Connect the Dots 101

We all make mistakes.

Every one of us can recall times when our judgment was temporarily clouded; when our emotions betrayed us in a moment of weakness or fear or misplaced anger.

In the rearview mirror, we see clearly those moments when we chose horribly and later found ourselves embarrassed and ashamed to realize what we’d done. Such regret is universal, as is the desire to escape culpability when it rises up.

But there comes a time when we run out of excuses, when we can no longer plead ignorance or impulsiveness or having been duped, when we have to own our poor decisions and declare our error. In such circumstances, to not do so would be to willingly repeat the transgression or to prove ourselves more committed to perpetuating a lie than admitting the ugly truth we see in the mirror.

There is always a morning of accountability that calls us to face what we’d done the night before. It is here now. This nation is now being seen in the raking light of honest, sober objectivity.

Donald Trump accumulated a giant, grotesque body of work for Americans to evaluate in this election: his resume crammed with legislative assaults on Democracy, dozens of felony convictions, dehumanizing disinformation of immigrants, gross rally rants about public schools and transgender children, unapologetic racism, brazen disregard for anything once seen as the conventions and traditions of presidential leadership.

They were also given a clear alternative in Kamala Harris: a former prosecutor, Attorney General, American Senator, and current Vice President: a woman whose experience, character, and decency made her one of the most capable candidates we could have asked for; one who ran a campaign of middle class investment, accountability for the wealthy, national unity, empathy for the hurting, and love for neighbor.

America was given a choice between a lawless, amoral monster and a qualified, intelligent, joyful woman of color—and it chose the monster [more]…

https://open.substack.com/pub/johnpavlovitz/p/america-chose-the-monster?r=1ounsg&utm_medium=ios