Ordinary Americans Carried Out Inhumane Acts for Trump

This article begins: A week ago, men and women went to work at airports around the United States as they always do. They showered, got dressed, ate breakfast, perhaps dropped off their kids at school. Then they reported to their jobs as federal government employees, where, according to news reports, one of them handcuffed a 5-year-old child, separated him from his mother and detained him alone for several hours at Dulles airport.

This is simply one of those moments in history when a certain number of decent people are turned into monsters by an authoritarian regime.  It’s not at all uncommon; in fact, it’s happening all over the globe as you’re reading this post.

What is unusual, of course, is that it’s happening in the United States, and it’s happening on such a grand scale.

Fortunately, we read about defections constantly, e.g., ICE agents quitting their jobs or refusing to inflict punishment on randomly chosen innocent children.  As deplorable as the administration may be in terms of human rights abuses, as well as violations of international and domestic laws, we will not become a nation of sadistic bullies.