Being a good citizen
Is that a goal we should try to achieve? What does it mean to be a good citizen of your community, of your country, of the world of the universe?
We had a president who put the worst parts of himself on display on a regular
And his followed traveled in the newfound freedom they felt to do likewise, to let their bigotry, disdain, bullying, mockery, crudeness, and cruelty hang out. This they embraced, the freedom to be unabashedly and unapologetically awful. Of course cancel culture was the response, because reactions are always opposite and equal. The cruelty was unrestrained and over the top, so cancel culture will be also. Cancel culture is a direct result of the culture that elevated Trump, but those who support him don't recognize or want to acknowledge their part in creating the very climate they bristle at. it. Trump gave behaving badly a green light, because he went on a prolonged ego trip after realizing how much people loved it when he was awful, observing that he could literally kill someone in broad daylight and still be their hero. It should be horrifying to us to see that's absolutely true, that people will find a way to justify absolutely any level of vile behavior.
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