After a steady diet of lies from Fox, followed by countless other erosions of truth on television and on radio, the idea of decency itself began to shrivel and shrink until clearly dishonest and contemptible men could brag about grabbing the genitals of women they barely knew and still be elected to the highest office in the land. The worst men became slavishly devoted to the most corrupt, the most venal, and the most dishonest of their “superiors.” Personal integrity ceased to matter to far too many.

And, when they came for those who still held such quaint values as honor, honesty, and personal integrity, there were just too damn few left to keep the darkness from descending.

Have they come for you yet? If not, they’re surely will be coming as you sit huddled in the enveloping gloom.

Source: Have They Come for You Yet? | The Smirking Chimp