Word: moralizations
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...this apathy easily. No, we spent most of freshman year traveling around the country, attending rally after rally, giving it all we had, making posters to express our opinions, and screaming at the top of our lungs for our favorites to win. But NASCAR got boring, and our moral compasses were left spinning more uncontrollably than Dale Earnhardt’s last ride. RIP #3. Now we’re stuck on a campus with 6,000 preppy cause-whores who choose their issues by matching their rubber wristbands to their candy-ass outfits. Can’t find something...
...said that a president’s moral authority is an invaluable asset...
...president comes out and tells something that’s exposed as a clear lie, or engages in some other obviously indefensible behavior, the moral authority just disappears, and the president isn’t effective,” he said. “And when something like that happens, they always resign...
...failure as progressives to tap into the moral underpinnings of the nation is not just rhetorical, though. Our fear of getting "preachy" may also lead us to discount the role that values and culture play in addressing some of our most urgent social problems...
...suggesting that every progressive suddenly latch on to religious terminology. I am suggesting that perhaps if we progressives shed some of our own biases, we might recognize the values that both religious and secular people share when it comes to the moral and material direction of our country. We need to take faith seriously not simply to block the religious right but to engage all persons of faith in the larger project of American renewal...