Forget about politics for a minute.
We are so conditioned now to make politics everything that it’s hard to see the world outside a political lens.
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For too many of us, it has become the arbiter of right and wrong. It’s a looking glass that distorts reality and confuses the soul about things we should understand but somehow can’t anymore.
To understand this story, you have to forget about labels, about Republican or Democrat, liberal or conservative. For some, it won’t be easy. The story is too entwined with politics, which is how those who can’t stand the truth want you to see it — as a political story.
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There are billboards now around the state that say the impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton was a political vendetta. They lead people to a website that spouts nonsense and confusion about what really happened. Some people believe it because they believe this is a political story.
But it isn’t. This is a story about the truth of what happened in our state. It’s a story about a small group of people who, facing terrible consequences, saw beyond their own politics and did what was right, not in their own interests but for the greater good.
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