I trust that you know me well enough by now to know that I need neither leadership or incitement to know when honor and decency has been violated.
Character assassination? It would seem to be more a case of character suicide. Has anyone suffered a loss? I’m afraid it is the members of the cartel who have taken first loss when each of you chose to sacrifice your respect in the community.
I am afraid you all have made yourselves indeed, by deed, the ‘evil corporation’ that you have feared so much more than any of the rest of us. You have become your own fears. Sadly, you will soon suffer the ultimate fate of evil everywhere. Not only to be crushed in conflict, but you will carry the stain of shame and disgrace of betrayal for many years to come. My friend Brene Brown studied shame and disgrace for many years. She says that shame comes from the act being excluded and the fear of being exiled from the tribe. Did any of you consider, for even a moment, that you would be shamed by your actions? Did any of you think, for even a moment, that any of us would consider your actions a betrayal? Do any of you think, for even a moment, that this will ever be forgotten?
Forgiveness is short. Memory is long.