"Sweeping things under the rug and moving forward" seems to be a "spell" over many these days, not only in politics but I have seen this personally in my family and even in the church. What happened to accountability? How about responsibility? Integrity? Repentance? Restitution? When we allow people/leadership to do this, we are basically saying that this "injustice" (whatever it may be) is no big deal and we hear them saying "get over it".
Really? I have seen this same demon manifesting in pastors taking this same stance over issues in their church when it comes to family disputes. They want to "sweep things under the rug". No one wants to get their "hands dirty" and so they "wash their hands" of involvement in anything "messy" so they don't loose tithes or members because too many people today are not about truth; they are about easy.
It reminds me of Meg Ryan's line in "You've Got Mail". Kathleen Kelly is dealing with the loss of her business and she keeps hearing this line as if it is truth. She is told that it is nothing personal; it's business. She finally responds with this dialog, "What is that supposed to mean? I am so sick of that. All that means is that it wasn't personal to *you*. But it was personal to me. It's *personal* to a lot of people. And what's so wrong with being personal, anyway?"
I have seen SO many things in the past few years (even aside from politics) where people act like personal attacks are nothing personal. Really? Or where accountability and leadership don't want to get involved with "this or that" because that is a "family issue" or they use the line of it's "personal".
"And what's so wrong with being personal, anyway?" - Kathleen Kelly
We seem to live in a day where accountability and restitution seem to be a thing of the past. Tragic!