Anyone not actively resisting Trump and Trumpism will be destroyed by Trump and Trumpism. "Do not submit in advance." Timothy Snyder's lesson one in On Tyranny. Submission is death. That may sound hyperbolic but as soon as one gives in to this heinous bullshit, one's self goes away. One becomes a zombie. Maybe, one becomes an Orc. Submission is death.
Many people painted themselves into a corner with their initial decision that Trump must always be defended against his critics, and to portray those critics as agents of an evil greater than any of his faults. The more they invested in defending the latest outrage, the more resistant they became to admitting that perhaps the critics had been right while they were wrong - not just mistaken, but morally wrong.
Leibovich's piece is a must read. Anyone not actively resisting Trump and Trumpism will be destroyed by Trump and Trumpism. "Do not submit in advance." Timothy Snyder's lesson one in On Tyranny. Submission is death. That may sound hyperbolic but as soon as one gives in to this heinous bullshit, one's self goes away. One becomes a zombie. Maybe, one becomes an Orc. Submission is death.
Many people painted themselves into a corner with their initial decision that Trump must always be defended against his critics, and to portray those critics as agents of an evil greater than any of his faults. The more they invested in defending the latest outrage, the more resistant they became to admitting that perhaps the critics had been right while they were wrong - not just mistaken, but morally wrong.