A Betrayal of American Freedom It is a mournful, and usually sanguinary, alternative that awaits those who barter freedom for the simulacrum of normality. By Roger Kimball Posted By Ruth King on December 20th, 2020 At the moment, the world seems to be divided into two camps. One camp belongs to those who believe that Joe Biden, notwithstanding some possible election “irregularities,” won the 2020 presidential election fair and square. A corollary of this belief is the conviction that Donald Trump, by refusing to concede and go graciously into the good night of political defeat, is behaving badly (one venue even describes his behavior as a “disgrace”).