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eppur_se_muova

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3. I notice no one bothers to refer to shame anymore -- no "they should be ashamed", or "it's shameful", because we now ...

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Tue Jan 20, 2026, 12:57 PM

22 hrs ago

... know that to Trmp and the people around him, shame is an utterly alien concept which their minds cannot even grasp, except to the extent that they believe anyone who opposes their dictatorial schemes should be shamed -- purely as a practical matter, not out of any but the most temporarily convenient principles.

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