(1/X) Gonna give you my one Mitch hot take. He really f**ed up not DQing Trump in the Senate after 1/6. The country would be better off if he had, his party would be better off.....
— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) February 29, 2024
(3/X) Maybe it's "you can't impeach him after he leaves office". Maybe it's "better to beat him at the ballot box." There's always a reason you can find to justify what you want to do...
— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) February 29, 2024
(5/X) Human beings are like this, and not just conservatives. There's the initial moral revulsion to despicable behavior, but typically when people figure out it would cost them something to do something about it, the rationalizations begin...
— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) February 29, 2024
(7/X) Is there a way to pin people down and make them commit to doing something while the initial moral revulsion is in control of their minds, before the self-interested rationalizations kick in?
— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) February 29, 2024
Is there a way to pin people down and make them commit to doing something while the initial moral revulsion is in control of their minds, before the self-interested rationalizations kick in?
Sure. Mob violence. Nobody is ever so certain of their moral authority as a person in a mob.
Moral revulsion is a terrible motivator. Not just because it fades so quickly, but also because it is so unreliable. Cold hard reason should have driven the effort to DQ Trump. Obviously he should have been tossed out and barred from ever seeking office again. Self-interest could have seen to that, too. It can be the guide to doing the right thing, just as it can lead us to doing the wrong thing.
But we’re always the ones responsible for our actions; for choosing what we do, and for choosing those we put into government.
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