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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gift link: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/07/trump-administration-supporters-good/683441/?gift=hIzDAuJOJsprB-h5XG3wQIhL8IgABi1khqcl8BzqM0w&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share[/quote]

I don't know why I even try with David Brooks anymore. He has two arguments, both of which he trots out here in some respect:

1) All you need is religion. He's not saying it explicitly here, but that's the underlying theme. I find it fascinating that he's trotting out all these examples of the past with rigid social codes but totally glosses over how those social codes were enforced. And he completely glosses over, you know, LAWS. There are a lot of things that are intrinsically right and wrong, and the most wrong are punishable by law.

2) Both sides are bad. Despite the fact that the Republican party and conservatives have overwhelmingly thrown their support behind Trump, Brooks doesn't really take them to task. He just says if he was a Democrat then Democrats would have done the same! It's such a lazy argument that denies the reality right in front of him.

Give me some more Anne Applebaum and let Brooks retire. Maybe he can make a speech like his baseball hero.[/quote]

1. All you need is love; not religion.

2. There are two sides to the political equation. On one side you have the good American people fighting to retake control of their Federal government. On the other side you have the toxic ultra-wealthy mega-donors of our awful two major political parties. I know which side I am on. How about you?[/quote]

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