You know…when Dr. Fauci revealed himself to be a narcissist, a coward, a fick, and an all-time American villain.
The Fauci Ethics Train Wreck is yet another integrity test for the American Left and the Axis of Unethical Conduct. It has flunked the others, so it is not surprising that it is flunking this one. The ethical course would be to admit the truth:
“Yes, they were thrilled with the pandemic lockdown, because it wrecked the Trump economy and gave them a chance to install a puppet President who could be manipulated by extreme left unelected functionaries. Yes, that made us especially willing to accept Dr. Fauci and Co.’s draconian measures, especially since it gave Democratic elected officials an opportunity to play dictator and constrain Americans’ civil rights in the name of “safety.” Yes, we sanctified Dr. Fauci beyond all reason to enhance our irresponsible “follow the science” grift, which has been so successful in the climate change policy debate. Yes, we were complicit in installing ruinous and unnecessary policies, based on panic that our media sowed, that retarded a generation’s education and social development, ruined businesses, permanently damaged whole industries, and killed people.”
Nah! That’s not how the American Left rolls in 2026. How much better it is to deflect, lie, ignore multiple metaphorical elephants, and maintain a position that has become completely untenable.
The op-ed titled “What We Really Learned From the Fauci Hearing” (gift link, but this is no present) from the New York Times could have been designed by an AI bot with the instruction, “write an op-ed denying that the Fauci hearing was what it was, using the topic to blame Republicans while avoiding inconvenient facts.”
This paragraph, near the end, is a masterpiece of dishonesty and sophistry:
“Dr. Fauci is a complicated man who has been both elevated and reduced to a symbol. His legacy after a decades-long career at the intersection of science and politics is now defined by incompatible, contested accounts of his pandemic-era impact. There is little hope of resolving that contest any time soon.”
“Complicated”! The smoking gun of brazen sophistry, prevarication and equivocation. There’s noting complicated about Fauci. He’s a lifetime bureaucrat who became intoxicated with power when the opportunity arrived, and abused that power for the benefit his own ego, his political party, and the detriment of millions. It is an old story. Faucis have been analyzed by historians, playwrights and novelists for centuries. “Complicated” is an anodyne, toothless word used to excuse wrong-doers.
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I would be largely placated if the rank and file could admit that masks and social distancing were not smart safety moves but rather security theater designed to appease the “do something!” crowd. To give cover to the idea that the government can help in a crisis.
At least then I wouldn’t worry as much about the same things happening the next time we have a highly contagious novel disease. Instead, you still have people, 6 years later, claiming with a straight face that masking was a good idea that saved thousands of lives. Because to do otherwise is to admit that it was never really about following the science.
It may be unethical to say, but what Fauci did deserves all the punishments offered in Dante’s ‘Inferno’. (Particularly the boiling tar dunking would be appropriate.) He had better hope God is more merciful than I would be.
Fauci is a classic narcissist; making his diary publicly available is signature significance of that. He believes, as he seemed to show during the lockdown, that he is always right and above reproach, and everyone should be thankful for his leadership. The big question is, in hindsight, does he realize he was wrong and won’t admit it for political reasons, or does he think Congress is wrong for daring to question him?