The word “enormity” is oft misused in modern conversation. The term properly refers not to something large – that is modern English usage confusing it with the word “enormous” – but rather to a truly shocking act of moral irregularity or turpitude. Even a minor act can potentially be an enormity, depending on what it represents.
But then a major act can also be an enormity as well, uniting both size and singular moral rot together so well that not even grammarians have to worry about confusing the two. That is what the Department of Justice, headed by Merrick Garland under the presidency of Joe Biden, gave us at the end of the week when it was revealed in a Delaware court just how blatantly it had been cooperating with Hunter Biden in his plea deal – as opposed to prosecuting him – in order to protect the Biden family politically from investigation.
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