> I’m mostly inclined to view this post as a stalking horse for the current american republican talking points It reads like a stalking horse, starting with sm

> I’m mostly inclined to view this post as a stalking horse for the current american republican talking points It reads like a stalking horse, starting with small step motherhood statements... "Forgiveness is one of the most, if not the most, essential virtue for any civilized society." Setting the bar so low, no reasonable person could object... "Professionals who years earlier used an inappropriate slur are fired, despite sincere apologies." Then begins the ascent towards overreach... "Because of a lack of forgiveness, people are not allowed to mature, they are not allowed to change." Then it gets ambitious and pointed... "Even those guilty of criminal behavior need the forgiveness of both society and the individuals harmed by the crime." Before the grand finale triple reverse twist mafioso dismount: "Without forgiveness, America will continue to devolve into Thomas Hobbes’ dystopian vision of the pre-civilized, natural state of life for man as, “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.”"