Zeezrom was struck with the realization of just how much his words had influenced the people for evil. He had said those words in the short-sighted effort to gain power, money, and influence while imagining that the actual truth was a trivial thing. I have seen so many basically decent people who should know better spouting MAGA nonsense in an effort to stay relevant. At some point I expect most or all of them will come to realize how thoroughly they contributed to poisoning our civic well. (Mike Lee was the first—but not the only—example that came to my mind.)
I think also of the obviously planned demonstration as a parade of lawyers and judges snow Alma and Amulek on the cheeks reciting the same words about “free yourselves and we will believe.” They didn’t expect that to happen, neither the freeing themselves nor believing if they did. They were lying in their words and yet when the walls shook and the bands looked they could not help but believe and fear—and die in that state of shock and fear.
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