Why Exposing Corruption In American Government Matters
A funny thing happens to a battered victim of abuse just before they reach for unhealthy coping mechanisms: they give up the fight. It sometimes happens incrementally, sometimes all at once, but either way, the precursor to unhealthy coping mechanisms is the same: defeat. America, this big, beautiful country, reminds me of this battered victim right now.
I know, I know, it’s blasphemous to over-associate, especially because I’m suggesting that America is anything but brave and strong. Hear me out: I do not argue that America isn’t brave and strong — abuse victims are often brave if given the opportunity and strong enough to withstand horrendous mistreatment. Neither do I mean to take away from the horrors abuse victims suffer at the hands of their abusers. But I do mean to draw some important comparisons in order to make a larger point about where our convictions should lie as a country right now. Join me, if you will, on this somewhat analogical walk to a call to arms.