Poster: Vichy Democrats, God's Own Republicans, Torture Agreement

Things have gotten pretty bad in America when it becomes unsurprising or even expected that Republicans would support authorizing the state to torture or abuse suspects detained under any circumstances. The sight of so-called "progressives" from the Democratic Party joining in, though, is enough to make even a cynical person weep with despair. When a political party stands behind the abandonment of the normal standards of morality or justice in the pursuit of political policy, then they stand behind moral evil. What does a political party stand for, though, when they are unable or unwilling to stand up against moral evil? Can they be described as standing for anything at all?

 

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