re: "Rival Themes Emerge as Race Enters Final Weeks: Covid vs. Law and Order" (The New York Times, August 29, 2020)
Law and order v. justice: to which should a voter give allegiance?
That good old-fashioned clarion call to "law and order," the first, middle and last refuge of the morally compromised and despots, religiously following the example set by the high priests, those tradition bound "good" conservatives of ancient Judaea, the self-styled social leaders who had that radical street preacher guy Jesus brought up and strictly punished according to the rule of law by the proper authorities some 2,000 years ago.
White Biden seems more inclined to social justice based on moral reflection, it is a great pity that the Trumpists totally reject Jesus's example as recorded in the four gospels that begin the New Testament of the Christian Bible. But then, who would expect respect for Christian principle from those who reject all good morals, along with reason and democratic principle, to devote themselves to 100% blind faith in Donald Trump of all people.
The choices facing the American electorate come November are at least clearly defined: a return to the democratic principles that had once made America great in all ways worth being great, or four more years of decline and fall.
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The above comment was submitted by Felix Qui to The New York Times article.
It is published there at https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/28/us/politics/joe-biden-trump-conventions.html#commentsContainer&permid=108873232:108873232
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