I had an interesting conversation with my 25yo son yesterday. To put it in perspective he is a very bright young man, an economist with a masters and is indirectly involved in some state gov’t lobbying so he understands politics. He is also very caring and a liberal who supports Dem candidates. As a matter of fact in 08’ we took him door knocking with us for Obama when he was 15.
The discussion revolved around how amazingly bad, historically unethical and even illegal in its actions the Republican party is, let alone Trump. His comments revolved around how this is politics and both sides play the game.
I tried to explain that yes, both sides play the political game and do things that are not right but that what the Republicans are doing and have been doing for 10 years goes way beyond politics and is un-American, treasonous and amoral, he could not distinguish a significant difference.
I said in my entire life (59) that I have never seen this. Politics has always been borderline dirty but this is something different. This is a President and a party that has abandoned all norms and decency, let alone patriotism but I realized then, he did not have the historical experience to see that what is gong on today is vastly different.
It was enlightening.