I never felt like this was a great argument against Trump, as draft dodging is based and hypocrisy on it’s own isn’t a moral failing.
I guess this works better with military types, or if you want to highlight the social detachment of his class privilege. But I try not to make arguments that incidentally consent to national militancy.
Trump was like Charlie Kirk and George W. Bush. All three were fervent patriots who whole-heartedly believed that the US should prevail. They all had a great excuse as to why they didn’t go themselves.
And hypocrisy is a moral failing if it means you are willing to have people die.
I never felt like this was a great argument against Trump, as draft dodging is based and hypocrisy on it’s own isn’t a moral failing.
I guess this works better with military types, or if you want to highlight the social detachment of his class privilege. But I try not to make arguments that incidentally consent to national militancy.
Trump was like Charlie Kirk and George W. Bush. All three were fervent patriots who whole-heartedly believed that the US should prevail. They all had a great excuse as to why they didn’t go themselves.
And hypocrisy is a moral failing if it means you are willing to have people die.
It’s the hypocrisy. You can use draft dodging as an argument against any right-winger even if you support draft dodging, because they don’t.
He dodged the draft not for ethical reasons but because he is a coward and a narcissist who only cares about himself.
That’s the difference here