{"id":12278,"date":"2018-06-25T20:57:46","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T03:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=12278"},"modified":"2019-12-24T10:27:24","modified_gmt":"2019-12-24T18:27:24","slug":"shame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/06\/25\/shame\/","title":{"rendered":"Shame"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:2477,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/crooked.com\\\/article\\\/shame-the-trumpers&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20180920112948\\\/https:\\\/\\\/crooked.com\\\/article\\\/shame-the-trumpers\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-04 13:59:43&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-15 22:41:03&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-15 22:41:03&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>\n  There are only so many official channels for enforcing moral standards in American public life. One is elections, which happen pretty rarely, and, thanks to gerrymanders and the electoral college, frequently reward popular vote losers. Another is the law, where courts are increasingly stacked against the majority. Under those circumstances, shame is a potent weapon, and it\u2019s little surprise that people invested in the status quo want those who can wield it to unilaterally disarm.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u2014 Brian Beutler, <a href=\"https:\/\/crooked.com\/article\/shame-the-trumpers\/\" title=\"Crooked: Shame the Trumpers\">Shame the Trumpers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I absolutely stand behind those who shame and shun Trump\u2019s supporters (whether that be his inner circle or the public). We as a people should be \u2014 and, I hope, can be, though I\u2019m getting more and more cynical about that every day \u2014 so much better than we are right now, and shaming is a simple and effective way to deal with those who continue to work to bring us down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Shame is a potent weapon, and it\u2019s little surprise that people invested in the status quo want those who can wield it to unilaterally disarm.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2042],"tags":[14,1396],"class_list":["post-12278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-politics","tag-trump"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12278\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}