“I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it’s for or against.” —Malcolm X, activist and minister
The legal corners seem to be closing on U.S. former President Donald Trump it is amazing only to the untutored and otherwise unaware about how America has always worked for White males of all statuses, especially the elite ones and thus how much support he continues to have. Like the nontruthful and nonmoral teflon guy Trump is, he may beat this rap too in a society designed for people like him demographically, always above the law no matter the declarations said otherwise- no one is above the law. We shall see.
The point is we live in societies , this case America, and world now of no truth as well as nonmorality. We even freely lie about ourselves let alone about and for others. Our consciousness becomes not only seared but no more as we pursue a cause for lust or/and fortune and fame no matter the big or little lie we use to get it. We are as we self lie, rude and cruel to others freely while smiling and boasting how nice and kind we are as people of faith or of some golden moral principle. Or we just lie out of habit: no conscience reason except it is convenient or/and easier to do than to tell the truth and risk hurting the feelings of others or/and do harm to our own egos and reputations.
People running to support Trump at this point are not creating a new custom of non-truth and truth- denial. They are making a widespread public norm in...
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