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COMMENTARY: The dictatorship of relativism Pope Benedict XVI warned about is here in full force.
With Donald Trump no longer president, Catholics in the post-Trump era face the question of how to best respond to the person and the presidency of Donald J. Trump. For many committed supporters, Trump and his legacy poses no dilemma. They are proud to vehemently defend him. For the Catholic voter who cast a ballot for Trump reluctantly, however, the matter is more complicated. Many fear social reprisals by a punitive cancel culture — by those who show intolerance to those with whom they disagree. I would like to speak here to those Catholics in particular, though my broader observations are aimed at all Catholics concerned about the state of the culture and country and where we go from here.
As for those who cast a vote for Trump reluctantly, perhaps as the lesser of two evils, and fear being attacked for your decision, I say this: you have no public responsibility to explain to anyone why you voted as you did. Your vote is your private affair. You need not divulge it to anyone. In a civic sense, your vote is sacrosanct. If an intolerant colleague in the workplace demands to know how you voted in order to browbeat or hold it against you, let that person know it isn’t his or her business.
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Catholics in a Post-Trump and Post-Truth Era
With Donald Trump no longer president, Catholics in the post-Trump era face the question of how to best respond to the person and the presidency of Donald J. Trump. For many committed supporters, Trump and his legacy poses no dilemma. They are proud to vehemently defend him. For the Catholic voter who cast a ballot for Trump reluctantly, however, the matter is more complicated. Many fear social reprisals by a punitive cancel culture — by those who show intolerance to those with whom they disagree. I would like to speak here to those Catholics in particular, though my broader observations are aimed at all Catholics concerned about the state of the culture and country and where we go from here.
As for those who cast a vote for Trump reluctantly, perhaps as the lesser of two evils, and fear being attacked for your decision, I say this: you have no public responsibility to explain to anyone why you voted as you did. Your vote is your private affair. You need not divulge it to anyone. In a civic sense, your vote is sacrosanct. If an intolerant colleague in the workplace demands to know how you voted in order to browbeat or hold it against you, let that person know it isn’t his or her business.
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Catholics in a Post-Trump and Post-Truth Era
