While we have a moment of unity in our feelings of disgust and judgment upon the Las Vegas murderer, let’s engage our minds to make that common ground last.
“It was an act of pure evil,” President Trump described the murderous attack in Las Vegas. Nobody can disagree. There is no nuanced explanation for it. It is repulsive even to suggest that Stephen Paddock had good intentions for what he did.
Labeling it as “pure evil” needs no explanation, but it does merit comment. We are awash in excuses and explanations that make good and evil into matters of personal preference. Amid such moral relativism, these words crackle with clarity.
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