{"id":11251,"date":"2016-07-31T00:27:31","date_gmt":"2016-07-31T07:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.godammit.com\/?p=11251"},"modified":"2016-07-31T00:27:31","modified_gmt":"2016-07-31T07:27:31","slug":"there-is-still-a-role-for-shame-in-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/there-is-still-a-role-for-shame-in-society\/","title":{"rendered":"‘There Is Still A Role For Shame In Society.’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Shame<\/p>\n

I am quoting Stuart Stevens<\/strong><\/a>, a former top strategist for Mitt Romney who has been expressing alarm about Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a> for months.<\/p>\n

Stevens was reacting to Trump’s attack on the Muslim American parents who spoke at the DNC about their son, who died serving in Iraq.<\/p>\n

Khizr Khan<\/strong><\/a>, the grieving father, spoke emotionally about the loss of his son. Sane people everywhere were moved to tears by his words, which included a forceful admonishment for the rabidly anti-Muslim Trump:<\/p>\n

You have sacrificed nothing and no one.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Donald can’t tolerate criticism, as we know. His deep narcissistic wound<\/a> triggers a disproportionate burst of rage whenever he perceives a slight.<\/p>\n

So Donald lashed out at Mr. Khan, and then attacked Khan’s wife Ghazala for her silence onstage.<\/p>\n

Mrs. Khan is a grieving mother who still falls apart when she talks about her son.<\/p>\n

She shouldn’t have to defend her silence, but she did, in an interview on MSNBC, explaining:<\/p>\n

I was very nervous because I cannot see my son\u2019s picture, and I cannot even come in the room where his pictures are. And that\u2019s why. I saw the picture [behind] my back, I couldn\u2019t take it and I controlled myself at that time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Today, in response to chickenhawk <\/a>Trump’s attack and his ludicrous list of his own ‘sacrifices,’ Mr. Khan said:<\/p>\n

That is typical of a person without a soul, without empathy…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Exactly! Donald Trump is just a despicable piece of shit, his politics aside. He is an embarrassment to mankind, for fuck sake.<\/p>\n

No one needs to confront him with the famous words addressed to Joseph McCarthy <\/a>“<\/em><\/strong>Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last?”<\/strong><\/em> because the answer is so obviously “No.”
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I think it is normal and rational to squirm in agony when you watch the clip below. But I also think we must bear witness to the horrible, indefensible immorality of the Republican party for running this cunt for President. Shame on them all.
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