It really does seem like Trump is constantly asking "Where is the line?"
And the answer, all the way from the voting public to SCOTUS, is "There isn't one."
This is the question that needs to be raised with conservatives and especially republicans. "Where is your line? What would be a deal-breaker?"
These are the people who -- my whole life -- have been calling out moral relativism. And now, this is their guy. This is now their moral centre.
They need to made to see it.
@sumpnlikefaith You can’t make someone see what they don’t want to see. You’ll just piss them off as they will you. Now sometimes that can be fun but most times it’s annoying.
@sumpnlikefaith I have no doubt he will cross it. This was our country’s defining moment and we failed it. I don’t know what the line is anymore, I’m worried we have become too cruel to have one until we personally get hurt.
@cjcrew I know. I've experienced that. Both ways. 🙂
But the question stands, and it's not being asked enough.
"Where is the line?"
It doesn't have to be a long debate. It doesn't have to be in a flurry of accusations.
Authoritarianism works by continually pushing boundaries. Conservatives are yielding without resistance because they aren't being asked where their line is. Whatever the line is, Trump is determined to cross it.
He has done it before. He's promised to do it again.