Bob Woodward and the Nihilism of "LOL Nothing Matters" Republicans

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Real people are dying. Real people are hurting. And all of this matters.

by TIM MILLER
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 7:11 AM


The tympanum above the central door of the National Cathedral in Washington, DC on June 20, 2017 shows "Ex Nihilo", a sculpture by Frederick Hart, depicting the birth of mankind. Superimposed over a rendering of the coronavirus. (Photo by Eva HAMBACH / AFP / Shutterstock)


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Republicans—and ostensibly “pro-life” Trump apologists—would have you believe that nobody cares about the words and actions of the country’s elected president which resulted in mass death of their fellow citizens.

For these nihilists, the Gospel of Nothing Mattering is so deep-seated that they have made it both an irrefutable political reality and a moral imperative.

It’s important to say, out loud, that they are wrong.

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If ever there was a time when something mattered in our politics, it would be at a moment when the leader of the free world is a dangerous and unfit liar who is adrift amidst a historic crisis. This is a time for caring. A time when things matter. A time when you can measure the real world impact in body bags.

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[beachbumbob]

1. come on now, if this mattered one nanosecond, woodward would have released the tapes the

days after the interview. Woodward could have impacted the outcome, he chose not to