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16. Haunting words - "is meant to wear people down"

I'll TRY to make this short. Though not religious, my parents were friends with the chaplain of the old folks community where they spent their last years. He eulogized them both. At my mother's memorial in 2019 he quoted a current theologian and philosopher whose name I can't remember to drive home the point of evil. The chaplain who was calmly mannered and not fiery raised his voice and said "... the point of evil is to wear you down!"

He didn't need to mention any names. It was just additionally comforting to know how well he knew my mother.

For context, a few months prior my mother was in the hospital after a stroke. One morning a nurse coming on shift came in to check Mom's cognition with the little battery of questions. When she asked who the president was my mother answered "donald fucking trump." the nurse fell out and asked me "did she say what I thought she said."