Isaiah 1:13
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Wish I could see the tweets, but my school district computer won't allow it. I heard one pundit describe the polarization along party lines as the worst since the civil war, which I think is fairly accurate. It's really disappointing all of the moral rationalizing that's taking place on the republican front. The party that represented traditional values and once had such a strong idealogical backbone has really lost it's bearings IMO. I was leaning towards Cultural Relativism at first as a way to understand it, but now realize that it is much more insidious than that. Ethical Egoism is the only theory that can explain it: "right and wrong is determined by what's in your self-interest". I understand now that Republicans care first and foremost about preserving the status quo (protection of wealth and influence) and what better way than with a despotic ruler that operates with impunity with no regard for the rule of law.