To the Editor:Re “Trump and the Politics of ‘Mean World’” (column, Aug. 28):David Brooks delivers a clear moral indictment of the temper of the Republican convention. Let’s not forget that the “mean world” behavior of President Trump and his enablers goes further than apocalyptic prophecies of violence in suburbia. That behavior is only a small element of his sheer immorality: his indecency, cruelty and carelessness in the literal meaning of the word. If the opposition to Mr. Trump can make this moral distinction persuasively to the American people, they will be quite capable of choosing the candidate who represents these modest political virtues. They will be willing to get past this administration’s cynical stoking of the politics of fear.

Source: New York Times September 03, 2020 17:37 UTC