-Procopius
You can't shame someone who doesn't have a moral compass and who lives in an alternate universe.
Try it sometime. It's impossible.
Shame is defined as both a painful emotion caused by consciousness of guilt and a condition of humiliating disgrace or disrepute.
Radicals on the Right and the Left with views untethered by reality or truth have become the norm in America. They're no longer hiding under rocks and in caves. They're everywhere.
Once upon a time when an obviously mentally incapacitated person appeared in public shouting the world was going to end it was considered a shameful show. Who would let someone like that wander around in society without help?
Today we have millionaires like Mike Lindell, aka "Pillow Boy" ranting on social media daily. His latest tirade involves taking all the machines in the nation to court. He wants to sue them for reasons that aren't entirely clear.
In another time the guys in white jackets would give him a free ride to an insane asylum.
Do you think he's ashamed of acting like a loon? Hardly. The guy actually has followers and is a favorite of Trump and his minions.
We live in an era where there's no longer any shame when caught lying.
All you have to do is listen to right-wing politicians like Marjorie Taylor Greene (of Jewish Space Laser fame) or Lindsey Graham, or as he's affectionally known in Washington DC - Flipper - for his ability to constantly change his stance on issues to suit the moment.
Shame has become old fashioned. No one cares if you walk around in public talking in tongues or have a stand selling Ivermectin or bleach to cure COVID.
As Jonathan Swift once said, "I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed."
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