Saturday, November 7, 2020

Biden Won, Now Let's Un-coarsen The Public Discourse - Jeff Wiersma

Fellow Never-Trumpers, 

Even though the way in which Trump and many of his supporters have conducted themselves would seem to reflexively justify returning their cruelty, scorn, and lack of empathy back at them ... we should avoid sinking to that level in our understandably emotionally-charged reaction to Trump losing the election. 

Though we will never forget nor excuse their toxicity, we need to remember that our objection to Trump isn’t just based on policy/ideology. 

It is also based on his coarsening of the public discourse and governance ... as well as his work, whether knowingly or not, to help enemies of liberal democracy undermine our constitutional republic.