The Sussexes take morality through the looking glass

Mar 13, 2021 by

by Melanie Phillips:

Millions now regard venality, disloyalty and spite as evidence of moral worth.

[…]  The cultural crisis was illuminated last week by the mutually exploitative encounter between Oprah Winfrey and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Many people (including US President Joe Biden) hailed what they saw as the bravery of the Duchess, the former Meghan Markle, in talking about her mental health issues.

They thus appeared to see nothing wrong with her trashing her in-laws and smearing the entire British Royal Family as racist, heartless and cruel.

This reaction was morally bankrupt. If Meghan and Prince Harry are psychologically frail, that deserves sympathy. But that doesn’t excuse Meghan blaming this on an allegedly racist Royal Family (other than the Queen, whom she exempted), media and British public.

This vague and contradictory series of smears was backed up by no evidence at all. What kind of daughter-in-law behaves like this towards her husband’s family? What kind of a son behaves like Prince Harry in making bitter accusations about his father in public?

[…]  Biblical morality has been junked in favour of universalising ideologies such as moral and cultural relativism. These have replaced the notion of objective truth with subjective opinion. “What is right or true” has become “what is right or true for me” — echoed in Oprah’s grating reference to Meghan’s claims as “your truth.”

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