I think Instagram may have me wrong, but another Christian-based reel showed up in my feed this morning. This time, it was from the Holy Post Podcast. In episode 705, founder and Editor in Chief Skye Jethani said the following:
Nobody wants to believe that they are on Team Evil. And there’s a lot of people in this country, 70-something million of them, who voted for Donald Trump, for a variety of reasons, and now they’re watching what’s unfolding, and none of them wan to believe that they contributed to this. And so when the horror that comes out on video is shown to them, they have to come up with some narrative that excuses their endorsement of this man and this administration. So they are predisposed to pick the narrative that alleviates their guilty conscience.
Because no one wants to be on Team Evil.
I don’t want to condemn my fellow citizens who voted for Trump for various reasons, but this is when everything else breaks down. When Congress breaks down in their role and holding the president accountable, is given up, they have no backbone. When the courts break down and they don’t hold the president accountable, especially not quick enough. When the political parties break down and they allow somebody with a demonstrably, terrible character and an inability to follow the Constitution to get the nomination again. All of our structures have broken down and the last one is the people themselves. And unfortunately, the only way they can be informed is if we have people of integrity in the media presenting the narrative as it actually unfolded. And it’s very evident that that’s not happening. So you can live in your narrative bubble that protects your conscience.
I see this in (right-leaning) news clips. I hear this in talking to actual people in my life. The excuses flow freely, even if the originating offense is utterly indefensible. I think Jethani hits the nail on the head here.
