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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
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In reply to the discussion: Biden Knows How to Make the Moral Case Against Trump By Andrew Sullivan [View all]intheflow
(28,407 posts)16. There are many moral cases to be made against Trump,
and many that have already been made. Casting Biden - or any Democrat - as a moral authority on anything is problematic for two reasons. First, morality is a religious concept using religious language. (The secular term is ethics/ethical.) Biden is not a religious authority, and liberals in general aren't religious and/or keep their faith private. Thus, many conservatives would view such framing by Biden as hypocritical. But secondly, it's not going to swing any Trump supporter to vote blue, as they are a living in a morality-free zone. They have no morals themselves, and yet they can hide behind their Christian "faith" and American culture just accedes their religious authority.
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Biden Knows How to Make the Moral Case Against Trump By Andrew Sullivan [View all]
emmaverybo
Aug 2019
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everyone knows who trump is. huge chunks do not care and never will. it has to be about more
msongs
Aug 2019
#1
I think Sullivan shows how crucial Biden's grounds for attacking Trump are to
emmaverybo
Aug 2019
#4
Mahalo, Cha for citing one of the best parts. I usually avoid Sullivan. But then he has been a long
emmaverybo
Aug 2019
#7
"The sheer sociopathic narcissism in the face of such grief and trauma beggars belief."
ucrdem
Aug 2019
#6
I don't think the intention of Sullivan's essay was to cast Biden in the role of moral authority for
emmaverybo
Aug 2019
#17
It is. You have a different preferred candidate, but know his was not a campaign speech and
emmaverybo
Aug 2019
#21