Part of the problem is we HAVE to frame it as a public health issue. No one wants to be a scold but there needs to be some way of saying something is just bad for human beings; even if one has been a partaker. We have essentially no moral language that can cover this type of thing in the public sphere.
It's a real tightrope to walk. The atheist liberal will say, with zero self-awareness: "How can you Christians vote for Trump when he's so sleazy and un-Christian?" Well, actually, there are many good reasons to vote for Trump. But unfortunately the temptation is always there to start justifying and minimizing the vice. I do think that Trump's vices are less destructive to America than, say, Kamala's campaign platform. Still doesn't make them virtues...
Part of the problem is we HAVE to frame it as a public health issue. No one wants to be a scold but there needs to be some way of saying something is just bad for human beings; even if one has been a partaker. We have essentially no moral language that can cover this type of thing in the public sphere.
It's a real tightrope to walk. The atheist liberal will say, with zero self-awareness: "How can you Christians vote for Trump when he's so sleazy and un-Christian?" Well, actually, there are many good reasons to vote for Trump. But unfortunately the temptation is always there to start justifying and minimizing the vice. I do think that Trump's vices are less destructive to America than, say, Kamala's campaign platform. Still doesn't make them virtues...